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