Myrtle Stedman

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

143

Movies

126

Born: March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia 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.

Works

126 films

School for Girls

19347.5

The Caprices of Kitty

1915

Martin Eden

1914

Sallie's Sure Shot

19136.0

The Go-Getter

19376.2

Wine

192410.0

Pasquale

1916

The Chechako

1914

Western Hearts

1911

Peer Gynt

1915

A Slight Case of Murder

19386.4

The World Apart

1917

Sex

19206.6

Alcatraz Island

19375.1

Nancy from Nowhere

192210.0

Beggars in Ermine

19347.3

Rich Men's Wives

19224.0

Missing Witnesses

19377.0

The Hands of Nara

19227.0

The Far Cry

19267.0

Their Hour

19287.0

Chickie

19257.0

The Irresistible Lover

19278.0

Lilies of the Field

19247.0

Tessie

19259.0

That Certain Woman

19375.6

The Widow in Scarlet

19328.0

That Mail Order Suit

19139.0

In Honor's Web

191910.0

The Great O'Malley

19377.0

That Man's Here Again

19377.0

Back in Circulation

19376.5

The Scapegoat

191210.0

Told in Colorado

19118.0

The Valley of the Moon

1914

Green Light

19376.7

Ready, Willing and Able

19375.4

The Famous Mrs. Fair

19237.0

The Dangerous Age

19238.0

Sowing the Wind

192110.0

The Life Timer

1913

Accidents Will Happen

19386.3

She Loved a Fireman

19377.5

Beau Ideal

19314.5

Song of the Saddle

19367.3

The Sin Sister

19297.0

The Love Racket

19298.0

Happiness of Three Women

1917

The American Beauty

1916

The Goose Hangs High

19258.0

The Truth About Youth

19306.2

Here's to Romance

19357.0

The Breath of Scandal

19249.0

Flaming Youth

19233.8

The Rustler's Reformation

19137.0

Six Days

19238.0

The Range Riders

1910

The Law and the Outlaw

19135.0

Religion and Gun Practice

1913

A War Time Romance

191210.0

The Majesty of the Law

1915

Alias Mary Smith

19326.0

Give Me Liberty

19366.4

Nearly a Lady

1915

Under Southern Stars

19377.0

A Cowboy's Best Girl

19127.0

Black Roses

19219.0

The Silver Horde

192010.0

The Age of Desire

192310.0

The Tiger's Coat

19205.6

A Romance of the Rio Grande

1911

The Bully of Bingo Gulch

191110.0

Draegerman Courage

19377.3

By Unseen Hand

19148.0

Over the Goal

19375.0

The Wheel of Life

19299.0

Juggling with Fate

1913

Taming a Tenderfoot

19137.0

The Reform Candidate

1915

The Mad Whirl

19256.6

Mother Love vs Gold

19138.0

The Soul of Kura San

191610.0

Reckless Youth

192210.0

Made a Coward

1913

The Whistle

19215.4

Don Juan's 3 Nights

19263.7

The Range Law

1913

The Marshal's Capture

1913

Sporting Goods

19288.0

Temporary Marriage

19238.0

Hypocrites

19155.6

The Jazz Age

19298.0

Little Accident

19309.0

Kilmeny

1915

Alias The Deacon

19279.0

Judgment of the Storm

19248.0

The Concert

192110.0

Klondike

19325.3

Harriet and the Piper

19209.0

The Rustler's Vindication

1917

The Country Mouse

1914

The Pursuit of the Phantom

1914

The Woman on the Jury

19249.0

Sally

19258.0

If I Marry Again

19253.3

The Man in the Shadow

192610.0

Women's Wares

19278.0

The Black Diamond Express

19279.0

Ashes

192210.0

No Place to Go

19278.0

The Teeth of the Tiger

19199.0

The Call of the Cumberlands

19164.8

Crashin' Thru

192310.0

The Life of Riley

19278.0

The Prince of Pilsen

192610.0

The Two Orphans

1911

Old Dad

19207.0

The Wild Olive

1915

The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver

1913

It's No Laughing Matter

1915

The Prison Without Walls

1917

So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law

1912

The Escape of Jim Dolan

19136.0

The Sheriff of Yavapai County

1913

In the Hollow of Her Hand

1918

The Taming of Texas Pete

1913