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Ethel Clayton

Ethel Clayton

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 08, 1882
Died Jun 06, 1966 (83)
Birthplace Champaign - Illinois - USA
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 25, 2024
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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 fa ... mous 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.

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Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

1943

as Mardi Gras Woman

Dixie

Dixie

1943

as Woman (uncredited)

True to Life

True to Life

1943

as Woman (uncredited)

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Beyond the Blue Horizon

1942

as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)

The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor

1942

as Ball Guest (uncredited)

New York Town

New York Town

1941

as (uncredited)

West Point Widow

West Point Widow

1941

as Nurse

Love Thy Neighbor

Love Thy Neighbor

1940

as Minor Role

The Sap Takes a Wrap

The Sap Takes a Wrap

1939

as Mrs. Wallace

Cafe Society

Cafe Society

1939

as Woman

Say It in French

Say It in French

1938

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Cocoanut Grove

Cocoanut Grove

1938

as Undetermined Role

Say It in French

Say It in French

1938

as Bit Part

Men with Wings

Men with Wings

1938

as Woman

If I Were King

If I Were King

1938

as Old Woman

Rich Relations

Rich Relations

1937

as Mrs. Blair

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937

as Customer (uncredited)

Waikiki Wedding

Waikiki Wedding

1937

as Tourist (uncredited)

Hold 'Em Navy

Hold 'Em Navy

1937

as Girl

Easy Living

Easy Living

1937

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Artists & Models

Artists & Models

1937

as Seamtress (uncredited)

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

1937

as Pioneer Woman

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Secrets

Secrets

1933

as Audrey Carlton

Private Jones

Private Jones

1933

as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)

Let's Fall in Love

Let's Fall in Love

1933

as Star

Thrill of Youth

Thrill of Youth

1932

as Alice Fenwick

The Crooked Circle

The Crooked Circle

1932

as Yvonne

The All-American

The All-American

1932

as Mrs. Bowen

Hit the Deck

Hit the Deck

1929

as Mrs. Payne

The Princess from Hoboken

The Princess from Hoboken

1927

as Mrs. O'Brien

Risky Business

Risky Business

1926

as Mrs. Stoughton

Merry Widower

Merry Widower

1926

as The Hunter's Wife

Sunny Side Up

Sunny Side Up

1926

as Cissy Cason

Wings of Youth

Wings of Youth

1925

as Katherine Manners

Lightnin'

Lightnin'

1925

as Margaret Davis

The Cradle

The Cradle

1922

as Margaret Harvey

Her Own Money

Her Own Money

1922

as Mildred Carr

For the Defense

For the Defense

1922

as Anne Woodstock

If I Were Queen

If I Were Queen

1922

as Ruth Townley

Sham

Sham

1921

as Katherine Van Riper

The Price of Possession

The Price of Possession

1921

as Helen Carston

Crooked Streets

Crooked Streets

1920

as Gail Ellis

The Sins of Rosanne

The Sins of Rosanne

1920

as Roseanne Ozanne

A City Sparrow

A City Sparrow

1920

as Milly West

A Sporting Chance

A Sporting Chance

1919

as Carey Brent

Yankee Pluck

Yankee Pluck

1917

as Polly Pollard

The Bondage of Fear

The Bondage of Fear

1917

as Vesta Wheatley

Man's Woman

Man's Woman

1917

as Violet Galloway

The Web of Desire

The Web of Desire

1917

as Grace Miller

A Woman's Way

A Woman's Way

1916

as Marion Livingston

Husband and Wife

Husband and Wife

1916

as Doris Baker

The Hidden Scar

The Hidden Scar

1916

as Janet Hall

The New South

The New South

1916

as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult

His Brother's Wife

His Brother's Wife

1916

as Helen Barton

The Great Divide

The Great Divide

1915

as Ruth Jordan

The Lion and the Mouse

The Lion and the Mouse

1914

as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green

When the Earth Trembled

When the Earth Trembled

1913

as Dora Sims

Pilgrim's Progress

Pilgrim's Progress

1912

as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife

The Tout's Remembrance

The Tout's Remembrance

1910

as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter

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