Edythe Chapman
Date of birth: 1863-10-07
Place of birth: Rochester, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Edith van Renssaleer
Biography
From Wikipedia 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.
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Take the Heir
1930-01-15
A butler impersonates his tippler boss and falls for a beautiful young maid. However, a notorious go
The Ten Commandments
1923-11-23
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receip
Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921-01-02
A woman named Bunty Bigger struggles to keep her family in line in a small Scottish village. For one
Hollywood
1923-08-19
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She l
Borrowed Clothes
1918-11-04
A pretty but poor girl leaves the young boy who loves her for a rich playboy who she believes will t
North of the Rio Grande
1922-05-14
Son of Colonel Haddington, Bob leads a posse against raiders in a settlement. During his absence, on
Bits of Life
1921-09-26
This film combines four short films under the title Bits Of Life. The Bad Samaritan is taken from a
A Mormon Maid
1917-04-21
This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young woma
In the Name of Love
1925-08-10
Naturalized American Raoul Melnotte travels from Chicago to his native France in search of his child
Broken Barriers
1924-08-18
A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and fa
Huck and Tom
1918-03-04
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
Alias Ladyfingers
1921-10-30
When Rachel Stetherill's daughter marries a man of whom she disapproves, Rachel disowns her. Five ye
A Tailor-Made Man
1922-08-05
A tailor tries to pass himself off in high society by wearing some of his rich customer's clothes.
The Countess Charming
1917-09-16
Stanley Jordan, a wealthy young bachelor, attends a Red Cross Benefit at the country club where he m
The Selfish Woman
1916-07-09
A young engineer, Tom Morley, is building a railroad through Imperial Valley. Tom's father also want
The Evil Eye
1917-01-04
Leonard Sheldon is the manager of a Mexican vineyard which is suffering from a diphtheria epidemic.
Alias Mike Moran
1919-03-02
Department-store clerk Larry Young is determined to marry a rich girl. He falls for Elaine Debaux, w
A Modern Musketeer
1917-12-30
A young man grows restless living in a small Kansas town, dreaming of the adventures of the Three Mu
The Whispering Chorus
1918-03-28
John Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his pla
Love Hungry
1928-04-08
Discouraged chorus girl is torn between a rich man and all he can offer and a starving artist which
Manslaughter
1922-09-24
Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of moto
One Minute to Play
1926-09-12
"Red" Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College, which ha
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915-05-31
Pepita, a radiant and merry Spanish beauty, and her playful brother Jose, witness their mother, whos
The Pride of the Force
1925-09-11
The Pride of the Force s a 1925 silent crime film
The Idle Rich
1929-06-15
Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her famil
Navy Blues
1929-12-20
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with
The Boob
1926-05-17
To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.
Three Faces East
1926-02-03
During World War I, a female agent tries to unmask a German spy.
Flame of the Desert
1919-10-26
An Englishman goes undercover posing as an Egyptian sheik in order to infiltrate a conspiracy to thr
The Runaway
1926-04-04
A movie actress, mistakenly thinking she has killed a fellow actor, goes on the run and finds hersel
Unexpected Places
1918-09-30
The valet of Lord Harold Varden, on a secret mission to our Government, has been murdered. Dick Holl
The Spirit of '17
1918-01-26
Davy Glidden is the son of the adjutant general in charge of an old soldier's home in a small town n
Saturday Night
1922-01-29
Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to marry t
Pinto
1920-01-10
When Pinto reaches her eighteenth birthday, the five wealthy Arizonans who adopted her upon the deat
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928-01-30
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
The Winning Girl
1919-02-23
Because he had previously picked the name James for his first-born, when a female arrives, Major Mil
Man Trouble
1930-08-24
A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love
Lazybones
1925-11-06
Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causi
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922-02-01
James Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer) are ri
Synthetic Sin
1929-01-06
A young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises her a
Lightnin'
1925-08-23
Set in a hotel straddling the border between California and Nevada, this early John Ford comedy foll
The County Fair
1920-09-05
"The County Fair" begins with a nasty rich guy threatening to turn an old lady onto the street--unle
Daughters of Pleasure
1924-06-15
Newly rich Mark Hadley drifts from his old-fashioned wife into a secret liason with Lila Millas, a p
Beyond the Rocks
1922-05-07
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman
Chastity
1923-12-31
A young woman trying to make it in Hollywood decides that the only way she can attain stardom is to
Huckleberry Finn
1920-02-29
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his
The Golden Chance
1915-12-30
Despite her well-bred upbringing, Mary had disobeyed her family’s wishes and married Steve Denby, a
Rose o' Paradise
1918-05-13
Thomas Singleton broke down when his wife died giving birth to their daughter. He eventually recover
Double Cross Roads
1930-04-20
Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and falls
Twin Beds
1929-07-14
A young husband just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zan
Old Wives for New
1918-05-18
Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becom
One Wild Week
1921-04-08
Pauline Hathaway is informed on her 18th birthday by the family lawyer that she will inherit half a
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920-02-01
An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morga
Voices of the City
1921-12-01
When taken to a San Francisco cafe by her sweetheart Jimmy, Georgia Rodman witnesses the shooting of
Havoc
1925-09-27
A war drama produced only 7 years after the end of World War I. Based on the play by Henry Wallace i
Three Week Ends
1928-12-08
A sexy young nightclub singer sets her sights on a young man she believes to be a millionaire playbo
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920-06-22
Most of the scenes are laid in a parrot-and-monkey country in South America, a land where "it is alw
Learning to Love
1925-01-25
A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
The Little American
1917-07-12
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home i
A Little Princess
1917-11-05
Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does
Naughty But Nice
1927-06-25
Naughty But Nice was based on The Bigamists, a story by Lewis Alen Brown. Gawky country girl Berenic
Say! Young Fellow
1918-06-16
A lost film. "The Young Fellow"(Fairbanks), has recently been hired as a cub newspaper reporter for
Bound in Morocco
1918-07-28
A lost film. George Travelwell (Fairbanks), an American youth motoring in Morocco, discovers that th
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919-05-25
A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fi
Tom Sawyer
1917-12-10
Silent version of the Twain tale, filmed in Pleasanton, California. A Missouri boy (Jack Pickford) e
Oliver Twist
1916-12-10
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv
Heart Trouble
1928-10-01
No known surviving copy is known to exist. This well received film revolved around Harry Van Housen'
My American Wife
1922-12-31
Manuel La Tessa, son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky wom
Richelieu
1914-09-26
Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four due
Experimental Marriage
1919-03-10
Suzanne Ercoll, a young widow who believes in women's suffrage. When the handsome Foxcroft Grey prop
American Beauty
1927-10-09
Millicent Howard, whose appearance and persona bring her a life of luxury. A millionaire named Clave
Secret Service
1919-06-15
Lewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate line
The Crystal Cup
1927-10-16
A beautiful young girl has been raised by her bitter mother to hate all men, but her beauty means th
Up the River
1930-10-10
Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business
The Only Road
1918-06-03
Tomboy Nita, a vegetable seller in a small Californian town, believes herself to be the daughter of
The Girl at Home
1917-04-26
Jimmie Dexter is on his way to college when his mother discovers that her stocks have stopped paying
Happiness Ahead
1928-06-24
Happiness Ahead is a persumed lost 1928 silent film drama directed by William A. Seiter and starring
The Shepherd of the Hills
1928-01-01
David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Oz
Everywoman
1919-12-30
Everywoman is a lost 1919 American silent film allegory film directed by George Melford based on a 1
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921-10-02
Engaged to Harley Jones, fickle Phoebe Mabee flirts with Anson Newton. She and Harley, as a result,
The Girl I Loved
1923-02-15
John Middleton is distressed to learn that his family is taking in an orphan girl named Mary. He tur
The Shadow of the East
1924-01-27
Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father. Craven's
The Breaking Point
1924-05-04
Assuming that he has killed the husband of the woman he also loves, Judson Clark flees through a bli
Fires of Faith
1919-08-03
The story of the Salvation Army, told through the tale of two men and two women who serve in the Fir
The Little Yellow House
1928-04-18
Emmy Milburn must decide. Should she go back to the life she had dared so much to lose, or should sh
On the Level
1917-09-10
Rustler Pete Sontag kidnaps Merlin Warner after he kills her father. Pete, a drug smuggler who uses
The Crystal Gazer
1917-07-30
Rose Jorgenson, a poor tenement dweller who lives with her daughters Rose and Norma in a slum and wh
A School for Husbands
1917-04-05
Sensible Betty Manners is the wife of the frivolous John Manners. John fritters away his time playin
Faithful Wives
1926-11-25
The title tells it all. Faithful wives perhaps but can the same be said for their husbands?
The Gypsy Trail
1918-11-17
Edward Andrews, a generous but fainthearted young man, loves Frances Raymond, who believes herself t
Peg o' My Heart
1919-01-01
Sally's Shoulders
1928-10-14
American drama film based on the 1927 novel Sally's Shoulders by Beatrice Burton.
Soul Mates
1925-05-28
A man decides to live his life to the fullest in memory of his dead wife.
Just Out of College
1920-11-27
In order to win the hand of the girl he loves, Ed Swinger creates a phony business to fool her fathe
The Wise Virgin
1924-08-10
Although Billie Farrington's aunt, Mrs. Farrington, wishes her to marry Farrington ranch foreman Bob
Sandy
1918-07-01
A Scots-Irish lad comes to America hoping to find his fortune. On the sea voyage he meets and falls
Worldly Goods
1924-11-24
A pretty young woman marries a slick-talking car salesman instead of the wealthy playboy who propose
The Heir to the Hoorah
1916-10-26
The Hoorah, richest mine in California, has made millionaires of its three bachelor owners, Joe, Bud
Out of the Storm
1920-06-14
Impressed with Margaret Hill's singing ability, Al Levering takes her from the notorious dive in whi
An Innocent Adventuress
1919-06-08
Lindy, an innocent girl reared in a small town, accepts a letter for her friend Mrs. Bates from weal
The Home Town Girl
1919-05-11
A young bank clerk wants to marry her, but Nell Fanshawe decides that soda clerk John Stanley is the
The Ghost House
1917-10-01
The old Atwell home is said to be haunted, and Jeremy Foster, the gardener--who is actually the head
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918-04-08
Bashful stenographer Bunker Bean, works for wealthy businessman Jim Breede by day and by night theos
A Wife's Awakening
1921-09-25
George Otis, a dishonest promoter who uses his wife to forward his schemes, finds himself in danger
Youth to Youth
1922-10-16
A pretty young girl from the country arrives in New York, hoping to become a Broadway star. She achi
The Count of Ten
1928-03-10
A promising young prizefighter sees his career start to go down the drain after he gets married and
Divorce
1923-06-10
While Jane and Jim Parker witness the divorce proceedings of Jane's parents, the George Reeds, they
The Sleep Walker
1922-04-09
Doris Dumond is called home from a convent school by her mother, who has purchased some diamonds and
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921-03-13
A white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one
The Miracle Makers
1923-10-14
A woman, engaged to one man, is forced to marry another, who is subsequently arrested, leaving his w
The Plow Girl
1916-11-13
A story that begins on the South African veldt and goes to the drawing rooms of fashionable London S
Anton the Terrible
1916-09-28
Cossack Anton Kazoff seeks revenge for the wrongs inflicted on his sister Olga.
Faith
1919-02-03
George Farrelly, the bored custodian of the safe-deposit vaults in a New York bank, is visited by hi