Edythe Chapman
1863-10-07 ( 161 years old ) in Rochester, New York, USA

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.

Movies

Up the River 1930-10-10
Man Trouble 1930-08-24
Take the Heir 1930-01-15
Navy Blues 1929-12-20
Twin Beds 1929-07-14
The Idle Rich 1929-06-15
Synthetic Sin 1929-01-06
Heart Trouble 1928-10-01
Love Hungry 1928-04-08
Faithful Wives 1926-11-25
The Boob 1926-05-17
The Runaway 1926-04-04
Lazybones 1925-11-06
Havoc 1925-09-27
Lightnin' 1925-08-23
Chastity 1923-12-31
Hollywood 1923-08-19
Manslaughter 1922-09-24
Saturday Night 1922-01-29
Bits of Life 1921-09-26
One Wild Week 1921-04-08
Pinto 1920-01-10
Everywoman 1919-12-30
Fires of Faith 1919-08-03
Secret Service 1919-06-15
The Only Road 1918-06-03
Huck and Tom 1918-03-04
Tom Sawyer 1917-12-10
On the Level 1917-09-10
A Mormon Maid 1917-04-21
The Evil Eye 1917-01-04
Oliver Twist 1916-12-10
Richelieu 1914-09-26