Myrtle Stedman
Acting • Born 1883-03-03 – Died 1938-01-08
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.
Filmography
123 credits
The Rustler's Reformation
Movie • 1913
Kilmeny
Movie • 1915
Lady Leigh
The Rustler's Vindication
Movie • 1917
Told in Colorado
Movie • 1911
Edythe Bellaires
The Taming of Texas Pete
Movie • 1913
The Baby's Mother
Sallie's Sure Shot
Movie • 1913
Sallie
Made a Coward
Movie • 1913
One of the Girls
The Marshal's Capture
Movie • 1913
The Marshal's Wife
Taming a Tenderfoot
Movie • 1913
Jessie Reardon
Religion and Gun Practice
Movie • 1913
Winona Judell
That Mail Order Suit
Movie • 1913
Betty
The Life Timer
Movie • 1913
Mona
The Sheriff of Yavapai County
Movie • 1913
Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
Juggling with Fate
Movie • 1913
Dolores
The Range Law
Movie • 1913
Dora
The Scapegoat
Movie • 1912
Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
Movie • 1913
One of the Girls
A Cowboy's Best Girl
Movie • 1912
Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
The Bully of Bingo Gulch
Movie • 1911
Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
A Romance of the Rio Grande
Movie • 1911
Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
Western Hearts
Movie • 1911
Mrs. Long
The Range Riders
Movie • 1910
By Unseen Hand
Movie • 1914
Margaret Warrington
A War Time Romance
Movie • 1912
Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
Mother Love vs Gold
Movie • 1913
Mrs. Bryson
Sporting Goods
Movie • 1928
Mrs. Elliott
No Place to Go
Movie • 1927
Mrs. Montgomery
If I Marry Again
Movie • 1925
Madame Margot
Ashes
Movie • 1922
Mrs. Crafton
So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law
Movie • 1912
So-Jun-Wah
The Prison Without Walls
Movie • 1917
Helen Ainsworth
The World Apart
Movie • 1917
Beth Hoover
The Chechako
Movie • 1914
Joy Gastell
Alcatraz Island
Movie • 1937
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Country Mouse
Movie • 1914
Myrtle Marshall
The Black Diamond Express
Movie • 1927
Mrs. Harmon
Hypocrites
Movie • 1915
The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
Under Southern Stars
Movie • 1937
Arlene's Mother
Crashin' Thru
Movie • 1923
Celia
Klondike
Movie • 1932
Miss Fielding
The Escape of Jim Dolan
Movie • 1913
Grace Wellington
The Truth About Youth
Movie • 1930
Mrs. Ericson
Judgment of the Storm
Movie • 1924
Mrs. Trevor
Alias Mary Smith
Movie • 1932
Mrs. Hayes
Lilies of the Field
Movie • 1924
Mazie
The Mad Whirl
Movie • 1925
Gladys Herrington
It's No Laughing Matter
Movie • 1915
Bess Judd
The Sin Sister
Movie • 1929
Sister Burton
The Caprices of Kitty
Movie • 1915
Elaine Vernon
Nearly a Lady
Movie • 1915
Mrs. Reginald Brooks
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Movie • 1923
Mrs. Fair
Reckless Youth
Movie • 1922
Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
The Far Cry
Movie • 1926
Louise Marsh
The Life of Riley
Movie • 1927
Penelope Jones
The Love Racket
Movie • 1929
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie • 1937
Junior's Mother
Draegerman Courage
Movie • 1937
Nurse (uncredited)
Sex
Movie • 1920
Mrs. Overman
That Man's Here Again
Movie • 1937
Hospital Nurse
The Teeth of the Tiger
Movie • 1919
Marie Forbes
She Loved a Fireman
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Brown
The Great O'Malley
Movie • 1937
Nurse (uncredited)
The Law and the Outlaw
Movie • 1913
Grace
Beau Ideal
Movie • 1931
Mrs. Frank Madison
Flaming Youth
Movie • 1923
Mona Fentriss
The Pursuit of the Phantom
Movie • 1914
Helen Alden
Song of the Saddle
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Coburn
The Two Orphans
Movie • 1911
Countess de Linieres
Here's to Romance
Movie • 1935
Bit Part
Back in Circulation
Movie • 1937
Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
Over the Goal
Movie • 1937
Marshall's Secretary
Accidents Will Happen
Movie • 1938
Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
Missing Witnesses
Movie • 1937
Minor Role (uncredited)
Martin Eden
Movie • 1914
The Whistle
Movie • 1921
Mrs. Chapple
A Slight Case of Murder
Movie • 1938
Nurse (uncredited)
Little Accident
Movie • 1930
Mrs. Overbeck
Green Light
Movie • 1937
A Nurse
The Go-Getter
Movie • 1937
Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
Give Me Liberty
Movie • 1936
Martha Washington
The Call of the Cumberlands
Movie • 1916
Adrienne Lescott
Women's Wares
Movie • 1927
Mrs. James Crane
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Movie • 1926
Madame Cavallar
Black Roses
Movie • 1921
Blanche De Vore
Sowing the Wind
Movie • 1921
Baby Brabant
Harriet and the Piper
Movie • 1920
Isabelle Carter
Six Days
Movie • 1923
Olive Kingston
The Silver Horde
Movie • 1920
Cherry Malotté
Alias The Deacon
Movie • 1927
Mrs. Betsy Clark
The Dangerous Age
Movie • 1923
Mrs. Sanderson
The Concert
Movie • 1921
Mary Martinot
School for Girls
Movie • 1934
Mrs. Winters
The Wheel of Life
Movie • 1929
Mrs. Faraker
The Tiger's Coat
Movie • 1920
Temporary Marriage
Movie • 1923
Mrs. Hugh Manners
The Majesty of the Law
Movie • 1915
Virginia Fairfax
Peer Gynt
Movie • 1915
Solveig
Nancy from Nowhere
Movie • 1922
Mrs. Halliday
The Woman on the Jury
Movie • 1924
Marion Masters
Wine
Movie • 1924
Mrs. Warriner
The Reform Candidate
Movie • 1915
Sally
Movie • 1925
Mrs. Ten Brock
Beggars in Ermine
Movie • 1934
Nurse
The Soul of Kura San
Movie • 1916
Anne Willoughby
Old Dad
Movie • 1920
Virginia Bretton
The Prince of Pilsen
Movie • 1926
Princess Bertha of Thorwald
The Man in the Shadow
Movie • 1926
Mary Alvoid
The Age of Desire
Movie • 1923
Janet Loring
Tessie
Movie • 1925
Mrs. Wells
The Jazz Age
Movie • 1929
Mrs Maxwell
The Wild Olive
Movie • 1915
Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'
Chickie
Movie • 1925
Janina
That Certain Woman
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Ransom - Rogers' Secretary (uncredited)
In the Hollow of Her Hand
Movie • 1918
Sara Wrandell
Rich Men's Wives
Movie • 1922
Mrs. Davenport
The Breath of Scandal
Movie • 1924
Helen Hale
The American Beauty
Movie • 1916
Ruth Cleave / Mrs. Ellsworth
Happiness of Three Women
Movie • 1917
Constance Barr
Pasquale
Movie • 1916
Banker's wife
The Goose Hangs High
Movie • 1925
Eunice Ingals
The Hands of Nara
Movie • 1922
Vanessa Yates
The Irresistible Lover
Movie • 1927
Hortense Brown
In Honor's Web
Movie • 1919
Olive Meade