Acting
Ethel Wales
EN, XX cinema · 104 credits
Born
4 April 1878
Died
15 February 1952 (aged 73)
Birthplace
Passaic, New Jersey, USA
From Wikipedia Ethel Wales (April 4, 1878 - February 15, 1952) was an American actress, who appeared in 130 films during her 30-year career. She was the first wife of Wellington E. Wales (1886–1954), Mary Pickford's business manager during the height of her popularity. The couple had one son, Wellington Charles Wales (1918–1966), an editorial writer for the New York Times who died of a heart attack shortly after his 19 year-old son Samuel was killed in a train mishap. Her second husband was actor Hal Taliaferro.
Known for
Filmography
Tarnished
as Ida Baker
Blonde Alibi
as Landlady (Uncredited)
Lumberjack
as Abbey Peters
Border Vigilantes
as Aunt Jenifer
Wyoming
as Mrs. Bronson
Young Bill Hickok
as Mrs. Stout
Hidden Gold
as Matilda Purdy
Dark Command
as Townswoman
Let Us Live
as Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)
Frontier Pony Express
as Mrs. Murphy
In Old Caliente
as Aunt Felicia Vargas
Days of Jesse James
as Mrs. Martha Samuels
Sudden Money
as Miss Perkins
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
as Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)
Women Are Trouble
as Hatchet-Faced Woman
Bar 20 Rides Again
as Clary Peters
Another Face
as Aunt Hattie (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor
as Miss Farnum, Gifford's Secretary (uncredited)
The Merry Frinks
as United Charities Worker
The Eleventh Commandment
as Mabel Moore
The Fighting Parson
as Betsy Larkin
Female
as Alison's Secretary (Uncredited)
A Man's Land
as Aunt Flossie Doolittle
The Racing Strain
as Aunt Judy
Love Me Tonight
as Madame Dutoit - Dressmaker (uncredited)
Klondike
as Sadie Jones
Love in High Gear
as Arabella Heath
Tangled Destinies
as Prudence Daggott
The Thirteenth Guest
as Jane Thornton
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Gossip (uncredited)
Subway Express
as Mrs. Cotton
The Criminal Code
as Katie Ryan
Honeymoon Lane
as Mrs. Gotrocks
Gold Dust Gertie
as Arnold's Secretary (uncredited)
Maker of Men
as Aunt Martha
The Flood
as Aunt Constance
The Dude Wrangler
as Mattie
Loose Ankles
as Aunt Katherine Harper
Under Montana Skies
as Martha Jenkins
Love Among the Millionaires
as Disapproving Dowager (uncredited)
Tom Sawyer
as Mrs. Harper
The Doctor's Secret
as Mrs. Redding
The Donovan Affair
as Mrs. Lindsey
The Saturday Night Kid
as Lily Woodruff
The Girl in the Show
as Mrs. Truxton
Blue Skies
as Matron (episode 1)
The Perfect Crime
as Mrs. Frisbie
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as Mrs. Spivers
The Masks of the Devil
as Virginia's Aunt
Craig's Wife
as Eliza
Tenth Avenue
1928
Tenth Avenue
as Ma Mason
Taxi 13
1928
Taxi 13
as Mrs. Mactavish
On to Reno
as Mrs. Holmes
The Satin Woman
as 'Countess' Debris
My Friend from India
as Arabella Mott / Bedelia Smith
Cradle Snatchers
as Ethel Drake
The Country Doctor
as Redora Bump
Almost Human
as Katie
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Deborah Slocum
The Girl in the Pullman
as Mrs. Jones
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Mrs. Sloan
Take It from Me
as Miss Abbott
Made for Love
as Lady Diana Trent
Ladies at Play
as Aunt Sarah
Let Women Alone
as Ma Benham
The Wedding Song
as Auntie
Go Straight!
as Mamie
Don't
as Mrs. Moffat
Beggar on Horseback
as Mrs. Cady
The Rag Man
as Mrs. Bernard
The Overland Limited
as Mrs. Barton
The Monster
as Mrs. Watson
When Husbands Flirt
as Mrs. Wilbur Belcher
Shattered Lives
1925
Shattered Lives
as Elizabeth Trent
Revelation
as Madame Hofer
Loving Lies
as Penny Wise
The Bedroom Window
as Matild Jones (aka Rufus Rome)
Icebound
as Ella Jordan
Which Shall It Be?
1924
Which Shall It Be?
as Mrs. Moore
The White Sin
as Aunt Cynthia
Merton of the Movies
as Mrs. Montague
Lovers' Lane
as Aunt Melissy
Stepping Fast
as Miss Higgins
The Covered Wagon
as Mrs. Wingate
The Marriage Maker
as Mrs. Hope-Clarke
The Fog
as Mrs. Forge
Manslaughter
as Prisoner
Bobbed Hair
as Mrs. Lamont
The Old Homestead
as Aunt Matilda
Nice People
as Mrs. Heyfer
Saturday Night
as Party Guest
The Bonded Woman
as Lucita
Our Leading Citizen
as Eudora Mawdle
Is Matrimony a Failure?
as Mrs. Skinner
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Hicks
Miss Lulu Bett
as Grandma Bett
After the Show
as Landlady