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Myrtle Stedman

Myrtle Stedman

Acting1883Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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Myrtle Stedman (March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was a leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures beginning in silent films in 1910. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at a private finishing school there. Miss Stedman performed in light opera and musical comedies there. Her voice was cultivated in France. Her tutor was Marchesi, who was known as one of the finest instructors of voice culture in his country. Myrtle did not enter the field of light opera because of her preference for light opera. She starred for a number of seasons in Isle of Spice and The Chocolate Soldier. She performed for a year at the Whitney Theater in Chicago and was a prima donna of the Chicago Grand Opera Company.

Her first appearances in movies were in Selig studio western and action short films. Among her feature films are Flaming Youth, The Valley of the Moon, The Dangerous Age, and The Famous Mrs. Fair. In 1936, she was signed by Warner Brothers to play bit and extra roles. Her last release was Accidents Will Happen, in 1938.

Myrtle Stedman died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938 at the age of 54. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood California. Her husband Marshall Stedman was a drama school conductor. They were divorced by 1920. Their son Lincoln Stedman was a prolific silent film character actor.

Acting History

1938
A Slight Case of Murder
as Nurse (uncredited)
Accidents Will Happen
as Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
1937
Back in Circulation
as Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
She Loved a Fireman
as Mrs. Brown
Green Light
as A Nurse
Over the Goal
as Marshall's Secretary
Under Southern Stars
as Arlene's Mother
Draegerman Courage
as Nurse (uncredited)
That Certain Woman
as Mrs. Ransom - Rogers' Secretary (uncredited)
The Great O'Malley
as Nurse (uncredited)
Missing Witnesses
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ready, Willing and Able
as Junior's Mother
Alcatraz Island
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
as Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
That Man's Here Again
as Hospital Nurse
1936
Song of the Saddle
as Mrs. Coburn
Give Me Liberty
as Martha Washington
1935
1934
School for Girls
as Mrs. Winters
1932
Klondike
as Miss Fielding
Alias Mary Smith
as Mrs. Hayes
1931
Beau Ideal
as Mrs. Frank Madison
1930
The Truth About Youth
as Mrs. Ericson
Little Accident
as Mrs. Overbeck
1929
The Sin Sister
as Sister Burton
The Wheel of Life
as Mrs. Faraker
The Jazz Age
as Mrs Maxwell
1928
Sporting Goods
as Mrs. Elliott
1927
Women's Wares
as Mrs. James Crane
The Irresistible Lover
as Hortense Brown
Alias The Deacon
as Mrs. Betsy Clark
The Life of Riley
as Penelope Jones
No Place to Go
as Mrs. Montgomery
1926
The Prince of Pilsen
as Princess Bertha of Thorwald
Don Juan's 3 Nights
as Madame Cavallar
The Far Cry
as Louise Marsh
The Man in the Shadow
as Mary Alvoid
1925
Chickie
as Janina
The Mad Whirl
as Gladys Herrington
The Goose Hangs High
as Eunice Ingals
If I Marry Again
as Madame Margot
Sally
as Mrs. Ten Brock
Tessie
as Mrs. Wells
1924
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Trevor
Wine
as Mrs. Warriner
The Woman on the Jury
as Marion Masters
1923
Flaming Youth
as Mona Fentriss
The Dangerous Age
as Mrs. Sanderson
The Age of Desire
as Janet Loring
Six Days
as Olive Kingston
Temporary Marriage
as Mrs. Hugh Manners
1922
Ashes
as Mrs. Crafton
Reckless Youth
as Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
Nancy from Nowhere
as Mrs. Halliday
Rich Men's Wives
as Mrs. Davenport
The Hands of Nara
as Vanessa Yates
1921
Black Roses
as Blanche De Vore
The Concert
as Mary Martinot
The Whistle
as Mrs. Chapple
Sowing the Wind
as Baby Brabant
1920
Old Dad
as Virginia Bretton
Harriet and the Piper
as Isabelle Carter
The Silver Horde
as Cherry Malotté
Sex
as Mrs. Overman
1919
The Teeth of the Tiger
as Marie Forbes
In Honor's Web
as Olive Meade
1918
1917
The Prison Without Walls
as Helen Ainsworth
The World Apart
as Beth Hoover
Happiness of Three Women
as Constance Barr
1916
The Call of the Cumberlands
as Adrienne Lescott
The Soul of Kura San
as Anne Willoughby
Pasquale
as Banker's wife
The American Beauty
as Ruth Cleave / Mrs. Ellsworth
1915
Hypocrites
as The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
Peer Gynt
as Solveig
The Majesty of the Law
as Virginia Fairfax
Kilmeny
as Lady Leigh
The Caprices of Kitty
as Elaine Vernon
Nearly a Lady
as Mrs. Reginald Brooks
The Wild Olive
as Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'
1914
By Unseen Hand
as Margaret Warrington
The Chechako
as Joy Gastell
The Country Mouse
as Myrtle Marshall
1913
The Escape of Jim Dolan
as Grace Wellington
Mother Love vs Gold
as Mrs. Bryson
Taming a Tenderfoot
as Jessie Reardon
The Marshal's Capture
as The Marshal's Wife
The Taming of Texas Pete
as The Baby's Mother
Made a Coward
as One of the Girls
The Sheriff of Yavapai County
as Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
1912
A Cowboy's Best Girl
as Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
The Scapegoat
as Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
A War Time Romance
as Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
1911
The Two Orphans
as Countess de Linieres
Told in Colorado
as Edythe Bellaires
The Bully of Bingo Gulch
as Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
A Romance of the Rio Grande
as Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
Western Hearts
as Mrs. Long
1910

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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/3/1883
Day of Death
1/8/1938
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA