Ethel Clayton

Ethel Clayton

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.

Acting

1943

Dixie
Movie

Woman (uncredited)

1942

The Major and the Minor
Movie

Ball Guest (uncredited)

1939

King of Chinatown
Movie

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1938

Say It in French
Movie

Bit Part (uncredited)

1938

If I Were King
Movie

Old Woman (uncredited)

1938

You and Me
Movie

Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)

1938

Cocoanut Grove
Movie

Undetermined Role

1938

Cocoanut Grove
Movie

Undetermined Role

1938

Cocoanut Grove
Movie

Undetermined Role

1937

Wells Fargo
Movie

Pioneer Woman

1937

1937

Artists & Models
Movie

Seamtress (uncredited)

1937

Easy Living
Movie

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1937

Make Way for Tomorrow
Movie

Customer (uncredited)

1937

Waikiki Wedding
Movie

Tourist (uncredited)

1936

Yours for the Asking
Movie

Casino Patron (uncredited)

1933

Secrets
Movie

Audrey Carlton

1923

1921

Exit the Vamp
Movie

Marion Shipley

1921

Beyond
Movie

Avis Langley

1921

Wealth
Movie

Mary McLeod

1920

1920

A Lady in Love
Movie

Barbara Martin

1919

1918

1917

The Woman Beneath
Movie

Betty Fairchild

1916

1916

1910

The Tout's Remembrance
Movie

Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter

1910

The Tout's Remembrance
Movie

Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter

Infos

Full Name
Ethel Clayton
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
11/8/1882
Date of Death
6/6/1966