Edythe Chapman
Biography
Edythe Chapman was an American actress of the stage and silent screen who built a career in theater before moving into films. Born in Rochester, New York, she was appearing in New York City in The Charity Ball as early as 1898. She came to Hollywood around 1909 and worked with Cecil B. DeMille and other notable directors and producers. Chapman specialized in maternal parts and in the 1920s was known as Hollywood's Mother. Her silent movies included The Little American (1917), Manslaughter (1922), and The Ten Commandments (1923), in which she had leading roles. She played Ma Jones in Lightnin' (1925), which featured Will Rogers, and Grandmother Janeway in Man Crazy (1927). Later credits included Navy Blues (1929) and Double Crossroads in 1930, her final film. She died in 1948.
85years old at death
- Born Rochester
- Died Glendale
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 8 years1922 to 1930
Every film, newest first
- 1930Up the RiverIMDb rating 5.9
- 1927The Student Prince in Old HeidelbergIMDb rating 7.5
- 1923The Ten CommandmentsIMDb rating 6.8
- 1922Beyond the RocksIMDb rating 6.7
- 1922ManslaughterIMDb rating 6.3
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A first
Chapman took on maternal parts in many silent motion pictures, and by the 1920s she had earned the nickname Hollywood's Mother.
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Cecil B. DeMille directed two of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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