Personal Info
Birth date
1883-03-03 (142 Years)
Day of death
1938-01-08
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Myrtle Steadman
Myrtle Lincoln
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.
Filmography
No Place to Go
NYR
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Starry-eyed heiress Mary Astor yearns for a "cave man" who will treat her rough and make her like it.The Jazz Age
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When Steve Maxwell and flapper Sue Randall wreck her father's automobile during a drunken escapade, her father exploits the mishap and blackmails Steve's father into supporting an illegal contract in city affairs.Hypocrites
5.8
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The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.The Pursuit of the Phantom
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Accompanied by his dog Skookum, artist Richard Alden goes to work painting the beauty of Laguna Beach. There he courts a city woman, much to the delight of a whimsical waif who weaves fantasies about the lovers. The idyll is interrupted, though, when Wyant Van Zandt, an ambitious millionaire, steals the artist's sweetheart. Alden marries the waif, who later bears him six children. Years pass, and Van Zandt's son falls in love with Helen, the artist's daughter. Indignant at the unsuitability of the match, the millionaire forces his son to break with Helen. Thinking that his daughter's honor has been compromised, Alden attacks and chokes the youth, but at young Van Zandt's bedside, all are reconciled. An allegorical epilogue contrasts the lots of Van Zandt and Alden. To the left, the millionaire embraces a skeleton in black, while, to the right, the artist holds his wife. -From TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.Missing Witnesses
5.5
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A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.The Two Orphans
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REEL ONE: Diane Eleanor De Vaudrey secretly marries a man beneath her. A child is born, Louise, the blind girl. Diane's father kills her husband and forces her to marry the Count de Linieres, who remains ignorant of Louise's existence. Louise is placed in the keeping of a peasant woman who has a child of her own, Henriette. Eighteen years later, the peasant woman dies and the two orphans start for Paris. The day they arrive in Paris, the Marquis de Preales notices Henriette and decides to kidnap her. Henriette rescues Marianne, an outcast, from suicide. Henriette is abducted by the Marquis. Marianne, in order to escape from Jacques Frochard, surrenders to the Gendarmes. Louise, left alone, starts toward the river and is saved from falling into the water by Pierre Frochard. a brother of Jacques. La Frochard, an old woman beggar, lives with her two sons. Louise now falls into their hands. The Marquis has brought Henriette to a garden fete, given in honor of the Chevalier.The Mad Whirl
6.5
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A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.Alias Mary Smith
5
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A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy who drinks just a bit too much.The Great O'Malley
6.7
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His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien).A Slight Case of Murder
6.2
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Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.The Prince of Pilsen
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Frederick, Prince of Pilsen, rebelling against his coming marriage with Princess Bertha of Thorwald, meets Hans Wagner, a brewer, and his daughter Nellie. The brewer, mistaking the prince for the son of a friend, asks him to join in a banquet. Hans becomes intoxicated, dresses up in a uniform, and is then mistaken by a coachman for the prince and brought to the palaceGive Me Liberty
6.3
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Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.Alcatraz Island
4.9
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A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.Green Light
6.4
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A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.The Truth About Youth
5.7
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A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.Here's to Romance
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Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.Beau Ideal
4
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An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.Six Days
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Laline, a pretty young woman, falls in love with Dion, a young sculptor, but her mother wants her to marry a wealthy Englishman. Laline and Dion are visiting the gravesite of Laline's brother with a priest, and a cave-in traps the three in some long-abandoned underground barracks.Draegerman Courage
6.5
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After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.Beggars in Ermine
6.3
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John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his steel mill.Alias The Deacon
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A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.It's No Laughing Matter
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The story of a ruddy-cheeked rural postman who dabbles in poetry-writing on the side. He utilizes his hobby to spread a bit of sunshine throughout the village, at one point reuniting a long-estranged family.Accidents Will Happen
6
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A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.Crashin' Thru
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Gracia, a half-breed Indian girl, plots with Cons Saunders to steal cattle from Blake because he is oblivious to her charms. With his stock gone, he cannot repay the money he owes his Uncle Benedict, and when Benedict is murdered, Blake is suspected. Because Blake has taken care of Saunders (Cons's father) for the many years he has been without the use of his legs, the latter is finally conscience-stricken and confesses to the crime, thus freeing Blake to marry Diana.Back in Circulation
5.3
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Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.Black Roses
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Japanese architect Yoda is hired as groundskeeper for retired criminal Benson Burleigh.The Wild Olive
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Nicknamed "Wild Olive," Miriam Strange discovers that her mom was an Indian, she moves to a hovel close to an Allegheny stumble camp. Norrie Passage, straight from school, visits his uncle, the tormenting manager of the camp, and meets Miriam. After his uncle is killed with a blade discovered covered up under Norrie's bedding, Norrie is condemned to pass on. In spite of the fact that he pledged to wed her, after his letters to "Wild Olive" return undelivered, Norrie, wearing a facial hair growth and an accepted name, gets connected with to Evie Wayne, Miriam's stepsister. At the point when Norrie is shipped off be his association's New York director, he meets Miriam once more. She forfeits her adoration and consents to wed attorney Charles Victory, in the event that he will demonstrate Norrie's blamelessness. After Evie finds out about Norrie's past and breaks the commitment, the killer makes a deathbed admission. Conquest discharges Miriam when he sees that she adores Norrie.The Black Diamond Express
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Dan Foster, the engineer of the Black Diamond Express express train falls in love with Jeanne Harmon, whose snobbish, high society mother, Mrs. Harmon, does not approve of the blue-collar, rough-at-the-edges Dan Foster as a suitable husband for Jeanne.The Concert
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A concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The seductress's husband takes in the pianist's wife, and all four pretend to be happy with the new arrangement.School for Girls
6
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After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However, one of the board of trustees takes an interest in the new arrival and begins to investigate the management of the institution.Acting
1938Accidents Will Happen as Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
1938A Slight Case of Murder as Nurse (uncredited)
1937She Loved a Fireman as Mrs. Brown
1937Missing Witnesses as Minor Role (uncredited)
1937Over the Goal as Marshall's Secretary
1937Alcatraz Island as Party Guest (uncredited)
1937Back in Circulation as Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
1937The Go-Getter as Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
1937Draegerman Courage as Nurse (uncredited)
1937That Man's Here Again as Hospital Nurse
1937Ready, Willing and Able as Junior's Mother
1937Under Southern Stars as Arlene's Mother
1937Green Light as A Nurse
1937The Great O'Malley as Nurse (uncredited)
1936Give Me Liberty as Martha Washington
1936Song of the Saddle as Mrs. Coburn
1935Here's to Romance as Bit Part
1934School for Girls as Mrs. Winters
1934Beggars in Ermine as Nurse
1932Klondike as Miss Fielding
1932Alias Mary Smith as Mrs. Hayes
1931Beau Ideal as Mrs. Frank Madison
1930The Truth About Youth as Mrs. Ericson
1930Little Accident as Mrs. Overbeck
1929The Love Racket as Unknown
1929The Wheel of Life as Mrs. Faraker
1929The Sin Sister as Sister Burton
1929The Jazz Age as Mrs Maxwell
1928Sporting Goods as Mrs. Elliott
1927No Place to Go as Mrs. Montgomery
1927Women's Wares as Mrs. James Crane
1927The Life of Riley as Penelope Jones
1927Alias The Deacon as Mrs. Betsy Clark
1927The Black Diamond Express as Mrs. Harmon
1926The Man in the Shadow as Mary Alvoid
1926Don Juan's 3 Nights as Madame Cavallar
1926The Prince of Pilsen as Princess Bertha of Thorwald
1926The Far Cry as Unknown
1925Tessie as Mrs. Wells
1925Sally as Mrs. Ten Brock
1925The Mad Whirl as Gladys Herrington
1925If I Marry Again as Madame Margot
1924Wine as Mrs. Warriner
1924The Woman on the Jury as Marion Masters
1924Lilies of the Field as Mazie
1924Judgment of the Storm as Mrs. Trevor
1923Flaming Youth as Mona Fentriss
1923Six Days as Olive Kingston
1923The Age of Desire as Janet Loring
1923Temporary Marriage as Mrs. Hugh Manners
1923Crashin' Thru as Celia
1923The Famous Mrs. Fair as Mrs. Fair
1923The Dangerous Age as Mrs. Sanderson
1922Reckless Youth as Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
1922Ashes as Mrs. Crafton
1922Nancy from Nowhere as Mrs. Halliday
1921Black Roses as Blanche De Vore
1921The Whistle as Mrs. Chapple
1921Sowing the Wind as Baby Brabant
1921The Concert as Mary Martinot
1920The Tiger's Coat as Unknown
1920Old Dad as Virginia Bretton
1920Harriet and the Piper as Isabelle Carter
1920The Silver Horde as Cherry Malotté
1920Sex as Mrs. Overman
1919The Teeth of the Tiger as Marie Forbes
1917The Rustler's Vindication as Unknown
1917The World Apart as Beth Hoover
1917The Prison Without Walls as Helen Ainsworth
1916The Soul of Kura San as Anne Willoughby
1916The Call of the Cumberlands as Adrienne Lescott
1915The Reform Candidate as Unknown
1915Peer Gynt as Solveig
1915The Majesty of the Law as Virginia Fairfax
1915Nearly a Lady as Mrs. Reginald Brooks
1915Kilmeny as Lady Leigh
1915The Wild Olive as Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'
1915The Caprices of Kitty as Elaine Vernon
1915Hypocrites as The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
1915It's No Laughing Matter as Bess Judd
1914The Chechako as Joy Gastell
1914The Country Mouse as Myrtle Marshall
1914The Pursuit of the Phantom as Helen Alden
1914Martin Eden as Unknown
1914By Unseen Hand as Margaret Warrington
1913Mother Love vs Gold as Mrs. Bryson
1913The Rustler's Reformation as Unknown
1913The Escape of Jim Dolan as Grace Wellington
1913The Taming of Texas Pete as The Baby's Mother
1913Made a Coward as One of the Girls
1913Sallie's Sure Shot as Sallie
1913The Marshal's Capture as The Marshal's Wife
1913Taming a Tenderfoot as Jessie Reardon
1913The Law and the Outlaw as Grace
1913Religion and Gun Practice as Winona Judell
1913That Mail Order Suit as Betty
1913The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver as One of the Girls
1913The Life Timer as Mona
1913The Sheriff of Yavapai County as Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
1913Juggling with Fate as Dolores
1913The Range Law as Dora
1912So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law as So-Jun-Wah
1912A War Time Romance as Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
1912The Scapegoat as Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
1912A Cowboy's Best Girl as Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
1911The Bully of Bingo Gulch as Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
1911A Romance of the Rio Grande as Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
1911Western Hearts as Mrs. Long
1911Told in Colorado as Edythe Bellaires
1911The Two Orphans as Countess de Linieres
1910The Range Riders as Unknown