Cast
Ethel Clayton
Acting
Cast
Ethel Clayton
Known for
Acting
Born
1882-11-08
From
Champaign, Illinois, USA
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.
★5.9
MOVIE1937
Waikiki Wedding
as Tourist (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1943
Mardi Gras
as Mardi Gras Woman
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Wealth
as Mary McLeod
★5.0
MOVIE1943
Dixie
as Woman (uncredited)
MOVIE1914
The Wolf
as Jules' Sweetheart
★8.0
MOVIE1926
The Bar-C Mystery
as Mrs. Lane
★7.5
MOVIE1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Customer (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1942
The Major and the Minor
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1937
Easy Living
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1937
Wells Fargo
as Pioneer Woman
★10.0
MOVIE1922
Her Own Money
as Mildred Carr
★5.8
MOVIE1936
The Accusing Finger
★6.5
MOVIE1932
The All-American
as Mrs. Bowen
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1926
His New York Wife
as Alicia Duval
★6.6
MOVIE1938
You and Me
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1917
The Woman Beneath
as Betty Fairchild
MOVIE1917
Yankee Pluck
as Polly Pollard
★7.1
MOVIE1938
If I Were King
as Old Woman (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Artists & Models
as Seamtress (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1938
Men with Wings
as Woman
★5.2
MOVIE1932
The Crooked Circle
as Yvonne
★9.0
MOVIE1915
His Soul Mate
as Nellie - the Stenographer
MOVIE1915
The Sporting Duchess
as Lady Muriel Desborough
★7.0
MOVIE1920
The Sins of Rosanne
as Roseanne Ozanne
MOVIE1917
The Dormant Power
★10.0
MOVIE1915
The Unmarried Husband
as Nell - the Actress Wife
★10.0
MOVIE1917
The Bondage of Fear
as Vesta Wheatley
★5.2
MOVIE1933
Secrets
as Audrey Carlton
★7.0
MOVIE1912
Pilgrim's Progress
as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
★5.6
MOVIE1939
King of Chinatown
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1923
The Remittance Woman
as Marie Campbell
★10.0
MOVIE1923
Can a Woman Love Twice?
as Mary Grant
★6.7
MOVIE1932
Thrill of Youth
as Alice Fenwick
★8.0
MOVIE1920
A Lady in Love
as Barbara Martin
★8.0
MOVIE1943
True to Life
as Woman (uncredited)
MOVIE1914
The House Next Door
as Ulrica Cotswolt
★10.0
MOVIE1919
A Sporting Chance
as Carey Brent
★7.0
MOVIE1916
Dollars and the Woman
as Madge Hilyer
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Exit the Vamp
as Marion Shipley
MOVIE1917
The Web of Desire
as Grace Miller
★8.0
MOVIE1930
Call of the Circus
MOVIE1914
The Lion and the Mouse
as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
★8.5
MOVIE1941
New York Town
as (uncredited)
MOVIE1917
Man's Woman
as Violet Galloway
★7.0
MOVIE1926
Risky Business
as Mrs. Stoughton
★9.0
MOVIE1938
Cocoanut Grove
as Undetermined Role
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Pettigrew's Girl
as Daisy Heath
★7.3
MOVIE1940
Love Thy Neighbor
as Minor Role
★7.0
MOVIE1916
His Brother's Wife
as Helen Barton
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Turn Off the Moon
as Lady (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1933
Let's Fall in Love
as Star
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Say It in French
as Bit Part (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1920
The 13th Commandment
as Daphne Kip
★4.5
MOVIE1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
★8.5
MOVIE1929
Hit the Deck
as Mrs. Payne
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Exclusive
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Boy Trouble
★7.5
MOVIE1939
Cafe Society
as Woman
★7.0
MOVIE1941
West Point Widow
as Nurse
★4.7
MOVIE1937
Hold 'Em Navy
as Girl
★8.0
MOVIE1939
The Sap Takes a Wrap
as Mrs. Wallace
★7.0
MOVIE1913
Friend John
as Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
★9.0
MOVIE1925
Wings of Youth
as Katherine Manners
★9.0
MOVIE1919
Men, Women, and Money
as Marcel Middleton
★4.0
MOVIE1920
Young Mrs. Winthrop
as Constance Winthrop
MOVIE1914
The Fortune Hunter
as Betty Graham
★5.3
MOVIE1939
Geronimo
MOVIE1917
The Volunteer
as Self - Cameo Appearance
★9.0
MOVIE1927
The Princess on Broadway
as Mrs. Seymour
★9.0
MOVIE1933
Private Jones
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
★1.0
MOVIE1916
Husband and Wife
as Doris Baker
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Maggie Pepper
as Maggie Pepper
MOVIE1916
The Hidden Scar
as Janet Hall
★5.3
MOVIE1936
Yours for the Asking
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1920
A City Sparrow
as Milly West
★10.0
MOVIE1926
Sunny Side Up
as Cissy Cason
★9.0
MOVIE1915
A Woman Went Forth
as Ethel Rogers
★4.3
MOVIE1913
When the Earth Trembled
as Dora Sims
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Beyond
as Avis Langley
★7.0
MOVIE1920
Crooked Streets
as Gail Ellis
MOVIE1918
The Mystery Girl
as Countess Therese
★7.0
MOVIE1916
Beyond the Wall
as Helen Carlton
MOVIE1917
The Stolen Paradise
★7.0
MOVIE1919
More Deadly Than the Male
as Helen O'Hara
★1.0
MOVIE1918
Women's Weapons
as Anne Elliot
MOVIE1916
A Woman's Way
as Marion Livingston
★5.5
MOVIE1937
Rich Relations
as Mrs. Blair
★8.0
MOVIE1927
The Princess from Hoboken
as Mrs. O'Brien
★10.0
MOVIE1920
The Ladder of Lies
as Edith Parrish
★10.0
MOVIE1921
The Price of Possession
as Helen Carston
★7.0
MOVIE1915
The Great Divide
as Ruth Jordan
★10.0
MOVIE1922
For the Defense
as Anne Woodstock
★6.6
MOVIE1925
Lightnin'
as Margaret Davis
★3.3
MOVIE1918
Stolen Hours
as Diana Lester
★8.0
MOVIE1921
Sham
as Katherine Van Riper
★7.0
MOVIE1922
If I Were Queen
as Ruth Townley
★9.0
MOVIE1915
Here Comes the Bride
as Reed's Stenographer
★8.0
MOVIE1922
The Cradle
as Margaret Harvey
★7.0
MOVIE1915
It All Depends
as Clara Dean
★8.0
MOVIE1926
Merry Widower
as The Hunter's Wife
★10.0
MOVIE1913
The Price Demanded
as Rose Delane
MOVIE1918
The Witch Woman
as Marie Beaupre
MOVIE1910
The Tout's Remembrance
as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter
★9.0
MOVIE1916
The New South
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
★6.3
MOVIE1912
Just Maine Folks
as Ethel Walters