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