Ethel Clayton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 8, 1882
- Died
- June 6, 1966 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Champaign, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 — June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Clayton's screen debut came in 1909, in a short called Justified. She jockeyed her early film appearances with a burgeoning stage career. Her pretty blond looks were reminiscent of the famous Gibson Girl drawings by Charles Dana Gibson. On the stage she appeared mainly in musicals or musical reviews such as The Ziegfeld Follies of 1911. These musical appearances indicate a singing talent Clayton may have possessed but went unused in her many silent screen performances. In 1912 she appeared in "The Country Boy" on stage at the Lyceum Theatre in Rochester New York and made her feature length film debut in For the Love of a Girl. The film was directed by Barry O'Neil. She was cast with Harry Myers, Charles Arthur, and Peter Lang. She was also directed by William Demille, Robert G. Vignola, George Melford, Donald Crisp, Dallas M. Fitzgerald, and Clifford Sanforth. Like many silent film actors Clayton's career was hurt by the coming of sound to motion pictures. She continued her career in small parts in movies until she retired in 1948. Her screen credits number more than 180. Clayton was first married to actor-director Joseph Kaufman until his death in 1918 in the Spanish Influenza epidemic. She later married silent film actor and former star Ian Keith twice and they divorced twice. In both cases Clayton cited cruelty and excessive drinking. Clayton and Keith were first married in Minneapolis in 1928 and first separated on January 13, 1931. Ethel Clayton died on June 6, 1966 at St. John's Hospital in Oxnard, California, aged 83. She was buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, California. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Ethel Clayton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Filmography
Dixie
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)
Mardi Gras
Movie · as Mardi Gras Woman
True to Life
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Movie · as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
Movie · as Ball Guest (uncredited)
New York Town
Movie · as (uncredited)
West Point Widow
Movie · as Nurse
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie · as Minor Role
Boy Trouble
Movie
Geronimo
Movie
Cafe Society
Movie · as Woman
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Movie · as Mrs. Wallace
King of Chinatown
Movie · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Say It in French
Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)
Cocoanut Grove
Movie · as Undetermined Role
Men with Wings
Movie · as Woman
If I Were King
Movie · as Old Woman (uncredited)
You and Me
Movie · as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Artists & Models
Movie · as Seamtress (uncredited)
Easy Living
Movie · as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Rich Relations
Movie · as Mrs. Blair
Wells Fargo
Movie · as Pioneer Woman
Waikiki Wedding
Movie · as Tourist (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Movie · as Customer (uncredited)
Exclusive
Movie
Hold 'Em Navy
Movie · as Girl
Turn Off the Moon
Movie · as Lady (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie · as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger
Movie
Yours for the Asking
Movie · as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Let's Fall in Love
Movie · as Star
Secrets
Movie · as Audrey Carlton
Private Jones
Movie · as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
The Crooked Circle
Movie · as Yvonne
Thrill of Youth
Movie · as Alice Fenwick
The All-American
Movie · as Mrs. Bowen
Call of the Circus
Movie
Hit the Deck
Movie · as Mrs. Payne
The Princess from Hoboken
Movie · as Mrs. O'Brien
The Princess on Broadway
Movie · as Mrs. Seymour
Merry Widower
Movie · as The Hunter's Wife
Risky Business
Movie · as Mrs. Stoughton
Sunny Side Up
Movie · as Cissy Cason
The Bar-C Mystery
Movie · as Mrs. Lane
His New York Wife
Movie · as Alicia Duval
Lightnin'
Movie · as Margaret Davis
Wings of Youth
Movie · as Katherine Manners
The Remittance Woman
Movie · as Marie Campbell
Can a Woman Love Twice?
Movie · as Mary Grant
If I Were Queen
Movie · as Ruth Townley
Her Own Money
Movie · as Mildred Carr
The Cradle
Movie · as Margaret Harvey
For the Defense
Movie · as Anne Woodstock
The Price of Possession
Movie · as Helen Carston
Beyond
Movie · as Avis Langley
Sham
Movie · as Katherine Van Riper
Exit the Vamp
Movie · as Marion Shipley
Wealth
Movie · as Mary McLeod
The 13th Commandment
Movie · as Daphne Kip
Crooked Streets
Movie · as Gail Ellis
The Sins of Rosanne
Movie · as Roseanne Ozanne
A Lady in Love
Movie · as Barbara Martin
A City Sparrow
Movie · as Milly West
The Ladder of Lies
Movie · as Edith Parrish
Young Mrs. Winthrop
Movie · as Constance Winthrop
A Sporting Chance
Movie · as Carey Brent
Men, Women, and Money
Movie · as Marcel Middleton
Maggie Pepper
Movie · as Maggie Pepper
More Deadly Than the Male
Movie · as Helen O'Hara
Pettigrew's Girl
Movie · as Daisy Heath
The Witch Woman
Movie · as Marie Beaupre
Stolen Hours
Movie · as Diana Lester
Women's Weapons
Movie · as Anne Elliot
The Mystery Girl
Movie · as Countess Therese
Man's Woman
Movie · as Violet Galloway
The Volunteer
Movie · as Self - Cameo Appearance
The Bondage of Fear
Movie · as Vesta Wheatley
Yankee Pluck
Movie · as Polly Pollard
The Web of Desire
Movie · as Grace Miller
The Dormant Power
Movie
The Stolen Paradise
Movie
The Woman Beneath
Movie · as Betty Fairchild
The New South
Movie · as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
His Brother's Wife
Movie · as Helen Barton
The Hidden Scar
Movie · as Janet Hall
Husband and Wife
Movie · as Doris Baker
A Woman's Way
Movie · as Marion Livingston
Beyond the Wall
Movie · as Helen Carlton
Dollars and the Woman
Movie · as Madge Hilyer
The Great Divide
Movie · as Ruth Jordan
The Sporting Duchess
Movie · as Lady Muriel Desborough
His Soul Mate
Movie · as Nellie - the Stenographer
The Unmarried Husband
Movie · as Nell - the Actress Wife
Here Comes the Bride
Movie · as Reed's Stenographer
A Woman Went Forth
Movie · as Ethel Rogers
It All Depends
Movie · as Clara Dean
The Wolf
Movie · as Jules' Sweetheart
The Lion and the Mouse
Movie · as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
The House Next Door
Movie · as Ulrica Cotswolt
The Fortune Hunter
Movie · as Betty Graham
When the Earth Trembled
Movie · as Dora Sims
The Price Demanded
Movie · as Rose Delane
Friend John
Movie · as Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
Pilgrim's Progress
Movie · as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
Just Maine Folks
Movie · as Ethel Walters
The Tout's Remembrance
Movie · as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter