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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.
Born
Wednesday, 08 November 1882
Died
Saturday, 11 June 1966
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Perils of Pauline | Lady Montague in Show | 1947 |
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Minor Role | 1944 |
True to Life | Bit Role | 1943 |
Mardi Gras | Mardi Gras Woman | 1943 |
Dixie | Woman | 1943 |
Lady Bodyguard | Woman | 1943 |
Lucky Jordan | Minor Role | 1942 |
The Major and the Minor | Cadet Ball Guest | 1942 |
Beyond the Blue Horizon | Guest at Chase's Residence | 1942 |
New York Town | Minor Role | 1941 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Perils of Pauline | Lady Montague in Show | 1947 |
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Minor Role | 1944 |
True to Life | Bit Role | 1943 |
Mardi Gras | Mardi Gras Woman | 1943 |
Dixie | Woman | 1943 |
Lady Bodyguard | Woman | 1943 |
Lucky Jordan | Minor Role | 1942 |
The Major and the Minor | Cadet Ball Guest | 1942 |
Beyond the Blue Horizon | Guest at Chase's Residence | 1942 |
New York Town | Minor Role | 1941 |
West Point Widow | Nurse | 1941 |
Love Thy Neighbor | Minor Role | 1940 |
Geronimo | Settler | 1939 |
I'm from Missouri | Bit | 1939 |
King of Chinatown | Nightclub Patron | 1939 |
The Sap Takes a Wrap | Mrs. Wallace | 1939 |
Cafe Society | Woman | 1939 |
St. Louis Blues | Dancer | 1939 |
Boy Trouble | Small Town Woman | 1939 |
Paris Honeymoon | Undetermined Role | 1939 |
Ambush | Bank Customer | 1939 |
Tom Sawyer, Detective | Bit | 1938 |
Artists and Models Abroad | Woman | 1938 |
Ride a Crooked Mile | Prison Visitor | 1938 |
Say It in French | Bit Part | 1938 |
If I Were King | Old Woman | 1938 |
Men with Wings | Woman | 1938 |
The Arkansas Traveler | Townswoman | 1938 |
Sing, You Sinners | Minor Role | 1938 |
You and Me | Employment Agency Clerk | 1938 |
Cocoanut Grove | Undetermined Role | 1938 |
Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Minor Role | 1938 |
Scandal Street | Bit Role | 1938 |
The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Woman | 1938 |
The Buccaneer | Woman Selecting Perfumes | 1938 |
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge | Minor Role | 1938 |
Wells Fargo | Pioneer Woman | 1937 |
Hold 'Em Navy | Girl | 1937 |
Partners in Crime | Minor Role | 1937 |
Souls at Sea | Passenger | 1937 |
Blonde Trouble | Townswoman | 1937 |
Artist and Models | Seamtress | 1937 |
Exclusive | Matron | 1937 |
Easy Living | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1937 |
Turn Off the Moon | Lady | 1937 |
Make Way for Tomorrow | Customer | 1937 |
King of Gamblers | Matron | 1937 |
Waikiki Wedding | Tourist | 1937 |
Rich Relations | Mrs. Blair | 1937 |
The Accusing Finger | Undetermined Role | 1936 |
Easy to Take | Relative | 1936 |
Hollywood Boulevard | Ethel Clayton | 1936 |
Let's Fall in Love | Star | 1933 |
The Whispering Shadow | The Countess Helen [Chs. 5-8] | 1933 |
Private Jones | Mrs. Winthrop | 1933 |
Secrets | Audrey Carlton | 1933 |
The Crooked Circle | Yvonne | 1932 |
Thrill of Youth | Alice Fenwick | 1932 |
Hotel Continental | Mrs. Underwood | 1932 |
The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
Call of the Circus | The Woman | 1930 |
Mother Machree | Undetermined Role | 1927 |
The Princess on Broadway | Mrs. Seymour | 1927 |
The Princess from Hoboken | Mrs. O'Brien | 1927 |
His New York Wife | Alicia Duval | 1926 |
Risky Business | Mrs. Stoughton | 1926 |
Lightnin' | Margaret Davis | 1925 |
The Mansion of Aching Hearts | Pauline Craig | 1925 |
The Remittance Woman | Marie Campbell | 1923 |
Can a Woman Love Twice? | Mary Grant | 1923 |
If I Were Queen | Ruth Townley | 1922 |
For the Defense | Anne Woodstock | 1922 |
The Cradle | Margaret Harvey | 1922 |
Her Own Money | Mildred Carr | 1922 |
Beyond | Avis Langley | 1921 |
The Price of Possession | Helen Carston | 1921 |
The Sins of Rosanne | Roseanne Ozanne | 1920 |
A City Sparrow | Milly West | 1920 |
The Ladder of Lies | Edith Parrish | 1920 |
A Lady in Love | Barbara Martin | 1920 |
Young Mrs. Winthrop | Constance Winthrop | 1920 |
The 13th Commandment | Daphne Kip | 1920 |
More Deadly Than the Male | Helen O'Hara | 1919 |
Men, Women, and Money | Marcel Middleton | 1919 |
Pettigrew's Girl | Daisy Heath | 1919 |
Maggie Pepper | Maggie Pepper | 1919 |
The Mystery Girl | Countess Therese, aka Driver ''Driver 477'' | 1918 |
Women's Weapons | Anne Elliot | 1918 |
A Soul Without Windows | Hopama | 1918 |
The Whims of Society | Nora Carey | 1918 |
Easy Money | Lois Page | 1917 |
The Dormant Power | Christine Brent | 1917 |
The Woman Beneath | Betty Fairchild | 1917 |
Souls Adrift | Elma Raybourne | 1917 |
Yankee Pluck | Polly Pollard | 1917 |
Man's Woman | Violet Galloway | 1917 |
The Web of Desire | Grace Miller | 1917 |
The Bondage of Fear | Vesta Wheatley | 1917 |
Beyond the Wall | Helen Carlton / Virginia Carlton | 1916 |
A Woman's Way | Marion Livingston | 1916 |
His Brother's Wife | Helen Barton | 1916 |
The Great Divide | Ruth Jordan | 1915 |
The Sporting Duchess | Lady Muriel Desborough | 1915 |
The College Widow | Jane Witherspoon | 1915 |
The Lion and the Mouse | Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green | 1914 |
The House Next Door | Ulrica Cotswolt | 1914 |
When the Earth Trembled | Dora Sims | 1913 |
Just Maine Folks | Ethel Walters / Ethel | 1912 |