Edythe Chapman
Acting
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Acting Credits
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' (...
Known For
Filmography
Take the Heir
1930
as Lady Tweedham
Man Trouble
1930
as Aunt Maggie
Double Cross Roads
1930
as Mrs. Carlyle
Up the River
1930
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
The Idle Rich
1929
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
Navy Blues
1929
as Mrs. Brown
Synthetic Sin
1929
as Mrs. Fairfax
Twin Beds
1929
as Ma Dolan
Love Hungry
1928
as Ma Robinson
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
Three Week Ends
1928
as Ma O'Brien
Heart Trouble
1928
Happiness Ahead
1928
as Mrs. Randall
The Shepherd of the Hills
1928
as Aunt Mollie
The Little Yellow House
1928
as Grandmother Pentland
Sally's Shoulders
1928
as Emily
The Count of Ten
1928
as Mother McKinney
Naughty But Nice
1927
as Mrs. Altewood
American Beauty
1927
as Madame O'Riley
The Crystal Cup
1927
as Mrs. Carteret
Man Crazy
1927
as Grandmother Janeway
One Minute to Play
1926
as Mrs. Wade
The Boob
1926
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
Three Faces East
1926
as Mrs. Bennett
The Runaway
1926
as Mrs. Murrell
Faithful Wives
1926
as The Mother
In the Name of Love
1925
as Mother Melnotte
The Pride of the Force
1925
as Mother Moore
Lazybones
1925
as Mrs. Tuttle
Lightnin'
1925
as Mrs. Jones
Havoc
1925
as Mrs. Chappel
Learning to Love
1925
as Aunt Penelope
Soul Mates
1925
as Tancred's mother
Broken Barriers
1924
as Beulah Reynolds
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
as Mrs. Hadley
The Shadow of the East
1924
as Aunt Caroline
The Breaking Point
1924
as Lucy Livingstone
The Wise Virgin
1924
as Mrs. John Farrington
Worldly Goods
1924
as Mrs. Lawson
The Ten Commandments
1923
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
Hollywood
1923
as Edythe Chapman
Chastity
1923
as Mrs. Harris
The Girl I Loved
1923
as Mother Middleton
Divorce
1923
as Mrs. George Reed
The Miracle Makers
1923
as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
North of the Rio Grande
1922
as Belle Hannon
A Tailor-Made Man
1922
as Mrs. Nathan
Manslaughter
1922
as Adeline Bennett
Saturday Night
1922
as Mrs. Prentiss
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922
as Mother Berkeley
Beyond the Rocks
1922
as Lady Bracondale
My American Wife
1922
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
Youth to Youth
1922
as Mrs. Cora Knittson
The Sleep Walker
1922
as Sister Ursula
Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921
as Eelen Dunlap
Bits of Life
1921
Alias Ladyfingers
1921
as Rachel Stetherill
One Wild Week
1921
as Mrs. Dorn
Voices of the City
1921
as Mrs. Rodman
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921
as Mrs. Mabee
A Wife's Awakening
1921
as Mrs. Kelcey
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
as Mrs. Newcombe
Pinto
1920
as Mrs. Audry
The County Fair
1920
as Aunt Abigail Prue
Huckleberry Finn
1920
as Aunt Polly
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920
as Mrs. Dean
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920
as Senora Urique
Just Out of College
1920
as Mrs. Pickering
Out of the Storm
1920
as Lady Bridgeminster
Alias Mike Moran
1919
as Ma Young
Flame of the Desert
1919
as Lady Snowden
The Winning Girl
1919
as Second Mrs. Milligan
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
as Teddy's Mother
Experimental Marriage
1919
as Mrs. Ercoll
Secret Service
1919
as Mrs. Varney
Everywoman
1919
as Truth
Fires of Faith
1919
as Mrs. Booth
Peg o' My Heart
1919
An Innocent Adventuress
1919
as Aunt Heppy
The Home Town Girl
1919
as Mrs. Fanshawe
Faith
1919
as Martha Owen
You Never Saw Such a Girl
1919
as Mrs. Burgess
Deliverance
1919
as Sarah Fuller
Borrowed Clothes
1918
as Mary's Mother
Huck and Tom
1918
as Aunt Polly
The Whispering Chorus
1918
as John Tremble's mother
Unexpected Places
1918
as Mrs. Penfield
The Spirit of '17
1918
as Mrs. Glidden
Rose o' Paradise
1918
as Peg Grandoken
Old Wives for New
1918
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
Say! Young Fellow
1918
as A Sweet Spinster
Bound in Morocco
1918
as Ysail's Mother
The Only Road
1918
as Clara Hawkins
The Gypsy Trail
1918
as Grandma
Sandy
1918
as Mrs. Hollis
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918
as Older Mrs. Breede
A Mormon Maid
1917
as Nancy Hogue
The Countess Charming
1917
as Mrs. Lovering
The Evil Eye
1917
A Modern Musketeer
1917
as Mrs. Thacker
The Little American
1917
as Mrs. von Austreim
A Little Princess
1917
as (uncredited)
Tom Sawyer
1917
as Aunt Polly
The Girl at Home
1917
as Mary Dexter
On the Level
1917
as Joe Blanchard's Mother
The Crystal Gazer
1917
as Mrs. Mannering
A School for Husbands
1917
as Mrs. Manners
The Ghost House
1917
as Mrs. Rawson
The Selfish Woman
1916
as Mrs. Hale
Oliver Twist
1916
as Mrs. Brownlow
The Heir to the Hoorah
1916
as Mrs. Kent
The Plow Girl
1916
as Lady Brentwood
Anton the Terrible
1916
as Babushka (Anton's mother)
Public Opinion
1916
as Mrs. Carson Morgan
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
as The Mother
The Golden Chance
1915
as Mrs. Hillary
Richelieu
1914
as The Queen