Edythe Chapman

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 Hollywoods 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 Neills 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