Myrtle Stedman
Acting
🎂 1883-03-03
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.
Cast credits(109)
Mrs. Overman
1920
Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
1937
Minor Role (uncredited)
1937
Mrs. Winters
1934
Bit Part
1935
Nurse (uncredited)
1938
Mrs. Crafton
1922
Mrs. Betsy Clark
1927
Party Guest (uncredited)
1937
Dolores
1913
Solveig
1915
Nurse (uncredited)
1937
Hospital Nurse
1937
Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
1937
Mrs. Faraker
1929
Mrs. Ten Brock
1925
A Nurse
1937
Mrs. Hayes
1932
Junior's Mother
1937
Mrs. Frank Madison
1931
Marion Masters
1924
Mrs. Overbeck
1930
Mrs. Ericson
1930
The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
1915
Mrs. Hugh Manners
1923
Mrs. Coburn
1936
Janet Loring
1923
Baby Brabant
1921
Cherry Malotté
1920
Nurse (uncredited)
1937
Mrs. Warriner
1924
Mazie
1924
1914
Isabelle Carter
1920
Mrs. Fair
1923
Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
1912
Mrs. Elliott
1928
One of the Girls
1913
Elaine Vernon
1915
Nurse
1934
Mrs. Brown
1937
1915
Mrs. Chapple
1921
Beth Hoover
1917
Gladys Herrington
1925
Mona Fentriss
1923
Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
1912
One of the Girls
1913
Miss Fielding
1932
Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
1913
Joy Gastell
1914
Olive Kingston
1923
Mrs. Halliday
1922
Martha Washington
1936
Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
1922
Madame Cavallar
1926
Grace Wellington
1913
Mrs. Harmon
1927
Mrs. Sanderson
1923
1920
Mrs. Long
1911
Mary Martinot
1921
Marshall's Secretary
1937
Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
1938
Mrs. Trevor
1924
Mrs. Wells
1925
Adrienne Lescott
1916
Celia
1923
Lady Leigh
1915
Countess de Linieres
1911
Jessie Reardon
1913
The Baby's Mother
1913
Arlene's Mother
1937
Sister Burton
1929
Winona Judell
1913
Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
1911
Mary Alvoid
1926
Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
1912
Madame Margot
1925
Virginia Fairfax
1915
So-Jun-Wah
1912
Margaret Warrington
1914
Grace
1913
The Marshal's Wife
1913
1910
Mrs. Reginald Brooks
1915
Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
1911
Princess Bertha of Thorwald
1926
Anne Willoughby
1916
Marie Forbes
1919
Blanche De Vore
1921
Penelope Jones
1927
Bess Judd
1915
Betty
1913
Mona
1913
Mrs. Montgomery
1927
1929
Helen Alden
1914
Mrs. Bryson
1913
Mrs. James Crane
1927
Virginia Bretton
1920
Sallie
1913
Dora
1913
1913
Helen Ainsworth
1917
Myrtle Marshall
1914
1926
1917
Edythe Bellaires
1911