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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The Sap Takes a Wrap | Mrs. Wallace | 1939-03-10 |
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Boy Trouble | 1939-01-27 | |
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Cafe Society | Woman | 1939-03-03 |
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Geronimo | 1939-11-26 | |
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King of Chinatown | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1939-03-17 |
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If I Were King | Old Woman (uncredited) | 1938-09-28 |
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Say It in French | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1938-11-25 |
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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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You and Me | Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited) | 1938-06-01 |
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Waikiki Wedding | Tourist (uncredited) | 1937-03-23 |
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Wells Fargo | Pioneer Woman | 1937-12-31 |
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Exclusive | 1937-08-06 | |
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Artists & Models | Seamtress (uncredited) | 1937-08-04 |
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Hold 'Em Navy | Girl | 1937-11-04 |
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Make Way for Tomorrow | Customer (uncredited) | 1937-05-09 |
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Easy Living | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1937-07-16 |
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Rich Relations | Mrs. Blair | 1937-02-01 |
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Yours for the Asking | Casino Patron (uncredited) | 1936-07-23 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
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The Accusing Finger | 1936-11-17 | |
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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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The Crooked Circle | Yvonne | 1932-09-25 |
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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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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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His New York Wife | Alicia Duval | 1926-11-15 |
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The Bar-C Mystery | Mrs. Lane | 1926-04-25 |
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Risky Business | Mrs. Stoughton | 1926-10-04 |
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Merry Widower | The Hunter's Wife | 1926-08-01 |
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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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Can a Woman Love Twice? | Mary Grant | 1923-03-04 |
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The Remittance Woman | Marie Campbell | 1923-05-13 |
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Her Own Money | Mildred Carr | 1922-01-01 |
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The Cradle | Margaret Harvey | 1922-03-04 |
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For the Defense | Anne Woodstock | 1922-06-04 |
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If I Were Queen | Ruth Townley | 1922-10-15 |
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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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Sham | Katherine Van Riper | 1921-05-05 |
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Wealth | Mary McLeod | 1921-08-21 |
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Exit the Vamp | Marion Shipley | 1921-11-06 |
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The Sins of Rosanne | Roseanne Ozanne | 1920-11-07 |
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The 13th Commandment | 1920-01-17 | |
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Crooked Streets | Gail Ellis | 1920-08-08 |
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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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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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Men, Women, and Money | Marcel Middleton | 1919-06-15 |
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More Deadly Than the Male | Helen O'Hara | 1919-12-07 |
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A Sporting Chance | Carey Brent | 1919-07-13 |
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Pettigrew's Girl | Daisy Heath | 1919-03-23 |
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Maggie Pepper | Maggie Pepper | 1919-02-23 |
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The Witch Woman | Marie Beaupre | 1918-04-08 |
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Women's Weapons | Anne Elliot | 1918-11-24 |
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The Mystery Girl | Countess Therese | 1918-12-22 |
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Stolen Hours | Diana Lester | 1918-01-07 |
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The Woman Beneath | Betty Fairchild | 1917-09-24 |
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The Dormant Power | 1917-10-22 | |
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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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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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Yankee Pluck | Polly Pollard | 1917-05-21 |
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The Stolen Paradise | 1917-06-18 | |
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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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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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Dollars and the Woman | Madge Hilyer | 1916-03-20 |
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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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The Sporting Duchess | Lady Muriel Desborough | 1915-06-07 |
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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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The Great Divide | Ruth Jordan | 1915-12-20 |
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It All Depends | Clara Dean | 1915-02-20 |
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His Soul Mate | Nellie - the Stenographer | 1915-02-09 |
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The Lion and the Mouse | Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green | 1914-01-01 |
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The Wolf | Jules' Sweetheart | 1914-08-01 |
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The Fortune Hunter | Betty Graham | 1914-10-01 |
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The House Next Door | Ulrica Cotswolt | 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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Pilgrim's Progress | Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife | 1912-10-08 |
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Just Maine Folks | Ethel Walters | 1912-10-21 |
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The Tout's Remembrance | Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter | 1910-09-24 |
