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.
Acted in 114
1930s
- 1938
Accidents Will Happen
Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
- 1937
She Loved a Fireman
Mrs. Brown
Missing Witnesses
Minor Role (uncredited)
Over the Goal
Marshall's Secretary
Alcatraz Island
Party Guest (uncredited)
Back in Circulation
Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
Draegerman Courage
Nurse (uncredited)
That Man's Here Again
Hospital Nurse
Ready, Willing and Able
Junior's Mother
Under Southern Stars
Arlene's Mother
Green Light
A Nurse
The Great O'Malley
Nurse (uncredited)
- 1936
Give Me Liberty
Martha Washington
Song of the Saddle
Mrs. Coburn
- 1935
Here's to Romance
Bit Part
- 1934
School for Girls
Mrs. Winters
Beggars in Ermine
Nurse
- 1932
Klondike
Miss Fielding
Alias Mary Smith
Mrs. Hayes
- 1931
Beau Ideal
Mrs. Frank Madison
- 1930
The Truth About Youth
Mrs. Ericson
Little Accident
Mrs. Overbeck
1920s
- 1929
The Love Racket
Movie
The Wheel of Life
Mrs. Faraker
The Sin Sister
Sister Burton
The Jazz Age
Mrs Maxwell
- 1928
Sporting Goods
Mrs. Elliott
- 1927
No Place to Go
Mrs. Montgomery
The Irresistible Lover
Hortense Brown
Women's Wares
Mrs. James Crane
The Life of Riley
Penelope Jones
Alias The Deacon
Mrs. Betsy Clark
The Black Diamond Express
Mrs. Harmon
- 1926
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Madame Cavallar
The Prince of Pilsen
Princess Bertha of Thorwald
The Far Cry
Louise Marsh
- 1925
Chickie
Janina
The Goose Hangs High
Eunice Ingals
Sally
Mrs. Ten Brock
The Mad Whirl
Gladys Herrington
If I Marry Again
Madame Margot
- 1924
The Breath of Scandal
Helen Hale
Wine
Mrs. Warriner
The Woman on the Jury
Marion Masters
Lilies of the Field
Mazie
Judgment of the Storm
Mrs. Trevor
- 1923
Flaming Youth
Mona Fentriss
Six Days
Olive Kingston
The Age of Desire
Janet Loring
Temporary Marriage
Mrs. Hugh Manners
Crashin' Thru
Celia
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Mrs. Fair
The Dangerous Age
Mrs. Sanderson
- 1922
Rich Men's Wives
Mrs. Davenport
Reckless Youth
Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
Ashes
Mrs. Crafton
- 1921
Black Roses
Blanche De Vore
The Whistle
Mrs. Chapple
Sowing the Wind
Baby Brabant
The Concert
Mary Martinot
- 1920
The Tiger's Coat
Movie
Old Dad
Virginia Bretton
Harriet and the Piper
Isabelle Carter
The Silver Horde
Cherry Malotté
Sex
Mrs. Overman
1910s
- 1919
In Honor's Web
Olive Meade
The Teeth of the Tiger
Marie Forbes
- 1918
In the Hollow of Her Hand
Sara Wrandell
- 1917
The Rustler's Vindication
Movie
The World Apart
Beth Hoover
The Prison Without Walls
Helen Ainsworth
Happiness of Three Women
Constance Barr
- 1916
The Soul of Kura San
Anne Willoughby
The American Beauty
Ruth Cleave / Mrs. Ellsworth
Pasquale
Banker's wife
The Call of the Cumberlands
Adrienne Lescott
- 1915
The Reform Candidate
Movie
Peer Gynt
Solveig
The Majesty of the Law
Virginia Fairfax
Kilmeny
Lady Leigh
The Wild Olive
Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'
Hypocrites
The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
It's No Laughing Matter
Bess Judd
- 1914
The Chechako
Joy Gastell
The Country Mouse
Myrtle Marshall
Martin Eden
Movie
- 1913
Mother Love vs Gold
Mrs. Bryson
The Rustler's Reformation
Movie
The Escape of Jim Dolan
Grace Wellington
The Taming of Texas Pete
The Baby's Mother
Made a Coward
One of the Girls
Sallie's Sure Shot
Sallie
The Marshal's Capture
The Marshal's Wife
Taming a Tenderfoot
Jessie Reardon
The Law and the Outlaw
Grace
Religion and Gun Practice
Winona Judell
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
One of the Girls
The Sheriff of Yavapai County
Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
Juggling with Fate
Dolores
The Range Law
Dora
- 1912
So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law
So-Jun-Wah
A War Time Romance
Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
The Scapegoat
Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
A Cowboy's Best Girl
Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
- 1911
The Bully of Bingo Gulch
Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
A Romance of the Rio Grande
Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
Western Hearts
Mrs. Long
Told in Colorado
Edythe Bellaires
The Two Orphans
Countess de Linieres