Ethel Clayton
Known for Acting · 106 credits
- Born
- 1882-11-08
- Died
- 1966-06-06
- Place of birth
- Champaign, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Movies (106)
Boy Trouble
1939
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Undetermined Role
Waikiki Wedding
1937
as Tourist (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Merry Widower
1926
as The Hunter's Wife
Wells Fargo
1937
as Pioneer Woman
The Cradle
1922
as Margaret Harvey
Cafe Society
1939
as Woman
You and Me
1938
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Customer (uncredited)
Sham
1921
as Katherine Van Riper
Friend John
1913
as Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
Easy Living
1937
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The All-American
1932
as Mrs. Bowen
The Volunteer
1917
as Self - Cameo Appearance
Say It in French
1938
as Bit Part (uncredited)
If I Were King
1938
as Old Woman (uncredited)
Geronimo
1939
Dixie
1943
as Woman (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
New York Town
1941
as (uncredited)
Artists & Models
1937
as Seamtress (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
Exclusive
1937
The 13th Commandment
1920
as Daphne Kip
Men with Wings
1938
as Woman
Secrets
1933
as Audrey Carlton
True to Life
1943
as Woman (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger
1936
King of Chinatown
1939
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A Woman's Way
1916
as Marion Livingston
Young Mrs. Winthrop
1920
as Constance Winthrop
West Point Widow
1941
as Nurse
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
as Minor Role
The Bondage of Fear
1917
as Vesta Wheatley
Wings of Youth
1925
as Katherine Manners
Exit the Vamp
1921
as Marion Shipley
The Great Divide
1915
as Ruth Jordan
The Crooked Circle
1932
as Yvonne
Turn Off the Moon
1937
as Lady (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
1936
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Let's Fall in Love
1933
as Star
Risky Business
1926
as Mrs. Stoughton
A Sporting Chance
1919
as Carey Brent
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
as Mrs. Lane
The Price of Possession
1921
as Helen Carston
The Sins of Rosanne
1920
as Roseanne Ozanne
The Wolf
1914
as Jules' Sweetheart
Lightnin'
1925
as Margaret Davis
The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
as Mrs. Wallace
The Princess from Hoboken
1927
as Mrs. O'Brien
Stolen Hours
1918
as Diana Lester
Call of the Circus
1930
Her Own Money
1922
as Mildred Carr
Hit the Deck
1929
as Mrs. Payne
Private Jones
1933
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
For the Defense
1922
as Anne Woodstock
Beyond the Wall
1916
as Helen Carlton
Just Maine Folks
1912
as Ethel Walters
Beyond
1921
as Avis Langley
The Witch Woman
1918
as Marie Beaupre
Man's Woman
1917
as Violet Galloway
The Mystery Girl
1918
as Countess Therese
The Web of Desire
1917
as Grace Miller
A City Sparrow
1920
as Milly West
Yankee Pluck
1917
as Polly Pollard
Maggie Pepper
1919
as Maggie Pepper
The Sporting Duchess
1915
as Lady Muriel Desborough
Sunny Side Up
1926
as Cissy Cason
Crooked Streets
1920
as Gail Ellis
If I Were Queen
1922
as Ruth Townley
Rich Relations
1937
as Mrs. Blair
The Ladder of Lies
1920
as Edith Parrish
Hold 'Em Navy
1937
as Girl
The Woman Beneath
1917
as Betty Fairchild
Mardi Gras
1943
as Mardi Gras Woman
Pettigrew's Girl
1919
as Daisy Heath
Thrill of Youth
1932
as Alice Fenwick
A Lady in Love
1920
as Barbara Martin
The Remittance Woman
1923
as Marie Campbell
Pilgrim's Progress
1912
as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
His New York Wife
1926
as Alicia Duval
Men, Women, and Money
1919
as Marcel Middleton
The Fortune Hunter
1914
as Betty Graham
More Deadly Than the Male
1919
as Helen O'Hara
The Lion and the Mouse
1914
as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
Husband and Wife
1916
as Doris Baker
The Hidden Scar
1916
as Janet Hall
The New South
1916
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
Wealth
1921
as Mary McLeod
Dollars and the Woman
1916
as Madge Hilyer
The Tout's Remembrance
1910
as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter
The Stolen Paradise
1917
Can a Woman Love Twice?
1923
as Mary Grant
The Price Demanded
1913
as Rose Delane
Here Comes the Bride
1915
as Reed's Stenographer
His Brother's Wife
1916
as Helen Barton
Women's Weapons
1918
as Anne Elliot
The Princess on Broadway
1927
as Mrs. Seymour
The Unmarried Husband
1915
as Nell - the Actress Wife
The House Next Door
1914
as Ulrica Cotswolt
The Dormant Power
1917
A Woman Went Forth
1915
as Ethel Rogers
It All Depends
1915
as Clara Dean
When the Earth Trembled
1913
as Dora Sims
His Soul Mate
1915
as Nellie - the Stenographer
About Ethel Clayton
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 h… With 106 credits spanning from 1910 to 1943, Ethel Clayton has appeared in 106 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Boy Trouble (1939)
- Cocoanut Grove (1938) — as Undetermined Role
- Waikiki Wedding (1937) — as Tourist (uncredited)
- Hollywood Boulevard (1936) — as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
- Merry Widower (1926) — as The Hunter's Wife
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