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.
Acted in 92
1940s
- 1943
True to Life
Woman (uncredited)
Dixie
Woman (uncredited)
- 1942
The Major and the Minor
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
- 1941
New York Town
(uncredited)
West Point Widow
Nurse
- 1940
Love Thy Neighbor
Minor Role
1930s
- 1939
Geronimo
Movie
King of Chinatown
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Mrs. Wallace
Cafe Society
Woman
Boy Trouble
Movie
- 1938
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
- 1937
Hold 'Em Navy
Girl
Exclusive
Movie
Artists & Models
Seamtress (uncredited)
Turn Off the Moon
Lady (uncredited)
Rich Relations
Mrs. Blair
- 1936
The Accusing Finger
Movie
Hollywood Boulevard
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
Casino Patron (uncredited)
- 1933
Let's Fall in Love
Star
Private Jones
Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
- 1932
The All-American
Mrs. Bowen
The Crooked Circle
Yvonne
Thrill of Youth
Alice Fenwick
- 1930
Call of the Circus
Movie
1920s
- 1929
Hit the Deck
Mrs. Payne
- 1927
The Princess on Broadway
Mrs. Seymour
The Princess from Hoboken
Mrs. O'Brien
- 1926
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
- 1925
Lightnin'
Margaret Davis
- 1923
The Remittance Woman
Marie Campbell
Can a Woman Love Twice?
Mary Grant
- 1922
If I Were Queen
Ruth Townley
For the Defense
Anne Woodstock
The Cradle
Margaret Harvey
Her Own Money
Mildred Carr
- 1921
Exit the Vamp
Marion Shipley
Beyond
Avis Langley
Sham
Katherine Van Riper
The Price of Possession
Helen Carston
- 1920
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
1910s
- 1919
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
- 1918
The Mystery Girl
Countess Therese
Women's Weapons
Anne Elliot
The Witch Woman
Marie Beaupre
Stolen Hours
Diana Lester
- 1917
The Woman Beneath
Betty Fairchild
The Stolen Paradise
Movie
Yankee Pluck
Polly Pollard
Man's Woman
Violet Galloway
The Web of Desire
Grace Miller
The Bondage of Fear
Vesta Wheatley
- 1916
The New South
Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
Beyond the Wall
Helen Carlton
The Hidden Scar
Janet Hall
Husband and Wife
Doris Baker
A Woman's Way
Marion Livingston
His Brother's Wife
Helen Barton
Dollars and the Woman
Madge Hilyer
- 1915
The Great Divide
Ruth Jordan
- 1914
The Lion and the Mouse
Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
- 1913
When the Earth Trembled
Dora Sims
Friend John
Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
- 1912
Pilgrim's Progress
Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
Appearances1
1910s
- 1917
The Volunteer
Self - Cameo Appearance