caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
edith chapman by otto sarony 1906 15 october 1948 glendale , california u.s. film 1914 - 1930 rochester , new york u.s. 8 october 1863 james neill -lrb- 1897-1931 -rrb- -lrb- his death -rrb- edythe chapman -lrb- 1906 -rrb- . jpg edythe chapman
 edythe chapman stage and screen actor
edythe chapman

edythe chapman -lrb- october 8 , 1863 - october 15 , 1948 -rrb- , 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 .
the play was a romantic drama of early rome which was supported by a cast of approximately 100 people .
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 ' '' -lrb- 1925 -rrb- , a screen production which featured will rogers .
edythe was `` grandmother janeway '' in `` man crazy '' -lrb- 1927 -rrb- .
the film starred dorothy mackaill and jack mulhall .
chapman was praised by reviewers for her performance .
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 '' -lrb- 1923 -rrb- , `` manslaughter '' -lrb- 1922 -rrb- , `` the little american '' -lrb- 1917 -rrb- , 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 '' -lrb- 1929 -rrb- .
edythe chapman neill died in glendale , california in 1948 after a brief illness and was interred at the bonaventure cemetery in savannah , georgia , usa .
she was 85 years old .
