Ethel Clayton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1882-11-08
Day of Death
1966-06-06 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Champaign, Illinois, USA
Ethel Clayton
Biography
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
(1943)
Dixie
as Woman (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Woman (uncredited)
(1943)
Mardi Gras
as Mardi Gras Woman
(1942)
The Major and the Minor
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
(1942)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
(1941)
New York Town
as (uncredited)
(1941)
West Point Widow
as Nurse
(1940)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Minor Role
(1939)
(1939)
King of Chinatown
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
(1939)
Cafe Society
as Woman
(1939)
(1939)
The Sap Takes a Wrap
as Mrs. Wallace
(1938)
You and Me
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
(1938)
If I Were King
as Old Woman (uncredited)
(1938)
Men with Wings
as Woman
(1938)
Cocoanut Grove
as Undetermined Role
(1938)
Say It in French
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1938)
Say It in French
as Bit Part
(1937)
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Customer (uncredited)
(1937)
Wells Fargo
as Pioneer Woman
(1937)
(1937)
Easy Living
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1937)
Waikiki Wedding
as Tourist (uncredited)
(1937)
Artists & Models
as Seamtress (uncredited)
(1937)
Hold 'Em Navy
as Girl
(1937)
Rich Relations
as Mrs. Blair
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
(1936)
Yours for the Asking
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
(1936)
(1933)
Secrets
as Audrey Carlton
(1933)
Private Jones
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
(1933)
Let's Fall in Love
as Star
(1932)
The All-American
as Mrs. Bowen
(1932)
The Crooked Circle
as Yvonne
(1932)
Thrill of Youth
as Alice Fenwick
(1930)
(1929)
Hit the Deck
as Mrs. Payne
(1927)
The Princess from Hoboken
as Mrs. O'Brien
(1926)
Merry Widower
as The Hunter's Wife
(1926)
Risky Business
as Mrs. Stoughton
(1926)
Sunny Side Up
as Cissy Cason
(1925)
Lightnin'
as Margaret Davis
(1925)
Wings of Youth
as Katherine Manners
(1922)
Her Own Money
as Mildred Carr
(1922)
The Cradle
as Margaret Harvey
(1922)
If I Were Queen
as Ruth Townley
(1922)
For the Defense
as Anne Woodstock
(1921)
Sham
as Katherine Van Riper
(1921)
The Price of Possession
as Helen Carston
(1921)
Beyond
as Avis Langley
(1920)
(1920)
A City Sparrow
as Milly West
(1920)
The Sins of Rosanne
as Roseanne Ozanne
(1920)
Young Mrs. Winthrop
as Constance Winthrop
(1920)
The Ladder of Lies
as Edith Parrish
(1920)
A Lady in Love
as Barbara Martin
(1920)
Crooked Streets
as Gail Ellis
(1919)
A Sporting Chance
as Carey Brent
(1919)
Men, Women, and Money
as Marcel Middleton
(1919)
Maggie Pepper
as Maggie Pepper
(1918)
Women's Weapons
as Anne Elliot
(1918)
Stolen Hours
as Diana Lester
(1918)
The Mystery Girl
as Countess Therese
(1918)
The Witch Woman
as Marie Beaupre
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
The Bondage of Fear
as Vesta Wheatley
(1917)
The Web of Desire
as Grace Miller
(1917)
Man's Woman
as Violet Galloway
(1917)
The Volunteer
as Self - Cameo Appearance
(1917)
Yankee Pluck
as Polly Pollard
(1916)
The Hidden Scar
as Janet Hall
(1916)
Husband and Wife
as Doris Baker
(1916)
Beyond the Wall
as Helen Carlton
(1916)
The New South
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
(1916)
His Brother's Wife
as Helen Barton
(1916)
A Woman's Way
as Marion Livingston
(1915)
His Soul Mate
as Nellie - the Stenographer
(1915)
It All Depends
as Clara Dean
(1915)
A Woman Went Forth
as Ethel Rogers
(1915)
The Sporting Duchess
as Lady Muriel Desborough
(1915)
Here Comes the Bride
as Reed's Stenographer
(1915)
The Great Divide
as Ruth Jordan
(1915)
The Unmarried Husband
as Nell - the Actress Wife
(1914)
The Lion and the Mouse
as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
(1914)
The Fortune Hunter
as Betty Graham
(1914)
The House Next Door
as Ulrica Cotswolt
(1914)
The Wolf
as Jules' Sweetheart
(1913)
Friend John
as Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
(1913)
The Price Demanded
as Rose Delane
(1913)
When the Earth Trembled
as Dora Sims
(1912)
Pilgrim's Progress
as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
(1912)
Just Maine Folks
as Ethel Walters
(1910)
The Tout's Remembrance
as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter