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