Ethel Clayton

Acting · 0.7 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

Easy Living

19377.2

Waikiki Wedding

19375.9

Mardi Gras

19435.3

Make Way for Tomorrow

19377.5

Dixie

19435.0

The Major and the Minor

19427.1

Wealth

192110.0

The Bar-C Mystery

19268.0

You and Me

19386.6

The Wolf

1914

The Accusing Finger

19365.8

Wells Fargo

19375.5

The Sins of Rosanne

19207.0

If I Were King

19387.1

Hollywood Boulevard

19364.5

Geronimo

19395.3

King of Chinatown

19395.6

Men with Wings

19385.4

Exclusive

19377.0

Artists & Models

19376.3

The All-American

19326.5

New York Town

19418.5

Turn Off the Moon

19378.0

Boy Trouble

19396.0

The House Next Door

1914

Cafe Society

19397.5

The Woman Beneath

19178.0

The Crooked Circle

19325.2

A Lady in Love

19208.0

Her Own Money

192210.0

The Sporting Duchess

1915

Exit the Vamp

192110.0

Secrets

19335.2

His New York Wife

192610.0

Yours for the Asking

19365.3

Can a Woman Love Twice?

192310.0

Thrill of Youth

19326.7

Let's Fall in Love

19338.0

Yankee Pluck

1917

Risky Business

19267.0

The Remittance Woman

192310.0

Beyond the Blue Horizon

19426.0

True to Life

19438.0

Love Thy Neighbor

19407.3

The Web of Desire

1917

A Sporting Chance

191910.0

The Dormant Power

1917

The Fortune Hunter

1914

Sunny Side Up

192610.0

The Lion and the Mouse

1914

Call of the Circus

19308.0

His Soul Mate

19159.0

Dollars and the Woman

19167.0

Pilgrim's Progress

19127.0

Husband and Wife

19161.0

Cocoanut Grove

19389.0

Hold 'Em Navy

19374.7

Say It in French

19387.5

The 13th Commandment

19209.0

West Point Widow

19417.0

Merry Widower

19268.0

Man's Woman

1917

Men, Women, and Money

19199.0

Private Jones

19339.0

Rich Relations

19375.5

The Bondage of Fear

191710.0

The Princess from Hoboken

19278.0

The Price of Possession

192110.0

Pettigrew's Girl

19198.0

Sham

19218.0

Lightnin'

19256.6

The Sap Takes a Wrap

19398.0

A City Sparrow

19209.0

The Unmarried Husband

191510.0

A Woman's Way

1916

Hit the Deck

19298.5

The Stolen Paradise

1917

Wings of Youth

19259.0

Friend John

19137.0

Beyond the Wall

19167.0

For the Defense

192210.0

Beyond

192110.0

The Cradle

19228.0

The Hidden Scar

1916

Maggie Pepper

19198.0

The Volunteer

1917

A Woman Went Forth

19159.0

Crooked Streets

19207.0

The Tout's Remembrance

1910

Young Mrs. Winthrop

19204.0

The Princess on Broadway

19279.0

If I Were Queen

19227.0

Here Comes the Bride

19159.0

The New South

19169.0

The Witch Woman

1918

More Deadly Than the Male

19197.0

The Price Demanded

191310.0

The Great Divide

19157.0

Just Maine Folks

19126.3

His Brother's Wife

19167.0

Women's Weapons

19181.0

The Mystery Girl

1918

The Ladder of Lies

192010.0

When the Earth Trembled

19134.3

Stolen Hours

19183.3

It All Depends

19157.0