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Ethel Clayton
Born · November 8, 1882
Died · June 6, 1966 (83 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Champaign, Illinois, USA
Bio
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.
True to Life
Woman (uncredited)
6.0
1943
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras Woman
1.0
1943
Dixie
Woman
3.0
1943
The Major and the Minor
Ball Guest (uncredited)
7.0
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
0.0
1942
New York Town
(uncredited)
10.0
1941
West Point Widow
Nurse
6.0
1941
Love Thy Neighbor
Minor Role
6.5
1940
Geronimo
5.0
1939
King of Chinatown
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
5.9
1939
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Mrs. Wallace
0.0
1939
Cafe Society
Woman
6.0
1939
Boy Trouble
5.0
1939
Say It in French
Bit Part (uncredited)
0.0
1938
Say It in French
Bit Part
0.0
1938
If I Were King
Old Woman
6.7
1938
Men with Wings
Woman
6.0
1938
You and Me
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
6.7
1938
Cocoanut Grove
Undetermined Role
0.0
1938
Wells Fargo
Pioneer Woman
5.1
1937
Hold 'Em Navy
Girl
3.0
1937
Exclusive
6.0
1937
Artists & Models
Seamtress (uncredited)
6.0
1937
Easy Living
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
7.0
1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
Customer (uncredited)
7.5
1937
Waikiki Wedding
Tourist (uncredited)
5.4
1937
Rich Relations
Mrs. Blair
0.0
1937
The Accusing Finger
4.7
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
2.5
1936
Let's Fall in Love
Star
7.5
1933
Private Jones
Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
0.0
1933
Secrets
Audrey Carlton
5.1
1933
The All-American
Mrs. Bowen
5.0
1932
The Crooked Circle
Yvonne
4.8
1932
Thrill of Youth
Alice Fenwick
5.5
1932
Call of the Circus
0.0
1930
Hit the Deck
Mrs. Payne
9.0
1929
The Princess from Hoboken
Mrs. O'Brien
0.0
1927
Risky Business
Mrs. Stoughton
6.0
1926
Sunny Side Up
Cissy Cason
0.0
1926
Merry Widower
The Hunter's Wife
6.0
1926
Lightnin'
Margaret Davis
5.2
1925
Wings of Youth
Katherine Manners
0.0
1925
If I Were Queen
Ruth Townley
0.0
1922
For the Defense
Anne Woodstock
0.0
1922
The Cradle
Margaret Harvey
0.0
1922
Her Own Money
Mildred Carr
0.0
1922
Beyond
Avis Langley
0.0
1921
Sham
Katherine Van Riper
0.0
1921
The Price of Possession
Helen Carston
0.0
1921
The Sins of Rosanne
Roseanne Ozanne
0.0
1920
A City Sparrow
Milly West
0.0
1920
Crooked Streets
Gail Ellis
0.0
1920
A Lady in Love
0.0
1920
The 13th Commandment
0.0
1920
A Sporting Chance
Carey Brent
0.0
1919
The Mystery Girl
Countess Therese
0.0
1918
Women's Weapons
Anne Elliot
0.0
1918
The Witch Woman
Marie Beaupre
0.0
1918
Stolen Hours
Diana Lester
1.0
1918
The Volunteer
Self - Cameo Appearance
0.0
1917
The Dormant Power
0.0
1917
The Stolen Paradise
0.0
1917
Yankee Pluck
Polly Pollard
0.0
1917
Man's Woman
Violet Galloway
0.0
1917
The Web of Desire
Grace Miller
0.0
1917
The Bondage of Fear
Vesta Wheatley
0.0
1917
The New South
Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
0.0
1916
Beyond the Wall
Helen Carlton
0.0
1916
The Hidden Scar
Janet Hall
0.0
1916
Husband and Wife
Doris Baker
1.0
1916
A Woman's Way
Marion Livingston
0.0
1916
His Brother's Wife
Helen Barton
0.0
1916
The Great Divide
Ruth Jordan
7.0
1915
The Wolf
0.0
1914
The Lion and the Mouse
Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
0.0
1914
When the Earth Trembled
Dora Sims
4.3
1913
The Price Demanded
Rose Delane
0.0
1913
Just Maine Folks
Ethel Walters
4.5
1912
Pilgrim's Progress
Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
0.0
1912
The Tout's Remembrance
Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter
0.0
1910