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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Champaign, Illinois, USA, 1882-11-08

Died: 1966-06-06

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1910	The Tout's Remembrance	Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter	0
2	1912	Pilgrim's Progress	Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife	0
3	1912	Just Maine Folks	Ethel Walters	45
4	1913	Friend John	Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid	0
5	1913	The Price Demanded	Rose Delane	0
6	1913	When the Earth Trembled	Dora Sims	43
7	1914	The Lion and the Mouse	Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green	0
8	1914	The Wolf	Jules' Sweetheart	0
9	1914	The House Next Door	Ulrica Cotswolt	0
10	1914	The Fortune Hunter	Betty Graham	0
11	1915	His Soul Mate	Nellie - the Stenographer	0
12	1915	It All Depends	Clara Dean	0
13	1915	A Woman Went Forth	Ethel Rogers	0
14	1915	Here Comes the Bride	Reed's Stenographer	0
15	1915	The Unmarried Husband	Nell - the Actress Wife	0
16	1915	The Sporting Duchess	Lady Muriel Desborough	0
17	1915	The Great Divide	Ruth Jordan	70
18	1916	His Brother's Wife	Helen Barton	0
19	1916	A Woman's Way	Marion Livingston	0
20	1916	Husband and Wife	Doris Baker	10
21	1916	The Hidden Scar	Janet Hall	0
22	1916	Beyond the Wall	Helen Carlton	0
23	1916	The New South	Georgia Gwynne, as an adult	0
24	1917	The Bondage of Fear	Vesta Wheatley	0
25	1917	The Web of Desire	Grace Miller	0
26	1917	Man's Woman	Violet Galloway	0
27	1917	Yankee Pluck	Polly Pollard	0
28	1917	The Stolen Paradise		0
29	1917	The Dormant Power		0
30	1917	The Volunteer	Self - Cameo Appearance	0
31	1918	Stolen Hours	Diana Lester	10
32	1918	The Witch Woman	Marie Beaupre	0
33	1918	Women's Weapons	Anne Elliot	0
34	1918	The Mystery Girl	Countess Therese	0
35	1919	Maggie Pepper	Maggie Pepper	0
36	1919	Men, Women, and Money	Marcel Middleton	0
37	1919	A Sporting Chance	Carey Brent	0
38	1920	The 13th Commandment		0
39	1920	Young Mrs. Winthrop	Constance Winthrop	10
40	1920	A Lady in Love	Barbara Martin	0
41	1920	The Ladder of Lies	Edith Parrish	0
42	1920	Crooked Streets	Gail Ellis	0
43	1920	A City Sparrow	Milly West	0
44	1920	The Sins of Rosanne	Roseanne Ozanne	0
45	1921	The Price of Possession	Helen Carston	0
46	1921	Sham	Katherine Van Riper	0
47	1921	Beyond	Avis Langley	0
48	1922	Her Own Money	Mildred Carr	0
49	1922	The Cradle	Margaret Harvey	0
50	1922	For the Defense	Anne Woodstock	0
51	1922	If I Were Queen	Ruth Townley	0
52	1925	Wings of Youth	Katherine Manners	0
53	1925	Lightnin'	Margaret Davis	52
54	1926	Merry Widower	The Hunter's Wife	60
55	1926	Sunny Side Up	Cissy Cason	0
56	1926	Risky Business	Mrs. Stoughton	60
57	1927	The Princess from Hoboken	Mrs. O'Brien	0
58	1929	Hit the Deck	Mrs. Payne	90
59	1930	Call of the Circus		0
60	1932	Thrill of Youth	Alice Fenwick	55
61	1932	The Crooked Circle	Yvonne	48
62	1932	The All-American	Mrs. Bowen	50
63	1933	Secrets	Audrey Carlton	51
64	1933	Private Jones	Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)	0
65	1933	Let's Fall in Love	Star	75
66	1936	Yours for the Asking	Casino Patron (uncredited)	10
67	1936	Hollywood Boulevard	Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)	25
68	1936	The Accusing Finger		47
69	1937	Rich Relations	Mrs. Blair	0
70	1937	Waikiki Wedding	Tourist (uncredited)	55
71	1937	Make Way for Tomorrow	Customer (uncredited)	75
72	1937	Easy Living	Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)	70
73	1937	Artists & Models	Seamtress (uncredited)	60
74	1937	Exclusive		60
75	1937	Hold 'Em Navy	Girl	30
76	1937	Wells Fargo	Pioneer Woman	52
77	1938	Cocoanut Grove	Undetermined Role	0
78	1938	You and Me	Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)	67
79	1938	Men with Wings	Woman	50
80	1938	If I Were King	Old Woman (uncredited)	68
81	1938	Say It in French	Bit Part (uncredited)	0
82	1938	Say It in French	Bit Part	0
83	1939	Boy Trouble		50
84	1939	Cafe Society	Woman	60
85	1939	The Sap Takes a Wrap	Mrs. Wallace	0
86	1939	King of Chinatown	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	58
87	1939	Geronimo		50
88	1940	Love Thy Neighbor	Minor Role	65
89	1941	West Point Widow	Nurse	60
90	1941	New York Town	(uncredited)	100
91	1942	Beyond the Blue Horizon	Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)	0
92	1942	The Major and the Minor	Ball Guest (uncredited)	70
93	1943	Dixie	Woman (uncredited)	30
94	1943	Mardi Gras	Mardi Gras Woman	40
95	1943	True to Life	Woman (uncredited)	60

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Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1910