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Edythe Chapman

{{short description|American actress}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Edythe Chapman

| image = Edythe Chapman, stage actress (SAYRE 21991) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Chapman {{circa|1904}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1863|10|8}}

| birth_place = Rochester, New York U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|10|15|1863|10|8}}

| death_place = Glendale, California U.S.

| resting_place = Bonaventure Cemetery

| occupation = Actress

| years_active= 1898–1930

| spouse = James Neill (m.1897–1931; his death)

}}

Edythe Chapman (October 8, 1863 – October 15, 1948) was an American stage and silent film actress.

Career

Born in Rochester, New York, Chapman began her stage career as early as 1898 when she appeared in New York City in The Charity Ball.{{r|chapmanObit}}{{cite book|title=The Capital|date=1902|publisher=Capital Publishing Company|location=California}}

Chapman played maternal roles in numerous silent motion pictures and became known in the 1920s as Hollywood's Mother.{{r|neillObit}} She played Ma Jones in the film version of Lightnin' (1925), a screen production that featured Will Rogers. Edythe was Grandmother Janeway in Man Crazy (1927). The film starred Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall.

File:Edythe Chapman in The Ten Commandments.jpg (1923)]]

Chapman came to Hollywood around 1909 with her husband, screen and stage actor James Neill. The two met in Cincinnati when Chapman was working in Neill's stock company.{{r|neillObit}}{{r|chapmanObit}} The couple got married in 1897{{r|neillObit}} and soon 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. Neill died in 1931.{{r|chapmanObit}} The final movie in which Edythe appeared was Double Crossroads in 1930. Prior to this, she had a large role in Navy Blues (1929).{{r|chapmanObit}}

Death

Chapman Neill died in Glendale, California after a brief illness, a week past her 85th birthday.{{r|chapmanObit}} She was interred alongside her husband at Bonaventure Cemetery.Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

Partial filmography

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References

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{{cite news | title=Edythe Chapman, 85, Stage, Film Actress | date=October 16, 1948 | newspaper=The New York Times | page=15 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/10/16/archives/edythe-chapman-85-stage-film-actress.html | url-access=subscription | access-date=August 30, 2018 }}

{{cite news | title=James Neill Dead; Actor For 47 Years | date=March 16, 1931 | newspaper=The New York Times | page=19 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/16/archives/james-neill-dead-actor-for-47-years-stage-and-screen-performer-at.html | url-access=subscription | access-date=August 30, 2018 }}

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|0152362}}
  • [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=503616&word= photo gallery, by the window with husband James Neill]

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Category:1863 births

Category:1948 deaths

Category:19th-century American actresses

Category:20th-century American actresses

Category:American film actresses

Category:American stage actresses

Category:Actresses from Rochester, New York

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