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