Ethel Clayton
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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.
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The Major and the Minor
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Customer (uncredited)
You and Me
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Artists & Models
Seamtress (uncredited)
If I Were King
Old Woman (uncredited)
Easy Living
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Geronimo
Cocoanut Grove
Undetermined Role
Men with Wings
Woman
King of Chinatown
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
Pioneer Woman
Secrets
Audrey Carlton
The Accusing Finger
Exclusive
Private Jones
Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
New York Town
(uncredited)
Say It in French
Bit Part (uncredited)
The All-American
Mrs. Bowen
Dixie
Woman (uncredited)
Cafe Society
Woman
Love Thy Neighbor
Minor Role
Hollywood Boulevard
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Risky Business
Mrs. Stoughton
Waikiki Wedding
Tourist (uncredited)
True to Life
Woman (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Navy
Girl
West Point Widow
Nurse
A Lady in Love
Barbara Martin
Husband and Wife
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