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