Acting
Ethel Clayton
EN cinema · 106 credits
Born
8 November 1882
Died
6 June 1966 (aged 83)
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.
Known for
Filmography
Dixie
as Woman (uncredited)
Mardi Gras
as Mardi Gras Woman
True to Life
as Woman (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
New York Town
as (uncredited)
West Point Widow
as Nurse
Love Thy Neighbor
as Minor Role
Geronimo
Actor
Cafe Society
as Woman
The Sap Takes a Wrap
as Mrs. Wallace
King of Chinatown
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Say It in French
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Cocoanut Grove
as Undetermined Role
Men with Wings
as Woman
If I Were King
as Old Woman (uncredited)
You and Me
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Artists & Models
as Seamtress (uncredited)
Easy Living
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Rich Relations
as Mrs. Blair
Wells Fargo
as Pioneer Woman
Waikiki Wedding
as Tourist (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Customer (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Navy
as Girl
Turn Off the Moon
as Lady (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Secrets
as Audrey Carlton
Private Jones
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
The Crooked Circle
as Yvonne
Thrill of Youth
as Alice Fenwick
The All-American
as Mrs. Bowen
Hit the Deck
as Mrs. Payne
The Princess from Hoboken
as Mrs. O'Brien
The Princess on Broadway
as Mrs. Seymour
Merry Widower
as The Hunter's Wife
Risky Business
as Mrs. Stoughton
Sunny Side Up
as Cissy Cason
The Bar-C Mystery
as Mrs. Lane
His New York Wife
as Alicia Duval
Lightnin'
as Margaret Davis
Wings of Youth
1925
Wings of Youth
as Katherine Manners
The Remittance Woman
as Marie Campbell
Can a Woman Love Twice?
as Mary Grant
If I Were Queen
as Ruth Townley
Her Own Money
as Mildred Carr
For the Defense
as Anne Woodstock
The Cradle
as Margaret Harvey
The Price of Possession
as Helen Carston
Beyond
as Avis Langley
Sham
as Katherine Van Riper
Exit the Vamp
as Marion Shipley
Wealth
as Mary McLeod
The 13th Commandment
as Daphne Kip
Crooked Streets
as Gail Ellis
The Sins of Rosanne
as Roseanne Ozanne
A Lady in Love
as Barbara Martin
A City Sparrow
as Milly West
The Ladder of Lies
as Edith Parrish
Young Mrs. Winthrop
as Constance Winthrop
A Sporting Chance
as Carey Brent
Men, Women, and Money
as Marcel Middleton
Maggie Pepper
as Maggie Pepper
More Deadly Than the Male
as Helen O'Hara
Pettigrew's Girl
as Daisy Heath
The Witch Woman
as Marie Beaupre
Stolen Hours
as Diana Lester
Women's Weapons
as Anne Elliot
The Mystery Girl
as Countess Therese
Man's Woman
as Violet Galloway
The Volunteer
as Self - Cameo Appearance
The Bondage of Fear
as Vesta Wheatley
Yankee Pluck
as Polly Pollard
The Web of Desire
as Grace Miller
The Woman Beneath
as Betty Fairchild
The New South
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
His Brother's Wife
as Helen Barton
The Hidden Scar
as Janet Hall
Husband and Wife
as Doris Baker
A Woman's Way
as Marion Livingston
Beyond the Wall
as Helen Carlton
Dollars and the Woman
as Madge Hilyer
The Great Divide
as Ruth Jordan
The Sporting Duchess
1915
The Sporting Duchess
as Lady Muriel Desborough
His Soul Mate
1915
His Soul Mate
as Nellie - the Stenographer
The Unmarried Husband
1915
The Unmarried Husband
as Nell - the Actress Wife
Here Comes the Bride
1915
Here Comes the Bride
as Reed's Stenographer
A Woman Went Forth
1915
A Woman Went Forth
as Ethel Rogers
It All Depends
1915
It All Depends
as Clara Dean
The Wolf
as Jules' Sweetheart
The Lion and the Mouse
as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
The House Next Door
1914
The House Next Door
as Ulrica Cotswolt
The Fortune Hunter
1914
The Fortune Hunter
as Betty Graham
When the Earth Trembled
as Dora Sims
The Price Demanded
1913
The Price Demanded
as Rose Delane
Friend John
as Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
Pilgrim's Progress
as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
Just Maine Folks
1912
Just Maine Folks
as Ethel Walters
The Tout's Remembrance
1910
The Tout's Remembrance
as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter