Myrtle Stedman

Acting

Born March 3, 1883, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

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