Ethel Clayton
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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.
Known for
Credits
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
as Tourist (uncredited)
Dixie (1943)
as Woman (uncredited)
You and Me (1938)
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Wealth (1921)
as Mary McLeod
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
as Customer (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
His New York Wife (1926)
as Alicia Duval
The Bar-C Mystery (1926)
as Mrs. Lane
If I Were King (1938)
as Old Woman (uncredited)
Easy Living (1937)
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Mardi Gras (1943)
as Mardi Gras Woman
The All-American (1932)
as Mrs. Bowen
The Princess from Hoboken (1927)
as Mrs. O'Brien
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Pioneer Woman
The Lion and the Mouse (1914)
as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
Dollars and the Woman (1916)
as Madge Hilyer
Say It in French (1938)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Bondage of Fear (1917)
as Vesta Wheatley
The Fortune Hunter (1914)
as Betty Graham
Exclusive (1937)
Actor
Turn Off the Moon (1937)
as Lady (uncredited)
The Sins of Rosanne (1920)
as Roseanne Ozanne
The 13th Commandment (1920)
as Daphne Kip
The Wolf (1914)
as Jules' Sweetheart
The Woman Beneath (1917)
as Betty Fairchild
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
Yankee Pluck (1917)
as Polly Pollard
The House Next Door (1914)
as Ulrica Cotswolt
A Sporting Chance (1919)
as Carey Brent
The Dormant Power (1917)
Actor
Secrets (1933)
as Audrey Carlton
Lightnin' (1925)
as Margaret Davis
Thrill of Youth (1932)
as Alice Fenwick
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
as Undetermined Role
If I Were Queen (1922)
as Ruth Townley
Pettigrew's Girl (1919)
as Daisy Heath
Her Own Money (1922)
as Mildred Carr
Let's Fall in Love (1933)
as Star
King of Chinatown (1939)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Remittance Woman (1923)
as Marie Campbell
Can a Woman Love Twice? (1923)
as Mary Grant
True to Life (1943)
as Woman (uncredited)
Men with Wings (1938)
as Woman
The Web of Desire (1917)
as Grace Miller
Exit the Vamp (1921)
as Marion Shipley
A Woman's Way (1916)
as Marion Livingston
A Lady in Love (1920)
as Barbara Martin
Yours for the Asking (1936)
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Call of the Circus (1930)
Actor
Artists & Models (1937)
as Seamtress (uncredited)
When the Earth Trembled (1913)
as Dora Sims
Geronimo (1939)
Actor
New York Town (1941)
as (uncredited)
West Point Widow (1941)
as Nurse
More Deadly Than the Male (1919)
as Helen O'Hara
The Princess on Broadway (1927)
as Mrs. Seymour
The Accusing Finger (1936)
Actor
The Unmarried Husband (1915)
as Nell - the Actress Wife
The Price of Possession (1921)
as Helen Carston
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Minor Role
The Sap Takes a Wrap (1939)
as Mrs. Wallace
Risky Business (1926)
as Mrs. Stoughton
The Tout's Remembrance (1910)
as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter
A City Sparrow (1920)
as Milly West
Sunny Side Up (1926)
as Cissy Cason
Pilgrim's Progress (1912)
as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
His Soul Mate (1915)
as Nellie - the Stenographer
Men, Women, and Money (1919)
as Marcel Middleton
His Brother's Wife (1916)
as Helen Barton
Private Jones (1933)
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
Sham (1921)
as Katherine Van Riper
Beyond the Wall (1916)
as Helen Carlton
Here Comes the Bride (1915)
as Reed's Stenographer
The New South (1916)
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
The Volunteer (1917)
as Self - Cameo Appearance
The Cradle (1922)
as Margaret Harvey
Man's Woman (1917)
as Violet Galloway
Hit the Deck (1929)
as Mrs. Payne
The Crooked Circle (1932)
as Yvonne
The Sporting Duchess (1915)
as Lady Muriel Desborough
Friend John (1913)
as Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
Boy Trouble (1939)
Actor
Women's Weapons (1918)
as Anne Elliot
Beyond (1921)
as Avis Langley
Hold 'Em Navy (1937)
as Girl
Cafe Society (1939)
as Woman
Merry Widower (1926)
as The Hunter's Wife
The Witch Woman (1918)
as Marie Beaupre
The Mystery Girl (1918)
as Countess Therese
The Ladder of Lies (1920)
as Edith Parrish
A Woman Went Forth (1915)
as Ethel Rogers
Husband and Wife (1916)
as Doris Baker
Crooked Streets (1920)
as Gail Ellis
Rich Relations (1937)
as Mrs. Blair
For the Defense (1922)
as Anne Woodstock
It All Depends (1915)
as Clara Dean
The Hidden Scar (1916)
as Janet Hall
Maggie Pepper (1919)
as Maggie Pepper
Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920)
as Constance Winthrop
The Great Divide (1915)
as Ruth Jordan
Wings of Youth (1925)
as Katherine Manners
Stolen Hours (1918)
as Diana Lester
The Stolen Paradise (1917)
Actor
Just Maine Folks (1912)
as Ethel Walters
The Price Demanded (1913)
as Rose Delane