Myrtle Stedman

Myrtle Stedman (born Myrtle Lincoln; March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910.

Biography Stedman was born Myrtle Lincoln in Chicago, Illinois, and educated at Mrs. Starett's School there and at the Chicago School of Acting. She and her family moved to Colorado because of her father's mining interests there.

In 1915, Stedman became the first woman elected to the Motion Picture Board of Trade of America.

Music career Stedman debuted in Chicago as a solo dancer with the Whitney Opera Company. She did not enter the field of 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.

Film career

Her first appearances in movies, beginning in 1910, were in Selig studio Western and action short films. She was the only female member of Selig's company at that time, making her the female lead in all of that studio's Westerns. Among her feature films are Flaming Youth, The Valley of the Moon, The Dangerous Age, and The Famous Mrs. Fair.

After Selig, Stedman joined the Hobart Bosworth Productions Company.

Her last release was Accidents Will Happen, in 1938.

Death On January 8, 1938, Stedman died of a heart attack at age 54. She was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.

Partial filmography

The Telltale Knife (1911) When the Heart Calls (1912) The Cattle Thief's Escape (1913) Valley of the Moon (1914) Martin Eden (1914) Hypocrites (1915) The Wild Olive (1915) Nearly a Lady (1915) Jane (1915) The American Beauty (1916) The Soul of Kura San (1916) As Men Love (1917) The World Apart (1917) In the Hollow of Her Hand (1918) In Honor's Web (1919) Sex (1920) The Tiger's Coat (1920) The Silver Horde (1920) Harriet and the Piper (1920) Old Dad (1920) The Whistle (1921) Sowing the Wind (1921) Black Roses (1921) Nancy from Nowhere (1922) The Hands of Nara (1922) Ashes (1922) Rich Men's Wives (1922) Reckless Youth (1922) The Dangerous Age (1923) Temporary Marriage (1923) The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923) Six Days (1923) Crashin' Thru (1923) The Age of Desire (1923) Flaming Youth (1923) Lilies of the Field (1924) The Woman on the Jury (1924) The Breath of Scandal (1924) Judgment of the Storm (1924) Bread (1924) Wine (1924) The Mad Whirl (1925) Sally (1925) Chickie (1925) Tessie (1925) The Far Cry (1926) The Prince of Pilsen (1926) The Man in the Shadow (1926) Don Juan's Three Nights (1926) The Black Diamond Express (1927) The Life of Riley (1927) The Irresistible Lover (1927) Alias the Deacon (1928) Their Hour (1928) The Jazz Age (1929) The Wheel of Life (1929) The Love Racket (1929) (sound remake of The Woman on the Jury) Lummox (1930) The Truth About Youth (1930) Beau Ideal (1931) The Widow in Scarlet (1932) Forbidden Company (1932) Alias Mary Smith (1932) Klondike (1932) Beggars in Ermine (1934) School for Girls (1935) Give Me Liberty (1936)