Acting
Myrtle Stedman
EN, XX cinema · 126 credits
Born
3 March 1883
Died
8 January 1938 (aged 54)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Myrtle Steadman · Myrtle Lincoln
From Wikipedia Myrtle Stedman (March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was a leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures beginning in silent films in 1910. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at a private finishing school there. Miss Stedman performed in light opera and musical comedies there. Her voice was cultivated in France. Her tutor was Marchesi, who was known as one of the finest instructors of voice culture in his country. Myrtle did not enter the field of light opera because of her preference for light opera. She starred for a number of seasons in Isle of Spice and The Chocolate Soldier. She performed for a year at the Whitney Theater in Chicago and was a prima donna of the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Her first appearances in movies were in Selig studio western and action short films. Among her feature films are Flaming Youth, The Valley of the Moon, The Dangerous Age, and The Famous Mrs. Fair. In 1936, she was signed by Warner Brothers to play bit and extra roles. Her last release was Accidents Will Happen, in 1938. Myrtle Stedman died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938 at the age of 54. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood California. Her husband Marshall Stedman was a drama school conductor. They were divorced by 1920. Their son Lincoln Stedman was a prolific silent film character actor.
Known for
Filmography
Accidents Will Happen
as Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
A Slight Case of Murder
as Nurse (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Under Southern Stars
as Arlene's Mother
Ready, Willing and Able
as Junior's Mother
Draegerman Courage
as Nurse (uncredited)
That Man's Here Again
as Hospital Nurse
She Loved a Fireman
as Mrs. Brown
The Great O'Malley
as Nurse (uncredited)
Back in Circulation
as Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
Over the Goal
as Marshall's Secretary
Missing Witnesses
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Green Light
as A Nurse
The Go-Getter
as Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
That Certain Woman
as Mrs. Ransom - Rogers' Secretary (uncredited)
Song of the Saddle
as Mrs. Coburn
Give Me Liberty
as Martha Washington
Here's to Romance
as Bit Part
School for Girls
as Mrs. Winters
Beggars in Ermine
as Nurse
Klondike
as Miss Fielding
Alias Mary Smith
as Mrs. Hayes
The Widow in Scarlet
1932
The Widow in Scarlet
as Alice Lawton-Bond
Beau Ideal
as Mrs. Frank Madison
The Truth About Youth
as Mrs. Ericson
Little Accident
as Mrs. Overbeck
The Sin Sister
as Sister Burton
The Wheel of Life
as Mrs. Faraker
The Jazz Age
as Mrs Maxwell
Sporting Goods
as Mrs. Elliott
Their Hour
1928
Their Hour
as Peggy's Mother
No Place to Go
as Mrs. Montgomery
The Black Diamond Express
as Mrs. Harmon
The Life of Riley
as Penelope Jones
Women's Wares
as Mrs. James Crane
Alias The Deacon
as Mrs. Betsy Clark
The Irresistible Lover
as Hortense Brown
The Far Cry
as Louise Marsh
Don Juan's 3 Nights
as Madame Cavallar
The Prince of Pilsen
as Princess Bertha of Thorwald
If I Marry Again
as Madame Margot
The Mad Whirl
as Gladys Herrington
Sally
as Mrs. Ten Brock
Tessie
1925
Tessie
as Mrs. Wells
Chickie
as Janina
The Goose Hangs High
as Eunice Ingals
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Trevor
Lilies of the Field
as Mazie
The Woman on the Jury
as Marion Masters
Wine
as Mrs. Warriner
The Breath of Scandal
as Helen Hale
Crashin' Thru
as Celia
The Famous Mrs. Fair
as Mrs. Fair
Flaming Youth
as Mona Fentriss
Six Days
as Olive Kingston
The Dangerous Age
as Mrs. Sanderson
Temporary Marriage
as Mrs. Hugh Manners
The Age of Desire
as Janet Loring
Ashes
as Mrs. Crafton
Reckless Youth
as Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
Nancy from Nowhere
as Mrs. Halliday
Rich Men's Wives
as Mrs. Davenport
The Hands of Nara
as Vanessa Yates
The Whistle
as Mrs. Chapple
Black Roses
as Blanche De Vore
Sowing the Wind
as Baby Brabant
The Concert
as Mary Martinot
Sex
as Mrs. Overman
Harriet and the Piper
as Isabelle Carter
The Silver Horde
as Cherry Malotté
Old Dad
as Virginia Bretton
The Teeth of the Tiger
as Marie Forbes
In Honor's Web
as Olive Meade
In the Hollow of Her Hand
as Sara Wrandell
The Prison Without Walls
as Helen Ainsworth
The World Apart
as Beth Hoover
Happiness of Three Women
as Constance Barr
The Call of the Cumberlands
as Adrienne Lescott
The Soul of Kura San
as Anne Willoughby
The American Beauty
as Ruth Cleave / Mrs. Ellsworth
Pasquale
as Banker's wife
Kilmeny
as Lady Leigh
Hypocrites
as The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
It's No Laughing Matter
as Bess Judd
The Caprices of Kitty
1915
The Caprices of Kitty
as Elaine Vernon
Nearly a Lady
1915
Nearly a Lady
as Mrs. Reginald Brooks
The Majesty of the Law
as Virginia Fairfax
Peer Gynt
as Solveig
The Wild Olive
as Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'
By Unseen Hand
1914
By Unseen Hand
as Margaret Warrington
The Chechako
as Joy Gastell
The Country Mouse
as Myrtle Marshall
The Taming of Texas Pete
as The Baby's Mother
Taming a Tenderfoot
as Jessie Reardon
Sallie's Sure Shot
as Sallie
Made a Coward
as One of the Girls
Religion and Gun Practice
as Winona Judell
The Marshal's Capture
as The Marshal's Wife
Juggling with Fate
as Dolores
The Sheriff of Yavapai County
as Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
as One of the Girls
Mother Love vs Gold
as Mrs. Bryson
The Escape of Jim Dolan
as Grace Wellington
A Cowboy's Best Girl
as Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
The Scapegoat
as Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
A War Time Romance
as Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law
as So-Jun-Wah
Told in Colorado
as Edythe Bellaires
The Bully of Bingo Gulch
as Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
Western Hearts
as Mrs. Long
A Romance of the Rio Grande
as Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
The Two Orphans
as Countess de Linieres