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 (102 movies)
The Rustler's Reformation
1913
Kilmeny
1915
The Rustler's Vindication
1917
Told in Colorado
1911
The Taming of Texas Pete
1913
Sallie's Sure Shot
1913
Made a Coward
1913
The Marshal's Capture
1913
Taming a Tenderfoot
1913
Religion and Gun Practice
1913
The Sheriff of Yavapai County
1913
Juggling with Fate
1913
The Range Law
1913
The Scapegoat
1912
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
1913
A Cowboy's Best Girl
1912
The Bully of Bingo Gulch
1911
A Romance of the Rio Grande
1911
Western Hearts
1911
A War Time Romance
1912
Mother Love vs Gold
1913
Sporting Goods
1928
No Place to Go
1927
If I Marry Again
1925
Ashes
1922
So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law
1912
The Prison Without Walls
1917
The World Apart
1917
The Chechako
1914
Alcatraz Island
1937
The Country Mouse
1914
The Black Diamond Express
1927
Hypocrites
1915
Crashin' Thru
1923
Klondike
1932
The Escape of Jim Dolan
1913
The Truth About Youth
1930
Judgment of the Storm
1924
Alias Mary Smith
1932
Lilies of the Field
1924
The Mad Whirl
1925
It's No Laughing Matter
1915
The Sin Sister
1929
The Famous Mrs. Fair
1923
Reckless Youth
1922
The Life of Riley
1927
The Love Racket
1929
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
Draegerman Courage
1937
Sex
1920
That Man's Here Again
1937
The Teeth of the Tiger
1919
She Loved a Fireman
1937
The Great O'Malley
1937
The Law and the Outlaw
1913
Beau Ideal
1931
Flaming Youth
1923
Song of the Saddle
1936
The Two Orphans
1911
Here's to Romance
1935
Back in Circulation
1937
Over the Goal
1937
Accidents Will Happen
1938
Missing Witnesses
1937
Martin Eden
1914
The Whistle
1921
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
Little Accident
1930
Green Light
1937
The Go-Getter
1937
Give Me Liberty
1936
The Call of the Cumberlands
1916
Women's Wares
1927
Don Juan's 3 Nights
1926
Black Roses
1921
Sowing the Wind
1921
Harriet and the Piper
1920
Six Days
1923
The Silver Horde
1920
Alias The Deacon
1927
The Dangerous Age
1923
The Concert
1921
School for Girls
1934
The Wheel of Life
1929
The Tiger's Coat
1920
Temporary Marriage
1923
The Majesty of the Law
1915
Peer Gynt
1915
The Woman on the Jury
1924
Wine
1924
The Reform Candidate
1915
Sally
1925
Beggars in Ermine
1934
The Soul of Kura San
1916
Old Dad
1920
The Prince of Pilsen
1926
The Age of Desire
1923
The Jazz Age
1929
The Wild Olive
1915
Chickie
1925
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