
Also known as: Edith van Renssaleer
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.
Acting
October 7, 1863
October 15, 1948
85 years old
Rochester, New York, USA
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Take the Heir
Lady Tweedham

Man Trouble
Aunt Maggie

Double Cross Roads
Mrs. Carlyle

Up the River
Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)

The Idle Rich
Mrs. Alice Thayer

Navy Blues
Mrs. Brown

Synthetic Sin
Mrs. Fairfax

Twin Beds
Ma Dolan

Love Hungry
Ma Robinson

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)

Three Week Ends
Ma O'Brien

Heart Trouble

Happiness Ahead
Mrs. Randall

The Shepherd of the Hills
Aunt Mollie

The Little Yellow House
Grandmother Pentland

Sally's Shoulders
Emily

The Count of Ten
Mother McKinney

Naughty But Nice
Mrs. Altewood

American Beauty
Madame O'Riley

The Crystal Cup
Mrs. Carteret
Man Crazy
Grandmother Janeway

One Minute to Play
Mrs. Wade

The Boob
The Old Lady (uncredited)

Three Faces East
Mrs. Bennett

The Runaway
Mrs. Murrell
Faithful Wives
The Mother

In the Name of Love
Mother Melnotte
The Pride of the Force
Mother Moore

Lazybones
Mrs. Tuttle

Lightnin'
Mrs. Jones

Havoc
Mrs. Chappel

Learning to Love
Aunt Penelope

Soul Mates
Tancred's mother

Broken Barriers
Beulah Reynolds

Daughters of Pleasure
Mrs. Hadley

The Shadow of the East
Aunt Caroline

The Breaking Point
Lucy Livingstone

The Wise Virgin
Mrs. John Farrington

Worldly Goods
Mrs. Lawson

The Ten Commandments
Mrs. Martha McTavish

Hollywood
Edythe Chapman

Chastity
Mrs. Harris

The Girl I Loved
Mother Middleton

Divorce
Mrs. George Reed

The Miracle Makers
Mrs. Martha Mansfield

North of the Rio Grande
Belle Hannon

A Tailor-Made Man
Mrs. Nathan

Manslaughter
Adeline Bennett

Saturday Night
Mrs. Prentiss

Her Husband’s Trademark
Mother Berkeley

Beyond the Rocks
Lady Bracondale

My American Wife
Donna Isabella LaTassa

Youth to Youth
Mrs. Cora Knittson

The Sleep Walker
Sister Ursula

Bunty Pulls the Strings
Eelen Dunlap

Bits of Life

Alias Ladyfingers
Rachel Stetherill
One Wild Week
Mrs. Dorn

Voices of the City
Mrs. Rodman

Dangerous Curve Ahead
Mrs. Mabee

A Wife's Awakening
Mrs. Kelcey

A Tale of Two Worlds
Mrs. Newcombe

Pinto
Mrs. Audry

The County Fair
Aunt Abigail Prue

Huckleberry Finn
Aunt Polly

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Mrs. Dean

A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Senora Urique

Just Out of College
Mrs. Pickering

Out of the Storm
Lady Bridgeminster

Alias Mike Moran
Ma Young

Flame of the Desert
Lady Snowden

The Winning Girl
Second Mrs. Milligan

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Teddy's Mother

Experimental Marriage
Mrs. Ercoll

Secret Service
Mrs. Varney

Everywoman
Truth

Fires of Faith
Mrs. Booth
Peg o' My Heart

An Innocent Adventuress
Aunt Heppy

The Home Town Girl
Mrs. Fanshawe

Faith
Martha Owen
You Never Saw Such a Girl
Mrs. Burgess

Deliverance
Sarah Fuller

Borrowed Clothes
Mary's Mother

Huck and Tom
Aunt Polly

The Whispering Chorus
John Tremble's mother

Unexpected Places
Mrs. Penfield

The Spirit of '17
Mrs. Glidden

Rose o' Paradise
Peg Grandoken

Old Wives for New
Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)

Say! Young Fellow
A Sweet Spinster

Bound in Morocco
Ysail's Mother

The Only Road
Clara Hawkins

The Gypsy Trail
Grandma

Sandy
Mrs. Hollis

His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Older Mrs. Breede

A Mormon Maid
Nancy Hogue

The Countess Charming
Mrs. Lovering
The Evil Eye

A Modern Musketeer
Mrs. Thacker

The Little American
Mrs. von Austreim

A Little Princess
(uncredited)

Tom Sawyer
Aunt Polly

The Girl at Home
Mary Dexter

On the Level
Joe Blanchard's Mother

The Crystal Gazer
Mrs. Mannering

A School for Husbands
Mrs. Manners

The Ghost House
Mrs. Rawson

The Selfish Woman
Mrs. Hale

Oliver Twist
Mrs. Brownlow

The Heir to the Hoorah
Mrs. Kent

The Plow Girl
Lady Brentwood

Anton the Terrible
Babushka (Anton's mother)
Public Opinion
Mrs. Carson Morgan

The Pretty Sister of Jose
The Mother

The Golden Chance
Mrs. Hillary

Richelieu
The Queen