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