Ethel Clayton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 8, 1882
- Died
- June 6, 1966
- Birthplace
- Champaign, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
True to Life 1943
as Woman (uncredited)
Mardi Gras 1943
as Mardi Gras Woman
Dixie 1943
as Woman (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor 1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon 1942
as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
New York Town 1941
as (uncredited)
West Point Widow 1941
as Nurse
Love Thy Neighbor 1940
as Minor Role
Geronimo 1939
Actor
King of Chinatown 1939
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Sap Takes a Wrap 1939
as Mrs. Wallace
Cafe Society 1939
as Woman
Boy Trouble 1939
Actor
Say It in French 1938
as Bit Part (uncredited)
If I Were King 1938
as Old Woman (uncredited)
Men with Wings 1938
as Woman
You and Me 1938
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Cocoanut Grove 1938
as Undetermined Role
Wells Fargo 1937
as Pioneer Woman
Hold 'Em Navy 1937
as Girl
Exclusive 1937
Actor
Artists & Models 1937
as Seamtress (uncredited)
Easy Living 1937
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Turn Off the Moon 1937
as Lady (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow 1937
as Customer (uncredited)
Waikiki Wedding 1937
as Tourist (uncredited)
Rich Relations 1937
as Mrs. Blair
The Accusing Finger 1936
Actor
Hollywood Boulevard 1936
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking 1936
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Let's Fall in Love 1933
as Star
Private Jones 1933
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
Secrets 1933
as Audrey Carlton
The All-American 1932
as Mrs. Bowen
The Crooked Circle 1932
as Yvonne
Thrill of Youth 1932
as Alice Fenwick
Call of the Circus 1930
Actor
Hit the Deck 1929
as Mrs. Payne
The Princess on Broadway 1927
as Mrs. Seymour
The Princess from Hoboken 1927
as Mrs. O'Brien
His New York Wife 1926
as Alicia Duval
Risky Business 1926
as Mrs. Stoughton
Sunny Side Up 1926
as Cissy Cason
Merry Widower 1926
as The Hunter's Wife
The Bar-C Mystery 1926
as Mrs. Lane
Lightnin' 1925
as Margaret Davis
- Wings of Youth
Wings of Youth 1925
as Katherine Manners
The Remittance Woman 1923
as Marie Campbell
Can a Woman Love Twice? 1923
as Mary Grant
If I Were Queen 1922
as Ruth Townley
For the Defense 1922
as Anne Woodstock
The Cradle 1922
as Margaret Harvey
Her Own Money 1922
as Mildred Carr
Exit the Vamp 1921
as Marion Shipley
Beyond 1921
as Avis Langley
Wealth 1921
as Mary McLeod
Sham 1921
as Katherine Van Riper
The Price of Possession 1921
as Helen Carston
The Sins of Rosanne 1920
as Roseanne Ozanne
A City Sparrow 1920
as Milly West
Crooked Streets 1920
as Gail Ellis
The Ladder of Lies 1920
as Edith Parrish
A Lady in Love 1920
as Barbara Martin
Young Mrs. Winthrop 1920
as Constance Winthrop
The 13th Commandment 1920
as Daphne Kip
More Deadly Than the Male 1919
as Helen O'Hara
A Sporting Chance 1919
as Carey Brent
Men, Women, and Money 1919
as Marcel Middleton
Pettigrew's Girl 1919
as Daisy Heath
Maggie Pepper 1919
as Maggie Pepper
The Mystery Girl 1918
as Countess Therese
Women's Weapons 1918
as Anne Elliot
The Witch Woman 1918
as Marie Beaupre
Stolen Hours 1918
as Diana Lester
The Volunteer 1917
as Self - Cameo Appearance
- The Dormant Power
The Dormant Power 1917
Actor
The Woman Beneath 1917
as Betty Fairchild
The Stolen Paradise 1917
Actor
Yankee Pluck 1917
as Polly Pollard
Man's Woman 1917
as Violet Galloway
The Web of Desire 1917
as Grace Miller
The Bondage of Fear 1917
as Vesta Wheatley
The New South 1916
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
Beyond the Wall 1916
as Helen Carlton
The Hidden Scar 1916
as Janet Hall
Husband and Wife 1916
as Doris Baker
A Woman's Way 1916
as Marion Livingston
His Brother's Wife 1916
as Helen Barton
Dollars and the Woman 1916
as Madge Hilyer
The Great Divide 1915
as Ruth Jordan
- The Sporting Duchess
The Sporting Duchess 1915
as Lady Muriel Desborough
- The Unmarried Husband
The Unmarried Husband 1915
as Nell - the Actress Wife
- Here Comes the Bride
Here Comes the Bride 1915
as Reed's Stenographer
- A Woman Went Forth
A Woman Went Forth 1915
as Ethel Rogers
- It All Depends
It All Depends 1915
as Clara Dean
- His Soul Mate
His Soul Mate 1915
as Nellie - the Stenographer
- The Fortune Hunter
The Fortune Hunter 1914
as Betty Graham
- The House Next Door
The House Next Door 1914
as Ulrica Cotswolt
The Wolf 1914
as Jules' Sweetheart
The Lion and the Mouse 1914
as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
When the Earth Trembled 1913
as Dora Sims
- The Price Demanded
The Price Demanded 1913
as Rose Delane
Friend John 1913
as Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
- Just Maine Folks
Just Maine Folks 1912
as Ethel Walters
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
Credits from TMDB.