Edythe Chapman
Oct 7, 1863 — Oct 15, 1948 (85 years)
Rochester, New York, USA
105 Movies
Edythe Chapman is a American actress. She appears in the film 'The Ten Commandments' as Mrs. Martha McTavish.
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Edythe Chapman
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Edythe Chapman is a American actress. She appears in the film 'The Ten Commandments' as Mrs. Martha McTavish.
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Three Week Ends
1928
Deliverance
1919
The Boob
1926
The Ten Commandments
1923
The Idle Rich
1929
Up the River
1930
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
Manslaughter
1922
One Minute to Play
1926
Huckleberry Finn
1920
The Little American
1917
Old Wives for New
1918
Saturday Night
1922
Broken Barriers
1924
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
The Whispering Chorus
1918
Beyond the Rocks
1922
American Beauty
1927
A Modern Musketeer
1917
Hollywood
1923
A Mormon Maid
1917
The County Fair
1920
Lightnin'
1925
Navy Blues
1929
Tom Sawyer
1917
Lazybones
1925
The Golden Chance
1915
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Up the River
Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
1930
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Man Trouble
Aunt Maggie
1930
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Double Cross Roads
Mrs. Carlyle
1930
Film
Navy Blues
Mrs. Brown
1929
Film
Twin Beds
Ma Dolan
1929
Film
The Idle Rich
Mrs. Alice Thayer
1929
Film
Synthetic Sin
Mrs. Fairfax
1929
Film
Three Week Ends
Ma O'Brien
1928
Film
Sally's Shoulders
Emily
1928
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Is Edythe Chapman still alive?
Edythe Chapman passed away on October 15, 1948 at age 85.
What are the most famous roles of Edythe Chapman?
Edythe Chapman is best known for roles in The Ten Commandments, The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, Up the River.
How many movies has Edythe Chapman been in?
Over a 34-year career (since 1914), Edythe Chapman has appeared in 117 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Edythe Chapman's first movie?
The career of Edythe Chapman began with Richelieu (1914).
What is Edythe Chapman's most recent movie or series?
Edythe Chapman's most recent release is Up the River, which premiered on October 10, 1930.
Edythe Chapman
1863-10-07 · Rochester, New York, USA
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Edythe Chapman (October 8, 1863 - October 15, 1948), was an American stage and silent film actress from Rochester, New York. As early as 1898 she appeared in New York, New York in the Charity Ball. Edythe performed at the Shubert Theater in Brooklyn, New York in a production of The Light Eternal in 1907.
Mrs. Chapman played maternal roles in numerous silent motion pictures and became known in the 1920s as Hollywood's Mother. She played Ma Jones in the film version of Lightnin' (1925), a screen production which featured Will Rogers. Edythe was Grandmother Janeway in Man Crazy (1927).
Miss Chapman came to Hollywood around 1909 with her husband, screen and stage actor, James Neill. The couple met in Cincinnati, Ohio when Miss Chapman was working in Mr. Neill's stock company. They were married in 1897. The two began making movies with Cecil B. Demille and other noteworthy directors and producers. They had leading roles in The Ten Commandments (1923), Manslaughter (1922), The Little American (1917), and other silent motion pictures. Mr. Neill died in 1931.
The final movie in which Edythe appeared was Double Crossroads in 1930. Prior to this, she had a large role in Navy Blues (1929).
Edythe Chapman Neill died in Glendale, California in 1948 after a brief illness.