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.
Movie | True to Life | Woman (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
Movie | Dixie | Woman (uncredited) | 1943-06-23 |
Movie | Mardi Gras | Mardi Gras Woman | 1943-10-01 |
Movie | Beyond the Blue Horizon | Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited) | 1942-06-25 |
Movie | The Major and the Minor | Ball Guest (uncredited) | 1942-09-16 |
Movie | West Point Widow | Nurse | 1941-06-20 |
Movie | New York Town | (uncredited) | 1941-10-31 |
Movie | Love Thy Neighbor | Minor Role | 1940-12-27 |
Movie | Boy Trouble | 1939-01-27 | |
Movie | Cafe Society | Woman | 1939-03-03 |
Movie | The Sap Takes a Wrap | Mrs. Wallace | 1939-03-10 |
Movie | Geronimo | 1939-11-26 | |
Movie | You and Me | Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited) | 1938-06-01 |
Movie | Men with Wings | Woman | 1938-07-16 |
Movie | Cocoanut Grove | Undetermined Role | 1938-05-20 |
Movie | If I Were King | Old Woman | 1938-09-28 |
Movie | Say It in French | Bit Part | 1938-11-25 |
Movie | Make Way for Tomorrow | Customer (uncredited) | 1937-05-09 |
Movie | Rich Relations | Mrs. Blair | 1937-02-01 |
Movie | Easy Living | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1937-07-16 |
Movie | Waikiki Wedding | Tourist (uncredited) | 1937-03-23 |
Movie | Wells Fargo | Pioneer Woman | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | Hold 'Em Navy | Girl | 1937-11-04 |
Movie | Exclusive | 1937-08-06 | |
Movie | Artists & Models | Seamtress (uncredited) | 1937-08-04 |
Movie | Hollywood Boulevard | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
Movie | The Accusing Finger | 1936-11-17 | |
Movie | Private Jones | Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited) | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | Secrets | Audrey Carlton | 1933-03-16 |
Movie | Let's Fall in Love | Star | 1933-12-26 |
Movie | Thrill of Youth | Alice Fenwick | 1932-08-15 |
Movie | The All-American | Mrs. Bowen | 1932-10-01 |
Movie | The Crooked Circle | Yvonne | 1932-09-25 |
Movie | Hit the Deck | Mrs. Payne | 1929-12-25 |
Movie | The Princess from Hoboken | Mrs. O'Brien | 1927-03-01 |
Movie | Merry Widower | The Hunter's Wife | 1926-08-01 |
Movie | Sunny Side Up | Cissy Cason | 1926-08-02 |
Movie | Risky Business | Mrs. Stoughton | 1926-10-04 |
Movie | Lightnin' | Margaret Davis | 1925-08-23 |
Movie | The Cradle | Margaret Harvey | 1922-03-04 |
Movie | For the Defense | Anne Woodstock | 1922-06-04 |
Movie | Beyond | Avis Langley | 1921-09-04 |
Movie | The Price of Possession | Helen Carston | 1921-02-27 |
Movie | The 13th Commandment | 1920-01-17 | |
Movie | A Lady in Love | 1920-05-30 | |
Movie | The Sins of Rosanne | Roseanne Ozanne | 1920-11-07 |
Movie | Crooked Streets | Gail Ellis | 1920-08-08 |
Movie | A Sporting Chance | Carey Brent | 1919-07-13 |
Movie | Stolen Hours | Diana Lester | 1918-01-07 |
Movie | The Witch Woman | Marie Beaupre | 1918-04-08 |
Movie | The Web of Desire | Grace Miller | 1917-03-04 |
Movie | Man's Woman | Violet Galloway | 1917-04-02 |
Movie | The Bondage of Fear | Vesta Wheatley | 1917-01-23 |
Movie | The Volunteer | Self - Cameo Appearance | 1917-12-24 |
Movie | The Stolen Paradise | 1917-06-18 | |
Movie | The Dormant Power | 1917-10-22 | |
Movie | A Woman's Way | Marion Livingston | 1916-08-07 |
Movie | Husband and Wife | Doris Baker | 1916-08-28 |
Movie | His Brother's Wife | Helen Barton | 1916-06-04 |
Movie | The Hidden Scar | Janet Hall | 1916-10-15 |
Movie | The New South | Georgia Gwynne, as an adult | 1916-12-11 |
Movie | The Great Divide | Ruth Jordan | 1915-12-20 |
Movie | The Wolf | 1914-01-01 | |
Movie | The Lion and the Mouse | Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green | 1914-01-01 |
Movie | When the Earth Trembled | Dora Sims | 1913-11-02 |
Movie | Just Maine Folks | Ethel Walters | 1912-10-21 |
Movie | The Tout's Remembrance | Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter | 1910-09-24 |