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Edythe Chapman
Acting
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' (1925), a screen production which featured Will Rogers. Edythe was Grandmother Janeway in Man Crazy (…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Up the River
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Man Trouble
as Aunt Maggie
Double Cross Roads
as Mrs. Carlyle
Take the Heir
as Lady Tweedham
The Idle Rich
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
Synthetic Sin
as Mrs. Fairfax
Navy Blues
as Mrs. Brown
Twin Beds
as Ma Dolan
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
Love Hungry
as Ma Robinson