[4] Her silent film credits included roles in Putting One Over (1919),[5] The House Without Children (1919), The Open Door (1919), Who's Your Brother (1919), The Fear Market (1920), Out of the Chorus (1921), Matrimonial Web (1921), Ashamed of Parents (1921, also known as What Children Will Do), The Voice of the Blood,[4] Keep to the Right,[6] Should a Wife Work?

[8][9] She also endorsed Eagle Brand Condensed Milk in print advertisements,[10] promoted a manicure fad,[11] and worked with the American Red Cross.

She was left a fortune in the contested will of a divorced lawyer, Cornelius Pinkney of New York City, in a probate case that made headlines in the 1920s.

In 1946, John Porter Monroe was found guilty on 29 federal charges related to overcharging during World War II.

[20][21] Edith Stockham Monroe died in 1968, in Coral Gables, Florida, at the age of 72.