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