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