Myrtle Stedman

Myrtle Stedman (54)

1883-03-03 - 1938-01-08 | 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.

On Movies

  • Accidents Will Happen
  • A Slight Case of Murder
  • She Loved a Fireman
  • Missing Witnesses
  • Over the Goal
  • Alcatraz Island
  • Back in Circulation
  • The Go-Getter
  • Draegerman Courage
  • That Man's Here Again
  • Ready, Willing and Able
  • Under Southern Stars
  • Green Light
  • The Great O'Malley
  • Give Me Liberty
  • Song of the Saddle
  • Here's to Romance
  • School for Girls
  • Beggars in Ermine
  • Klondike
  • Alias Mary Smith
  • Beau Ideal
  • The Truth About Youth
  • Little Accident
  • The Wheel of Life
  • The Sin Sister
  • The Jazz Age
  • Sporting Goods
  • No Place to Go
  • Women's Wares
  • The Life of Riley
  • Alias The Deacon
  • The Black Diamond Express
  • The Man in the Shadow
  • Don Juan's 3 Nights
  • The Prince of Pilsen
  • The Far Cry
  • Tessie
  • Sally
  • The Mad Whirl
  • If I Marry Again
  • Wine
  • The Woman on the Jury
  • Lilies of the Field
  • Judgment of the Storm
  • Flaming Youth
  • Six Days
  • The Age of Desire
  • Temporary Marriage
  • Crashin' Thru
  • The Famous Mrs. Fair
  • The Dangerous Age
  • Reckless Youth
  • Ashes
  • Nancy from Nowhere
  • Black Roses
  • The Whistle
  • Sowing the Wind
  • The Tiger's Coat
  • Old Dad
  • Harriet and the Piper
  • The Silver Horde
  • Sex
  • The Teeth of the Tiger
  • The Rustler's Vindication
  • The World Apart
  • The Prison Without Walls
  • The Call of the Cumberlands
  • The Reform Candidate
  • Peer Gynt
  • The Majesty of the Law
  • Nearly a Lady
  • The Wild Olive
  • The Caprices of Kitty
  • Hypocrites
  • It's No Laughing Matter
  • The Chechako
  • The Pursuit of the Phantom
  • Martin Eden
  • By Unseen Hand
  • Mother Love vs Gold
  • The Escape of Jim Dolan
  • The Taming of Texas Pete
  • Made a Coward
  • Sallie's Sure Shot
  • The Marshal's Capture
  • Taming a Tenderfoot
  • The Law and the Outlaw
  • Religion and Gun Practice
  • That Mail Order Suit
  • The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
  • The Life Timer
  • The Sheriff of Yavapai County
  • Juggling with Fate
  • The Range Law
  • So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law
  • A War Time Romance
  • The Scapegoat
  • A Cowboy's Best Girl
  • The Bully of Bingo Gulch
  • A Romance of the Rio Grande
  • Western Hearts
  • Told in Colorado
  • The Two Orphans
  • The Range Riders

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