Ethel Clayton
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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.
Acted in
True to Life
1943
as Woman (uncredited)
Mardi Gras
1943
as Mardi Gras Woman
Dixie
1943
as Woman (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
New York Town
1941
as (uncredited)
West Point Widow
1941
as Nurse
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
as Minor Role
Geronimo
1939
The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
as Mrs. Wallace
Cafe Society
1939
as Woman
Boy Trouble
1939
Say It in French
1938
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Say It in French
1938
as Bit Part
If I Were King
1938
as Old Woman
Men with Wings
1938
as Woman
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Undetermined Role
Wells Fargo
1937
as Pioneer Woman
Hold 'Em Navy
1937
as Girl
Exclusive
1937
Artists & Models
1937
as Seamtress (uncredited)
Easy Living
1937
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Customer (uncredited)
Waikiki Wedding
1937
as Tourist (uncredited)
Rich Relations
1937
as Mrs. Blair
The Accusing Finger
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Let's Fall in Love
1933
as Star
Private Jones
1933
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
Secrets
1933
as Audrey Carlton
The All-American
1932
as Mrs. Bowen
The Crooked Circle
1932
as Yvonne
Thrill of Youth
1932
as Alice Fenwick
Call of the Circus
1930
Hit the Deck
1929
as Mrs. Payne
The Princess from Hoboken
1927
as Mrs. O'Brien
Risky Business
1926
as Mrs. Stoughton
Sunny Side Up
1926
as Cissy Cason
Merry Widower
1926
as The Hunter's Wife
Lightnin'
1925
as Margaret Davis
Wings of Youth
1925
as Katherine Manners
If I Were Queen
1922
as Ruth Townley
For the Defense
1922
as Anne Woodstock
The Cradle
1922
as Margaret Harvey
Her Own Money
1922
as Mildred Carr
Beyond
1921
as Avis Langley
Sham
1921
as Katherine Van Riper
The Price of Possession
1921
as Helen Carston
The Sins of Rosanne
1920
as Roseanne Ozanne
A City Sparrow
1920
as Milly West
Crooked Streets
1920
as Gail Ellis
A Lady in Love
1920
The 13th Commandment
1920
A Sporting Chance
1919
as Carey Brent
The Witch Woman
1918
as Marie Beaupre
Stolen Hours
1918
as Diana Lester
The Volunteer
1917
as Self - Cameo Appearance
The Dormant Power
1917
The Stolen Paradise
1917
Yankee Pluck
1917
as Polly Pollard
Man's Woman
1917
as Violet Galloway
The Web of Desire
1917
as Grace Miller
The Bondage of Fear
1917
as Vesta Wheatley
The New South
1916
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
The Hidden Scar
1916
as Janet Hall
Husband and Wife
1916
as Doris Baker
A Woman's Way
1916
as Marion Livingston
His Brother's Wife
1916
as Helen Barton
The Great Divide
1915
as Ruth Jordan
The Wolf
1914
The Lion and the Mouse
1914
as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
When the Earth Trembled
1913
as Dora Sims
Just Maine Folks
1912
as Ethel Walters
Pilgrim's Progress
1912
as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
The Tout's Remembrance
1910
as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter