Acting · Champaign, Illinois, USA · Born November 8, 1882
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.
MovieTrue to Life
1943
as Woman (uncredited)
MovieMardi Gras
1943
as Mardi Gras Woman
MovieDixie
1943
as Woman (uncredited)
MovieThe Major and the Minor
1942
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
MovieBeyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
MovieNew York Town
1941
as (uncredited)
MovieWest Point Widow
1941
as Nurse
MovieLove Thy Neighbor
1940
as Minor Role
MovieGeronimo
1939
MovieKing of Chinatown
1939
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
MovieThe Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
as Mrs. Wallace
MovieCafe Society
1939
as Woman
MovieBoy Trouble
1939
MovieSay It in French
1938
as Bit Part (uncredited)
MovieIf I Were King
1938
as Old Woman (uncredited)
MovieMen with Wings
1938
as Woman
MovieYou and Me
1938
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
MovieCocoanut Grove
1938
as Undetermined Role
MovieWells Fargo
1937
as Pioneer Woman
MovieHold 'Em Navy
1937
as Girl
MovieExclusive
1937
MovieArtists & Models
1937
as Seamtress (uncredited)
MovieEasy Living
1937
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
MovieTurn Off the Moon
1937
as Lady (uncredited)
MovieMake Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Customer (uncredited)
MovieWaikiki Wedding
1937
as Tourist (uncredited)
MovieRich Relations
1937
as Mrs. Blair
MovieThe Accusing Finger
1936
MovieHollywood Boulevard
1936
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieYours for the Asking
1936
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
MovieLet's Fall in Love
1933
as Star
MoviePrivate Jones
1933
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
MovieSecrets
1933
as Audrey Carlton
MovieThe All-American
1932
as Mrs. Bowen
MovieThe Crooked Circle
1932
as Yvonne
MovieThrill of Youth
1932
as Alice Fenwick
Call of the Circus
1930
MovieHit the Deck
1929
as Mrs. Payne
MovieThe Princess on Broadway
1927
as Mrs. Seymour
MovieThe Princess from Hoboken
1927
as Mrs. O'Brien
MovieHis New York Wife
1926
as Alicia Duval
MovieRisky Business
1926
as Mrs. Stoughton
MovieSunny Side Up
1926
as Cissy Cason
MovieMerry Widower
1926
as The Hunter's Wife
MovieThe Bar-C Mystery
1926
as Mrs. Lane
MovieLightnin'
1925
as Margaret Davis
Wings of Youth
1925
as Katherine Manners
MovieThe Remittance Woman
1923
as Marie Campbell
MovieCan a Woman Love Twice?
1923
as Mary Grant
MovieIf I Were Queen
1922
as Ruth Townley
MovieFor the Defense
1922
as Anne Woodstock
MovieThe Cradle
1922
as Margaret Harvey
MovieHer Own Money
1922
as Mildred Carr
MovieExit the Vamp
1921
as Marion Shipley
MovieBeyond
1921
as Avis Langley
MovieWealth
1921
as Mary McLeod
MovieSham
1921
as Katherine Van Riper
MovieThe Price of Possession
1921
as Helen Carston
MovieThe Sins of Rosanne
1920
as Roseanne Ozanne
MovieA City Sparrow
1920
as Milly West
MovieCrooked Streets
1920
as Gail Ellis
MovieThe Ladder of Lies
1920
as Edith Parrish
MovieA Lady in Love
1920
as Barbara Martin
MovieYoung Mrs. Winthrop
1920
as Constance Winthrop
MovieThe 13th Commandment
1920
as Daphne Kip
MovieMore Deadly Than the Male
1919
as Helen O'Hara
MovieA Sporting Chance
1919
as Carey Brent
MovieMen, Women, and Money
1919
as Marcel Middleton
MoviePettigrew's Girl
1919
as Daisy Heath
MovieMaggie Pepper
1919
as Maggie Pepper
MovieThe Mystery Girl
1918
as Countess Therese
MovieWomen's Weapons
1918
as Anne Elliot
MovieThe Witch Woman
1918
as Marie Beaupre
MovieStolen Hours
1918
as Diana Lester
MovieThe Volunteer
1917
as Self - Cameo Appearance
The Dormant Power
1917
MovieThe Woman Beneath
1917
as Betty Fairchild
MovieThe Stolen Paradise
1917
MovieYankee Pluck
1917
as Polly Pollard
MovieMan's Woman
1917
as Violet Galloway
MovieThe Web of Desire
1917
as Grace Miller
MovieThe Bondage of Fear
1917
as Vesta Wheatley
MovieThe New South
1916
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
MovieBeyond the Wall
1916
as Helen Carlton
MovieThe Hidden Scar
1916
as Janet Hall
MovieHusband and Wife
1916
as Doris Baker
MovieA Woman's Way
1916
as Marion Livingston
His Brother's Wife
1916
as Helen Barton
MovieDollars and the Woman
1916
as Madge Hilyer
MovieThe Great Divide
1915
as Ruth Jordan
The Sporting Duchess
1915
as Lady Muriel Desborough
The Unmarried Husband
1915
as Nell - the Actress Wife
Here Comes the Bride
1915
as Reed's Stenographer
A Woman Went Forth
1915
as Ethel Rogers
It All Depends
1915
as Clara Dean
His Soul Mate
1915
as Nellie - the Stenographer
The House Next Door
1914
as Ulrica Cotswolt
The Fortune Hunter
1914
as Betty Graham
MovieThe Wolf
1914
as Jules' Sweetheart
MovieThe Lion and the Mouse
1914
as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
MovieWhen the Earth Trembled
1913
as Dora Sims
The Price Demanded
1913
as Rose Delane
MovieFriend John
1913
as Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid
Just Maine Folks
1912
as Ethel Walters
MoviePilgrim's Progress
1912
as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
The Tout's Remembrance
1910
as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter
