MYRTLE STEDMAN has an histrionic foundation that she gained by starting
her screen career in the early days. She was born in Chicago and educated
in a girl's school there. She studied dramatics and her first efforts on
the stage were in musical comedy and light opera.
For a few years she played in stock and then went on the road. About
the time she landed in California the Selig company was rivaling any other
single film producing company then operating, and Miss Stedman was made
leading lady of the Western branch of Selig's and sent to Prescott, Arizona,
where she remained until the company was called back to California. Then
she was placed in feature films that at that time had attained the length
of four reels.
Later she became an estabIished leading lady in the film industry. For
Lasky, Miss Stedman worked in the film "The Soul of Kura San"
with Sessue Hayakawa, and from there she went to Vitagraph, where she was
cast in "In Honor's Web." Productions that followed were: "In
the Hollow of Her Hand," "The Silver Horde," "The Teeth
of the Tiger," "Sex," "Harriet and the Piper,"
"Old Dad," "The Concert" and "Black Roses."
Then Miss Stedman retired from the screen for many months, and it is
only recently that she has returned. Her late productions have been for
the Louis B. Mayer company, where she has had featured roles in all-star
casts. The latest of these films is "The Famous Mrs. Fair."
Miss Stedman's hobbies are singing, motoring and golf. She has blonde
hair and blue eyes, weighs about 128 pounds and is five feet four inches
tall. |