Ethel Clayton
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieTrue to Life
1943
Woman (uncredited)
movieMardi Gras
1943
Mardi Gras Woman
movieDixie
1943
Woman (uncredited)
movieThe Major and the Minor
1942
Ball Guest (uncredited)
movieBeyond the Blue Horizon
1942
Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
movieNew York Town
1941
(uncredited)
movieLove Thy Neighbor
1940
Minor Role
movieKing of Chinatown
1939
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
movieThe Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
Mrs. Wallace
movieSay It in French
1938
Bit Part (uncredited)
movieIf I Were King
1938
Old Woman (uncredited)
movieYou and Me
1938
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
movieCocoanut Grove
1938
Undetermined Role
movieWells Fargo
1937
Pioneer Woman
movieArtists & Models
1937
Seamtress (uncredited)
movieEasy Living
1937
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
movieTurn Off the Moon
1937
Lady (uncredited)
movieMake Way for Tomorrow
1937
Customer (uncredited)
movieWaikiki Wedding
1937
Tourist (uncredited)
movieRich Relations
1937
Mrs. Blair
movieHollywood Boulevard
1936
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
movieYours for the Asking
1936
Casino Patron (uncredited)
moviePrivate Jones
1933
Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
movieSecrets
1933
Audrey Carlton
movieThe All-American
1932
Mrs. Bowen
movieThrill of Youth
1932
Alice Fenwick
movieHit the Deck
1929
Mrs. Payne
movieThe Princess on Broadway
1927
Mrs. Seymour
movieThe Princess from Hoboken
1927
Mrs. O'Brien
movieHis New York Wife
1926
Alicia Duval
movieRisky Business
1926
Mrs. Stoughton
movieSunny Side Up
1926
Cissy Cason
movieMerry Widower
1926
The Hunter's Wife
movieThe Bar-C Mystery
1926
Mrs. Lane
movieLightnin'
1925
Margaret Davis
Wings of Youth
1925
Katherine Manners
movieThe Remittance Woman
1923
Marie Campbell
movieCan a Woman Love Twice?
1923
Mary Grant
movieIf I Were Queen
1922
Ruth Townley
movieFor the Defense
1922
Anne Woodstock
movieThe Cradle
1922
Margaret Harvey
movieHer Own Money
1922
Mildred Carr
movieExit the Vamp
1921
Marion Shipley
movieBeyond
1921
Avis Langley
movieWealth
1921
Mary McLeod
movieSham
1921
Katherine Van Riper
movieThe Price of Possession
1921
Helen Carston
movieThe Sins of Rosanne
1920
Roseanne Ozanne
movieA City Sparrow
1920
Milly West
movieCrooked Streets
1920
Gail Ellis
movieThe Ladder of Lies
1920
Edith Parrish
movieA Lady in Love
1920
Barbara Martin
movieYoung Mrs. Winthrop
1920
Constance Winthrop
movieThe 13th Commandment
1920
Daphne Kip
movieMore Deadly Than the Male
1919
Helen O'Hara
movieA Sporting Chance
1919
Carey Brent
movieMen, Women, and Money
1919
Marcel Middleton
moviePettigrew's Girl
1919
Daisy Heath
movieMaggie Pepper
1919
Maggie Pepper
movieThe Mystery Girl
1918
Countess Therese
movieWomen's Weapons
1918
Anne Elliot
movieThe Witch Woman
1918
Marie Beaupre
movieStolen Hours
1918
Diana Lester
movieThe Volunteer
1917
Self - Cameo Appearance
movieThe Woman Beneath
1917
Betty Fairchild
movieYankee Pluck
1917
Polly Pollard
movieMan's Woman
1917
Violet Galloway
movieThe Web of Desire
1917
Grace Miller
movieThe Bondage of Fear
1917
Vesta Wheatley
movieThe New South
1916
Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
movieBeyond the Wall
1916
Helen Carlton
movieThe Hidden Scar
1916
Janet Hall
movieHusband and Wife
1916
Doris Baker
movieA Woman's Way
1916
Marion Livingston
His Brother's Wife
1916
Helen Barton
movieDollars and the Woman
1916
Madge Hilyer
movieThe Great Divide
1915
Ruth Jordan
The Sporting Duchess
1915
Lady Muriel Desborough
The Unmarried Husband
1915
Nell - the Actress Wife
Here Comes the Bride
1915
Reed's Stenographer
A Woman Went Forth
1915
Ethel Rogers
It All Depends
1915
Clara Dean
His Soul Mate
1915
Nellie - the Stenographer
The House Next Door
1914
Ulrica Cotswolt
The Fortune Hunter
1914
Betty Graham
movieThe Wolf
1914
Jules' Sweetheart
movieThe Lion and the Mouse
1914
Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
movieWhen the Earth Trembled
1913
Dora Sims
movieFriend John
1913
Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
Just Maine Folks
1912
Ethel Walters
moviePilgrim's Progress
1912
Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
The Tout's Remembrance
1910
Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter