Mattie Edwards (1866–1944) was an American actress who appeared in vaudeville theatre shows and early silent film productions from the 1880s through the 1930s.

An African-American, she grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas and spent her early life as a Deputy Marshal for the town.

While spending her childhood in the American frontier, Edwards was appointed a Deputy Marshal at the age of 16 for the town of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

[2] After the Lubin Company's closure, she joined the Griffin Sisters theatre tour in 1917 as the leading contralto.

[8] For the 1919-1920 run of Oh Boy, Edwards joined a special theatre group formed by the Comstock-Elliot company.