
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.

Hollywood

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

Navy Blues

The Golden Chance

Lazybones

十誡

Old Wives for New

The Whispering Chorus

The Little American

Lightnin'

Alias Ladyfingers

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

Beyond the Rocks

The Idle Rich

The Boob

Huckleberry Finn

Up the River

A Tale of Two Worlds

Saturday Night

A Modern Musketeer

A Little Princess

Manslaughter

A Mormon Maid

Man Trouble

Tom Sawyer

The County Fair

One Minute to Play

Broken Barriers

American Beauty

Bunty Pulls the Strings

Borrowed Clothes

North of the Rio Grande

Bits of Life

In the Name of Love

Huck and Tom

A Tailor-Made Man

The Countess Charming

The Selfish Woman

Alias Mike Moran

Love Hungry

The Pretty Sister of Jose

Three Faces East

Flame of the Desert

The Runaway

Unexpected Places

The Spirit of '17

Pinto

The Winning Girl

Her Husband’s Trademark

Synthetic Sin

Daughters of Pleasure

Chastity

Rose o' Paradise

Double Cross Roads

Twin Beds

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

Voices of the City

Havoc

Three Week Ends

A Double-Dyed Deceiver

Learning to Love

Naughty But Nice

Say! Young Fellow

Bound in Morocco

Oliver Twist

Heart Trouble

My American Wife

Richelieu

Experimental Marriage

Secret Service

The Crystal Cup

The Only Road

The Girl at Home

Happiness Ahead

Everywoman

The Shepherd of the Hills

Dangerous Curve Ahead

The Girl I Loved

The Shadow of the East

The Breaking Point

Fires of Faith

The Little Yellow House

On the Level

The Crystal Gazer

A School for Husbands

The Gypsy Trail

Sally's Shoulders

Soul Mates

Just Out of College

The Wise Virgin

Sandy

Worldly Goods

The Heir to the Hoorah

Out of the Storm

An Innocent Adventuress

The Home Town Girl

The Ghost House

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

A Wife's Awakening

Youth to Youth

The Count of Ten

Divorce

The Sleep Walker

The Miracle Makers

The Plow Girl

Anton the Terrible

Faith