Myrtle Stedman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1883-03-03
Day of Death
1938-01-08 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Myrtle Stedman
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.
Acting
(1938)
A Slight Case of Murder
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1938)
Accidents Will Happen
as Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
(1937)
Back in Circulation
as Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
(1937)
The Great O'Malley
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1937)
Missing Witnesses
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
(1937)
Green Light
as A Nurse
(1937)
Ready, Willing and Able
as Junior's Mother
(1937)
Alcatraz Island
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1937)
Draegerman Courage
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1937)
She Loved a Fireman
as Mrs. Brown
(1937)
Under Southern Stars
as Arlene's Mother
(1937)
Over the Goal
as Marshall's Secretary
(1937)
That Man's Here Again
as Hospital Nurse
(1936)
Song of the Saddle
as Mrs. Coburn
(1936)
Give Me Liberty
as Martha Washington
(1935)
Here's to Romance
as Bit Part
(1934)
Beggars in Ermine
as Nurse
(1934)
School for Girls
as Mrs. Winters
(1932)
Alias Mary Smith
as Mrs. Hayes
(1932)
Klondike
as Miss Fielding
(1931)
Beau Ideal
as Mrs. Frank Madison
(1930)
The Truth About Youth
as Mrs. Ericson
(1930)
Little Accident
as Mrs. Overbeck
(1929)
(1929)
The Sin Sister
as Sister Burton
(1929)
The Wheel of Life
as Mrs. Faraker
(1928)
Sporting Goods
as Mrs. Elliott
(1927)
The Black Diamond Express
as Mrs. Harmon
(1927)
No Place to Go
as Mrs. Montgomery
(1927)
Alias The Deacon
as Mrs. Betsy Clark
(1927)
Women's Wares
as Mrs. James Crane
(1927)
The Life of Riley
as Penelope Jones
(1926)
Don Juan's 3 Nights
as Madame Cavallar
(1926)
(1926)
The Prince of Pilsen
as Princess Bertha of Thorwald
(1926)
The Man in the Shadow
as Mary Alvoid
(1925)
Sally
as Mrs. Ten Brock
(1925)
The Mad Whirl
as Gladys Herrington
(1925)
If I Marry Again
as Madame Margot
(1924)
Lilies of the Field
as Mazie
(1924)
Wine
as Mrs. Warriner
(1924)
The Woman on the Jury
as Marion Masters
(1924)
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Trevor
(1923)
The Age of Desire
as Janet Loring
(1923)
The Dangerous Age
as Mrs. Sanderson
(1923)
Flaming Youth
as Mona Fentriss
(1923)
Six Days
as Olive Kingston
(1923)
Temporary Marriage
as Mrs. Hugh Manners
(1923)
The Famous Mrs. Fair
as Mrs. Fair
(1923)
Crashin' Thru
as Celia
(1922)
Reckless Youth
as Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
(1922)
Ashes
as Mrs. Crafton
(1922)
Nancy from Nowhere
as Mrs. Halliday
(1921)
The Whistle
as Mrs. Chapple
(1921)
The Concert
as Mary Martinot
(1921)
Black Roses
as Blanche De Vore
(1921)
Sowing the Wind
as Baby Brabant
(1920)
Sex
as Mrs. Overman
(1920)
The Silver Horde
as Cherry Malotté
(1920)
Harriet and the Piper
as Isabelle Carter
(1920)
Old Dad
as Virginia Bretton
(1920)
(1919)
The Teeth of the Tiger
as Marie Forbes
(1917)
The World Apart
as Beth Hoover
(1917)
The Prison Without Walls
as Helen Ainsworth
(1917)
(1916)
The Call of the Cumberlands
as Adrienne Lescott
(1916)
The Soul of Kura San
as Anne Willoughby
(1915)
Kilmeny
as Lady Leigh
(1915)
Hypocrites
as The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
(1915)
Nearly a Lady
as Mrs. Reginald Brooks
(1915)
The Majesty of the Law
as Virginia Fairfax
(1915)
The Caprices of Kitty
as Elaine Vernon
(1915)
(1915)
Peer Gynt
as Solveig
(1915)
It's No Laughing Matter
as Bess Judd
(1914)
The Country Mouse
as Myrtle Marshall
(1914)
(1914)
The Chechako
as Joy Gastell
(1914)
By Unseen Hand
as Margaret Warrington
(1914)
The Pursuit of the Phantom
as Helen Alden
(1913)
Religion and Gun Practice
as Winona Judell
(1913)
The Marshal's Capture
as The Marshal's Wife
(1913)
The Escape of Jim Dolan
as Grace Wellington
(1913)
(1913)
The Sheriff of Yavapai County
as Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
(1913)
The Range Law
as Dora
(1913)
The Law and the Outlaw
as Grace
(1913)
Sallie's Sure Shot
as Sallie
(1913)
The Life Timer
as Mona
(1913)
That Mail Order Suit
as Betty
(1913)
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
as One of the Girls
(1913)
Made a Coward
as One of the Girls
(1913)
Juggling with Fate
as Dolores
(1913)
The Taming of Texas Pete
as The Baby's Mother
(1913)
Taming a Tenderfoot
as Jessie Reardon
(1913)
Mother Love vs Gold
as Mrs. Bryson
(1912)
The Scapegoat
as Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
(1912)
A Cowboy's Best Girl
as Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
(1912)
So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law
as So-Jun-Wah
(1912)
A War Time Romance
as Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
(1911)
The Two Orphans
as Countess de Linieres
(1911)
A Romance of the Rio Grande
as Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
(1911)
Western Hearts
as Mrs. Long
(1911)
Told in Colorado
as Edythe Bellaires
(1911)
The Bully of Bingo Gulch
as Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
(1910)