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Edythe Chapman

Edythe Chapman

Actor · Died October 15, 1948, aged 85 · 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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 7, 1863
Died
October 15, 1948 (aged 85)
From
Rochester, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 117 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 34% in 30 days

What are Edythe Chapman's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
40%
Morality
25%
Power
18%
Self
9%
Society
9%
Family bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
2
Hopeful
2
Thrilling
1
Bittersweet
1
Melancholic
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Feel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Edythe Chapman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Edythe Chapman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

117 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Up the River(1930)

    as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Man Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Aunt Maggie

  • Double Cross Roads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Mrs. Carlyle

  • Take the Heir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Lady Tweedham

  • Navy Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Mrs. Brown

  • Twin Beds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Ma Dolan

  • The Idle Rich(1929)

    as Mrs. Alice Thayer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Synthetic Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Mrs. Fairfax

  • Three Week Ends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Ma O'Brien

  • Sally's Shoulders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Emily

  • Heart Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Actor

  • Happiness Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Mrs. Randall

  • The Little Yellow House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Grandmother Pentland

  • Love Hungry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Ma Robinson

  • The Count of Ten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Mother McKinney

  • The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)

  • The Shepherd of the Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Aunt Mollie

  • Man Crazy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Grandmother Janeway

  • The Crystal Cup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Mrs. Carteret

  • American Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Madame O'Riley

  • Naughty But Nice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Mrs. Altewood

  • Faithful Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as The Mother

  • One Minute to Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Mrs. Wade

  • The Boob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as The Old Lady (uncredited)

  • The Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Mrs. Murrell

  • Three Faces East (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Mrs. Bennett

  • Lazybones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mrs. Tuttle

  • Havoc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mrs. Chappel

  • The Pride of the Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mother Moore

  • Lightnin' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mrs. Jones

  • In the Name of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mother Melnotte

  • Soul Mates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Tancred's mother

  • Learning to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Aunt Penelope

  • Worldly Goods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Mrs. Lawson

  • Broken Barriers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Beulah Reynolds

  • The Wise Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Mrs. John Farrington

  • Daughters of Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Mrs. Hadley

  • The Breaking Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Lucy Livingstone

  • The Shadow of the East (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Aunt Caroline

  • Chastity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mrs. Harris

  • The Ten Commandments(1923)

    as Mrs. Martha McTavish

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Miracle Makers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mrs. Martha Mansfield

  • Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Edythe Chapman

  • Divorce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mrs. George Reed

  • The Girl I Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mother Middleton

  • My American Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Donna Isabella LaTassa

  • Youth to Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Mrs. Cora Knittson

  • Manslaughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Adeline Bennett

  • A Tailor-Made Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Mrs. Nathan

  • North of the Rio Grande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Belle Hannon

  • Beyond the Rocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Lady Bracondale

  • The Sleep Walker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Sister Ursula

  • Her Husband’s Trademark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Mother Berkeley

  • Saturday Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Mrs. Prentiss

  • Voices of the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mrs. Rodman

  • Alias Ladyfingers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Rachel Stetherill

  • Dangerous Curve Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mrs. Mabee

  • Bits of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Actor

  • A Wife's Awakening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mrs. Kelcey

  • One Wild Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mrs. Dorn

  • A Tale of Two Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mrs. Newcombe

  • Bunty Pulls the Strings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Eelen Dunlap

  • Just Out of College (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Mrs. Pickering

  • The County Fair(1920)

    as Aunt Abigail Prue

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • A Double-Dyed Deceiver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Senora Urique

  • Out of the Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Lady Bridgeminster

  • Huckleberry Finn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Aunt Polly

  • The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Mrs. Dean

  • Pinto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Mrs. Audry

  • Everywoman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Truth

  • Flame of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Lady Snowden

  • Deliverance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Sarah Fuller

  • Fires of Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Mrs. Booth

  • Secret Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Mrs. Varney

  • An Innocent Adventuress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Aunt Heppy

  • The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Teddy's Mother

  • The Home Town Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Mrs. Fanshawe

  • Experimental Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Mrs. Ercoll

  • Alias Mike Moran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Ma Young

  • The Winning Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Second Mrs. Milligan

  • You Never Saw Such a Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Mrs. Burgess

  • Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Martha Owen

  • Peg o' My Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Actor

  • The Gypsy Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Grandma

  • Borrowed Clothes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Mary's Mother

  • Unexpected Places (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Mrs. Penfield

  • Bound in Morocco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Ysail's Mother

  • Sandy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Mrs. Hollis

  • Say! Young Fellow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as A Sweet Spinster

  • The Only Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Clara Hawkins

  • Old Wives for New (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)

  • Rose o' Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Peg Grandoken

  • His Majesty, Bunker Bean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Older Mrs. Breede

  • The Whispering Chorus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as John Tremble's mother

  • Huck and Tom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Aunt Polly

  • The Spirit of '17 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Mrs. Glidden

  • A Modern Musketeer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Mrs. Thacker

  • Tom Sawyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Aunt Polly

  • A Little Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as (uncredited)

  • The Ghost House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Mrs. Rawson

  • The Countess Charming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Mrs. Lovering

  • On the Level (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Joe Blanchard's Mother

  • The Crystal Gazer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Mrs. Mannering

  • The Little American(1917)

    as Mrs. von Austreim

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Girl at Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Mary Dexter

  • A Mormon Maid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Nancy Hogue

  • A School for Husbands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Mrs. Manners

  • The Evil Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Actor

  • Oliver Twist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Mrs. Brownlow

  • The Plow Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Lady Brentwood

  • The Heir to the Hoorah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Mrs. Kent

  • Anton the Terrible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Babushka (Anton's mother)

  • Public Opinion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Mrs. Carson Morgan

  • The Selfish Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Mrs. Hale

  • The Golden Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Mrs. Hillary

  • The Pretty Sister of Jose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as The Mother

  • Richelieu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    as The Queen

Career shape

Star power in the 58th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 117 titles from 1914 to 1930.

Highest rated

The Ten Commandments (1923)

Midcredits 69th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting117 of 117: 117 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score43rd

By decade

1910s48 · acting1920s65 · acting1930s4 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Edythe Chapman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

11thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most loved · actor

The Ten Commandments (1923)

Midcredits 69th · 64% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Edythe Chapman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Edythe Chapman's MovieCove titles; James Neill shares the most, 2.