Myrtle Stedman
Acting
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.
Born: March 3, 1883
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Mrs. Brown
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Marshall's Secretary
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Mrs. Ransom - Rogers' Secretary (uncredited)
as Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
as Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Hospital Nurse
as Junior's Mother
as A Nurse
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Martha Washington
as Mrs. Coburn
as Bit Part
as Mrs. Winters
as Nurse
as Miss Fielding
as Mrs. Hayes
as Mrs. Frank Madison
as Mrs. Ericson
as Mrs. Overbeck
as Mrs. Faraker
as Sister Burton
as Mrs Maxwell
as Mrs. Elliott
as Mrs. Montgomery
as Mrs. James Crane
as Penelope Jones
as Mrs. Betsy Clark
as Mrs. Harmon
as Madame Cavallar
as Princess Bertha of Thorwald
as Janina
as Mrs. Ten Brock
as Gladys Herrington
as Madame Margot
as Mrs. Warriner
as Marion Masters
as Mazie
as Mrs. Trevor
as Mona Fentriss
as Olive Kingston
as Janet Loring
as Mrs. Hugh Manners
as Celia
as Mrs. Fair
as Mrs. Sanderson
as Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
as Mrs. Crafton
as Blanche De Vore
as Mrs. Chapple
as Baby Brabant
as Mary Martinot
as Virginia Bretton
as Isabelle Carter
as Cherry Malotté
as Mrs. Overman
as Marie Forbes
as Sara Wrandell
as Beth Hoover
as Helen Ainsworth
as Anne Willoughby
as Adrienne Lescott
as Solveig
as Virginia Fairfax
as Lady Leigh
as Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'
as The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
as Bess Judd
as Joy Gastell
as Myrtle Marshall
as Mrs. Bryson
as Grace Wellington
as The Baby's Mother
as One of the Girls
as Sallie
as The Marshal's Wife
as Jessie Reardon
as Grace
as Winona Judell
as One of the Girls
as Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
as Dolores
as Dora
as So-Jun-Wah
as Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
as Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
as Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
as Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
as Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
as Mrs. Long
as Edythe Bellaires
as Countess de Linieres