Ethel Clayton

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

143

Movies

106

Born: November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966
From: Champaign, Illinois, USA

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.

Works

106 films

Make Way for Tomorrow

19377.5

The Major and the Minor

19427.1

Easy Living

19377.2

Waikiki Wedding

19375.9

Dixie

19435.0

Mardi Gras

19435.3

You and Me

19386.6

Wealth

192110.0

Wells Fargo

19375.5

Cafe Society

19397.5

The Sins of Rosanne

19207.0

The Wolf

1914

Yankee Pluck

1917

If I Were King

19387.1

The Bar-C Mystery

19268.0

The All-American

19326.5

Dollars and the Woman

19167.0

Let's Fall in Love

19338.0

Her Own Money

192210.0

The Web of Desire

1917

Beyond the Blue Horizon

19426.0

Hollywood Boulevard

19364.5

The Accusing Finger

19365.8

Geronimo

19395.3

Thrill of Youth

19326.7

Secrets

19335.2

Men with Wings

19385.4

King of Chinatown

19395.6

Exclusive

19377.0

Can a Woman Love Twice?

192310.0

Artists & Models

19376.3

True to Life

19438.0

The Fortune Hunter

1914

The Remittance Woman

192310.0

Husband and Wife

19161.0

Sunny Side Up

192610.0

A Sporting Chance

191910.0

The Woman Beneath

19178.0

A Lady in Love

19208.0

Yours for the Asking

19365.3

Pilgrim's Progress

19127.0

Turn Off the Moon

19378.0

Love Thy Neighbor

19407.3

The Dormant Power

1917

The House Next Door

1914

The 13th Commandment

19209.0

Boy Trouble

19396.0

His Soul Mate

19159.0

The Sporting Duchess

1915

West Point Widow

19417.0

New York Town

19418.5

Man's Woman

1917

Cocoanut Grove

19389.0

The Princess from Hoboken

19278.0

The Sap Takes a Wrap

19398.0

Exit the Vamp

192110.0

The Lion and the Mouse

1914

Call of the Circus

19308.0

His New York Wife

192610.0

Pettigrew's Girl

19198.0

Private Jones

19339.0

The Unmarried Husband

191510.0

Say It in French

19387.5

Friend John

19137.0

Hold 'Em Navy

19374.7

The Crooked Circle

19325.2

Risky Business

19267.0

Young Mrs. Winthrop

19204.0

Rich Relations

19375.5

The Bondage of Fear

191710.0

Beyond

192110.0

Hit the Deck

19298.5

Lightnin'

19256.6

The Hidden Scar

1916

Sham

19218.0

A Woman's Way

1916

The Cradle

19228.0

The Tout's Remembrance

1910

The Stolen Paradise

1917

Merry Widower

19268.0

A City Sparrow

19209.0

Here Comes the Bride

19159.0

Maggie Pepper

19198.0

The Princess on Broadway

19279.0

Men, Women, and Money

19199.0

For the Defense

192210.0

More Deadly Than the Male

19197.0

The Great Divide

19157.0

Crooked Streets

19207.0

Women's Weapons

19181.0

The Witch Woman

1918

Just Maine Folks

19126.3

The Volunteer

1917

His Brother's Wife

19167.0

Wings of Youth

19259.0

The New South

19169.0

The Ladder of Lies

192010.0

Stolen Hours

19183.3

The Price Demanded

191310.0

Beyond the Wall

19167.0

A Woman Went Forth

19159.0

When the Earth Trembled

19134.3

The Price of Possession

192110.0

If I Were Queen

19227.0

It All Depends

19157.0

The Mystery Girl

1918