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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.
1943
as Woman (uncredited)
1943
as Mardi Gras Woman
1943
as Woman (uncredited)
1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
1942
as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
1941
as (uncredited)
1941
as Nurse
1940
as Minor Role
1939
1939
as Mrs. Wallace
1939
as Woman
1939
1938
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1938
as Bit Part
1938
as Old Woman
1938
as Woman
1938
as Undetermined Role
1937
as Pioneer Woman
1937
as Girl
1937
1937
as Seamtress (uncredited)
1937
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1937
as Customer (uncredited)
1937
as Tourist (uncredited)
1937
as Mrs. Blair
1936
1936
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
1933
as Star
1933
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
1933
as Audrey Carlton
1932
as Mrs. Bowen
1932
as Yvonne
1932
as Alice Fenwick
1930
1929
as Mrs. Payne
1927
as Mrs. O'Brien
1926
as Mrs. Stoughton
1926
as Cissy Cason
1926
as The Hunter's Wife
1925
as Margaret Davis
1925
as Katherine Manners
1922
as Ruth Townley
1922
as Anne Woodstock
1922
as Margaret Harvey
1922
as Mildred Carr
1921
as Avis Langley
1921
as Katherine Van Riper
1921
as Helen Carston
1920
as Roseanne Ozanne
1920
as Milly West
1920
as Gail Ellis
1920
1920
1919
as Carey Brent
1918
as Anne Elliot
1918
as Marie Beaupre
1918
as Diana Lester
1917
as Self - Cameo Appearance
1917
1917
1917
as Polly Pollard
1917
as Violet Galloway
1917
as Grace Miller
1917
as Vesta Wheatley
1916
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
1916
as Janet Hall
1916
as Doris Baker
1916
as Marion Livingston
1916
as Helen Barton
1915
as Ruth Jordan
1914
1914
as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
1913
as Dora Sims
1913
as Rose Delane
1912
as Ethel Walters
1912
as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
1910
as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter