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