1882-11-08 Champaign, Illinois, USA
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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Mardi Gras | Mardi Gras Woman | 1943-10-01 |
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Dixie | Woman (uncredited) | 1943-06-23 |
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True to Life | Woman (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
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The Major and the Minor | Ball Guest (uncredited) | 1942-09-16 |
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Beyond the Blue Horizon | Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited) | 1942-06-25 |
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West Point Widow | Nurse | 1941-06-20 |
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New York Town | (uncredited) | 1941-10-31 |
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Love Thy Neighbor | Minor Role | 1940-12-27 |
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Geronimo | 1939-11-26 | |
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Cafe Society | Woman | 1939-03-03 |
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Boy Trouble | 1939-01-27 | |
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The Sap Takes a Wrap | Mrs. Wallace | 1939-03-10 |
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King of Chinatown | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1939-03-17 |
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Men with Wings | Woman | 1938-07-16 |
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Cocoanut Grove | Undetermined Role | 1938-05-20 |
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Say It in French | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1938-11-25 |
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You and Me | Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited) | 1938-06-01 |
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If I Were King | Old Woman (uncredited) | 1938-09-28 |
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Artists & Models | Seamtress (uncredited) | 1937-08-04 |
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Waikiki Wedding | Tourist (uncredited) | 1937-03-23 |
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Exclusive | 1937-08-06 | |
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Rich Relations | Mrs. Blair | 1937-02-01 |
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Wells Fargo | Pioneer Woman | 1937-12-31 |
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Make Way for Tomorrow | Customer (uncredited) | 1937-05-09 |
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Hold 'Em Navy | Girl | 1937-11-04 |
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Easy Living | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1937-07-16 |
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Turn Off the Moon | Lady (uncredited) | 1937-05-14 |
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Yours for the Asking | Casino Patron (uncredited) | 1936-07-23 |
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The Accusing Finger | 1936-11-17 | |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
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Secrets | Audrey Carlton | 1933-03-16 |
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Let's Fall in Love | Star | 1933-12-26 |
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Private Jones | Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited) | 1933-03-25 |
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Thrill of Youth | Alice Fenwick | 1932-08-15 |
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The All-American | Mrs. Bowen | 1932-10-01 |
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The Crooked Circle | Yvonne | 1932-09-25 |
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Call of the Circus | 1930-01-15 | |
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Hit the Deck | Mrs. Payne | 1929-12-25 |
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The Princess on Broadway | Mrs. Seymour | 1927-03-13 |
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The Princess from Hoboken | Mrs. O'Brien | 1927-03-01 |
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Risky Business | Mrs. Stoughton | 1926-10-04 |
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The Bar-C Mystery | Mrs. Lane | 1926-04-25 |
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Merry Widower | The Hunter's Wife | 1926-08-01 |
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His New York Wife | Alicia Duval | 1926-11-15 |
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Sunny Side Up | Cissy Cason | 1926-08-02 |
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Lightnin' | Margaret Davis | 1925-08-23 |
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Wings of Youth | Katherine Manners | 1925-05-21 |
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The Remittance Woman | Marie Campbell | 1923-05-13 |
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Can a Woman Love Twice? | Mary Grant | 1923-03-04 |
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The Cradle | Margaret Harvey | 1922-03-04 |
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If I Were Queen | Ruth Townley | 1922-10-15 |
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For the Defense | Anne Woodstock | 1922-06-04 |
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Her Own Money | Mildred Carr | 1922-01-01 |
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Sham | Katherine Van Riper | 1921-05-05 |
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Beyond | Avis Langley | 1921-09-04 |
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The Price of Possession | Helen Carston | 1921-02-27 |
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Exit the Vamp | Marion Shipley | 1921-11-06 |
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Wealth | Mary McLeod | 1921-08-21 |
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Crooked Streets | Gail Ellis | 1920-08-08 |
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Young Mrs. Winthrop | Constance Winthrop | 1920-02-29 |
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A Lady in Love | Barbara Martin | 1920-05-30 |
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The Ladder of Lies | Edith Parrish | 1920-07-11 |
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A City Sparrow | Milly West | 1920-10-17 |
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The 13th Commandment | Daphne Kip | 1920-01-17 |
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The Sins of Rosanne | Roseanne Ozanne | 1920-11-07 |
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More Deadly Than the Male | Helen O'Hara | 1919-12-07 |
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Pettigrew's Girl | Daisy Heath | 1919-03-23 |
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A Sporting Chance | Carey Brent | 1919-07-13 |
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Maggie Pepper | Maggie Pepper | 1919-02-23 |
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Men, Women, and Money | Marcel Middleton | 1919-06-15 |
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The Mystery Girl | Countess Therese | 1918-12-22 |
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Women's Weapons | Anne Elliot | 1918-11-24 |
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The Witch Woman | Marie Beaupre | 1918-04-08 |
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Stolen Hours | Diana Lester | 1918-01-07 |
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Yankee Pluck | Polly Pollard | 1917-05-21 |
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The Web of Desire | Grace Miller | 1917-03-04 |
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The Volunteer | Self - Cameo Appearance | 1917-12-24 |
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The Woman Beneath | Betty Fairchild | 1917-09-24 |
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Man's Woman | Violet Galloway | 1917-04-02 |
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The Bondage of Fear | Vesta Wheatley | 1917-01-23 |
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The Stolen Paradise | 1917-06-18 | |
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The Dormant Power | 1917-10-22 | |
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Husband and Wife | Doris Baker | 1916-08-28 |
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A Woman's Way | Marion Livingston | 1916-08-07 |
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Dollars and the Woman | Madge Hilyer | 1916-03-20 |
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The New South | Georgia Gwynne, as an adult | 1916-12-11 |
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His Brother's Wife | Helen Barton | 1916-06-04 |
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Beyond the Wall | Helen Carlton | 1916-11-20 |
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The Hidden Scar | Janet Hall | 1916-10-15 |
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A Woman Went Forth | Ethel Rogers | 1915-03-03 |
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His Soul Mate | Nellie - the Stenographer | 1915-02-09 |
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The Sporting Duchess | Lady Muriel Desborough | 1915-06-07 |
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The Great Divide | Ruth Jordan | 1915-12-20 |
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The Unmarried Husband | Nell - the Actress Wife | 1915-03-31 |
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Here Comes the Bride | Reed's Stenographer | 1915-03-16 |
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It All Depends | Clara Dean | 1915-02-20 |
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The Wolf | Jules' Sweetheart | 1914-08-01 |
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The Lion and the Mouse | Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green | 1914-01-01 |
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The House Next Door | Ulrica Cotswolt | 1914-10-01 |
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The Fortune Hunter | Betty Graham | 1914-10-01 |
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Friend John | Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid | 1913-03-21 |
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When the Earth Trembled | Dora Sims | 1913-11-02 |
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The Price Demanded | Rose Delane | 1913-07-26 |
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Just Maine Folks | Ethel Walters | 1912-10-21 |
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Pilgrim's Progress | Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife | 1912-10-08 |
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The Tout's Remembrance | Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter | 1910-09-24 |
