Myrtle Stedman
from Chicago, Illinois, USA
from 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.
Nurse (uncredited)
Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Under Southern Stars
Arlene's Mother
A Nurse
Junior's Mother
Hospital Nurse
Nurse (uncredited)
Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
Mrs. Ransom - Rogers' Secretary (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Marshall's Secretary
Minor Role (uncredited)
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Coburn
Martha Washington
Bit Part
Nurse
Mrs. Winters
The Widow in Scarlet
Alice Lawton-Bond
Mrs. Hayes
Miss Fielding
Mrs. Frank Madison
Mrs. Overbeck
Mrs. Ericson
Mrs Maxwell
Sister Burton
Mrs. Faraker
(Unknown)
Mrs. Elliott
Their Hour
Peggy's Mother
Mrs. Harmon
Mrs. Betsy Clark
Penelope Jones
Mrs. James Crane
Hortense Brown
Mrs. Montgomery
Louise Marsh
Princess Bertha of Thorwald
Madame Cavallar
The Man in the Shadow
Mary Alvoid
Madame Margot
Gladys Herrington
Mrs. Ten Brock
Eunice Ingals
Janina
Tessie
Mrs. Wells
Mrs. Trevor
Mazie
Marion Masters
Mrs. Warriner
Helen Hale
Mrs. Sanderson
Mrs. Fair
Celia
Mrs. Hugh Manners
Janet Loring
Olive Kingston
Mona Fentriss
Mrs. Halliday
Mrs. Crafton
Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
Vanessa Yates
Mrs. Davenport
Mary Martinot
Baby Brabant
Mrs. Chapple
Blanche De Vore
Mrs. Overman
Cherry Malotté
Isabelle Carter
Virginia Bretton
(Unknown)
Marie Forbes
Olive Meade
Sara Wrandell
Constance Barr
Helen Ainsworth
Beth Hoover
(Unknown)
Adrienne Lescott
Banker's wife
Ruth Cleave / Mrs. Ellsworth
Anne Willoughby
Bess Judd
The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
The Caprices of Kitty
Elaine Vernon
Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'
Lady Leigh
Nearly a Lady
Mrs. Reginald Brooks
Virginia Fairfax
Solveig
(Unknown)
By Unseen Hand
Margaret Warrington
The Valley of the Moon
Saxon
(Unknown)
The Pursuit of the Phantom
Helen Alden
Myrtle Marshall
Joy Gastell
Dora
Dolores
Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
The Life Timer
Mona
One of the Girls
That Mail Order Suit
Betty
Winona Judell
Grace
Jessie Reardon
The Marshal's Wife
Sallie
One of the Girls
The Baby's Mother
Grace Wellington
(Unknown)
Mrs. Bryson
Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
So-Jun-Wah
Countess de Linieres
Edythe Bellaires
Mrs. Long
Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
The Range Riders
(Unknown)