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