Ethel Clayton
Acting • Born 1882-11-08 – Died 1966-06-06
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.
Filmography
105 credits
Artists & Models
Movie • 1937
Seamtress (uncredited)
Man's Woman
Movie • 1917
Violet Galloway
The Volunteer
Movie • 1917
Self - Cameo Appearance
Easy Living
Movie • 1937
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Merry Widower
Movie • 1926
The Hunter's Wife
If I Were Queen
Movie • 1922
Ruth Townley
Her Own Money
Movie • 1922
Mildred Carr
The Tout's Remembrance
Movie • 1910
Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter
The Bondage of Fear
Movie • 1917
Vesta Wheatley
The New South
Movie • 1916
Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
The Wolf
Movie • 1914
Jules' Sweetheart
The Price of Possession
Movie • 1921
Helen Carston
Rich Relations
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Blair
Pilgrim's Progress
Movie • 1912
Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
The Crooked Circle
Movie • 1932
Yvonne
Risky Business
Movie • 1926
Mrs. Stoughton
Say It in French
Movie • 1938
Bit Part (uncredited)
Yankee Pluck
Movie • 1917
Polly Pollard
His Brother's Wife
Movie • 1916
Helen Barton
Lightnin'
Movie • 1925
Margaret Davis
The Web of Desire
Movie • 1917
Grace Miller
Wells Fargo
Movie • 1937
Pioneer Woman
Dixie
Movie • 1943
Woman (uncredited)
Boy Trouble
Movie • 1939
Let's Fall in Love
Movie • 1933
Star
Waikiki Wedding
Movie • 1937
Tourist (uncredited)
The 13th Commandment
Movie • 1920
Cocoanut Grove
Movie • 1938
Undetermined Role
Crooked Streets
Movie • 1920
Gail Ellis
Make Way for Tomorrow
Movie • 1937
Customer (uncredited)
Men with Wings
Movie • 1938
Woman
Exclusive
Movie • 1937
The Hidden Scar
Movie • 1916
Janet Hall
When the Earth Trembled
Movie • 1913
Dora Sims
The Lion and the Mouse
Movie • 1914
Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
Husband and Wife
Movie • 1916
Doris Baker
A Woman's Way
Movie • 1916
Marion Livingston
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie • 1936
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Call of the Circus
Movie • 1930
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Movie • 1942
Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
Mardi Gras
Movie • 1943
Mardi Gras Woman
Thrill of Youth
Movie • 1932
Alice Fenwick
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 1940
Minor Role
Geronimo
Movie • 1939
Wings of Youth
Movie • 1925
Katherine Manners
Cafe Society
Movie • 1939
Woman
Secrets
Movie • 1933
Audrey Carlton
Just Maine Folks
Movie • 1912
Ethel Walters
New York Town
Movie • 1941
(uncredited)
Private Jones
Movie • 1933
Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
West Point Widow
Movie • 1941
Nurse
The Accusing Finger
Movie • 1936
True to Life
Movie • 1943
Woman (uncredited)
The Dormant Power
Movie • 1917
The Sins of Rosanne
Movie • 1920
Roseanne Ozanne
For the Defense
Movie • 1922
Anne Woodstock
Beyond
Movie • 1921
Avis Langley
The Cradle
Movie • 1922
Margaret Harvey
The Great Divide
Movie • 1915
Ruth Jordan
The Witch Woman
Movie • 1918
Marie Beaupre
A Sporting Chance
Movie • 1919
Carey Brent
The Stolen Paradise
Movie • 1917
Stolen Hours
Movie • 1918
Diana Lester
If I Were King
Movie • 1938
Old Woman (uncredited)
The Princess from Hoboken
Movie • 1927
Mrs. O'Brien
The Major and the Minor
Movie • 1942
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Navy
Movie • 1937
Girl
Sunny Side Up
Movie • 1926
Cissy Cason
Hit the Deck
Movie • 1929
Mrs. Payne
Sham
Movie • 1921
Katherine Van Riper
The All-American
Movie • 1932
Mrs. Bowen
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Wallace
A Lady in Love
Movie • 1920
Barbara Martin
A City Sparrow
Movie • 1920
Milly West
The Price Demanded
Movie • 1913
Rose Delane
Women's Weapons
Movie • 1918
Anne Elliot
King of Chinatown
Movie • 1939
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Mystery Girl
Movie • 1918
Countess Therese
Beyond the Wall
Movie • 1916
Helen Carlton
You and Me
Movie • 1938
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
Movie • 1936
Casino Patron (uncredited)
The Sporting Duchess
Movie • 1915
Lady Muriel Desborough
His Soul Mate
Movie • 1915
Nellie - the Stenographer
The House Next Door
Movie • 1914
Ulrica Cotswolt
The Unmarried Husband
Movie • 1915
Nell - the Actress Wife
Here Comes the Bride
Movie • 1915
Reed's Stenographer
A Woman Went Forth
Movie • 1915
Ethel Rogers
It All Depends
Movie • 1915
Clara Dean
The Fortune Hunter
Movie • 1914
Betty Graham
Friend John
Movie • 1913
Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
The Ladder of Lies
Movie • 1920
Edith Parrish
Young Mrs. Winthrop
Movie • 1920
Constance Winthrop
Men, Women, and Money
Movie • 1919
Marcel Middleton
Maggie Pepper
Movie • 1919
Maggie Pepper
The Bar-C Mystery
Movie • 1926
Mrs. Lane
More Deadly Than the Male
Movie • 1919
Helen O'Hara
The Princess on Broadway
Movie • 1927
Mrs. Seymour
His New York Wife
Movie • 1926
Alicia Duval
Exit the Vamp
Movie • 1921
Marion Shipley
Pettigrew's Girl
Movie • 1919
Daisy Heath
Wealth
Movie • 1921
Mary McLeod
The Remittance Woman
Movie • 1923
Marie Campbell
Dollars and the Woman
Movie • 1916
Madge Hilyer
The Woman Beneath
Movie • 1917
Betty Fairchild
Can a Woman Love Twice?
Movie • 1923
Mary Grant