Ethel Clayton
- Acting
- November 8, 1882 · Champaign, Illinois, USA
- June 6, 1966
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
Filmography
- True to Life · Woman (uncredited)
- Mardi Gras · Mardi Gras Woman
- Dixie · Woman (uncredited)
- The Major and the Minor · Ball Guest (uncredited)
- Beyond the Blue Horizon · Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
- New York Town · (uncredited)
- West Point Widow · Nurse
- Love Thy Neighbor · Minor Role
- Geronimo
- King of Chinatown · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- The Sap Takes a Wrap · Mrs. Wallace
- Cafe Society · Woman
- Boy Trouble
- Say It in French · Bit Part (uncredited)
- If I Were King · Old Woman (uncredited)
- Men with Wings · Woman
- You and Me · Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
- Cocoanut Grove · Undetermined Role
- Wells Fargo · Pioneer Woman
- Hold 'Em Navy · Girl
- Exclusive
- Artists & Models · Seamtress (uncredited)
- Easy Living · Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Turn Off the Moon · Lady (uncredited)
- Make Way for Tomorrow · Customer (uncredited)
- Waikiki Wedding · Tourist (uncredited)
- Rich Relations · Mrs. Blair
- The Accusing Finger
- Hollywood Boulevard · Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
- Yours for the Asking · Casino Patron (uncredited)
- Let's Fall in Love · Star
- Private Jones · Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
- Secrets · Audrey Carlton
- The All-American · Mrs. Bowen
- The Crooked Circle · Yvonne
- Thrill of Youth · Alice Fenwick
- Call of the Circus
- Hit the Deck · Mrs. Payne
- The Princess on Broadway · Mrs. Seymour
- The Princess from Hoboken · Mrs. O'Brien
- His New York Wife · Alicia Duval
- Risky Business · Mrs. Stoughton
- Sunny Side Up · Cissy Cason
- Merry Widower · The Hunter's Wife
- The Bar-C Mystery · Mrs. Lane
- Lightnin' · Margaret Davis
- Wings of Youth · Katherine Manners
- The Remittance Woman · Marie Campbell
- Can a Woman Love Twice? · Mary Grant
- If I Were Queen · Ruth Townley
- For the Defense · Anne Woodstock
- The Cradle · Margaret Harvey
- Her Own Money · Mildred Carr
- Exit the Vamp · Marion Shipley
- Beyond · Avis Langley
- Wealth · Mary McLeod
- Sham · Katherine Van Riper
- The Price of Possession · Helen Carston
- The Sins of Rosanne · Roseanne Ozanne
- A City Sparrow · Milly West
- Crooked Streets · Gail Ellis
- The Ladder of Lies · Edith Parrish
- A Lady in Love · Barbara Martin
- Young Mrs. Winthrop · Constance Winthrop
- The 13th Commandment · Daphne Kip
- More Deadly Than the Male · Helen O'Hara
- A Sporting Chance · Carey Brent
- Men, Women, and Money · Marcel Middleton
- Pettigrew's Girl · Daisy Heath
- Maggie Pepper · Maggie Pepper
- The Mystery Girl · Countess Therese
- Women's Weapons · Anne Elliot
- The Witch Woman · Marie Beaupre
- Stolen Hours · Diana Lester
- The Volunteer · Self
- The Dormant Power
- The Woman Beneath · Betty Fairchild
- The Stolen Paradise
- Yankee Pluck · Polly Pollard
- Man's Woman · Violet Galloway