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Ethel Clayton
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.…
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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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1943
True to Life
Movie Woman (uncredited)
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1943
Mardi Gras
Movie Mardi Gras Woman
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1943
Dixie
Movie Woman (uncredited)
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1942
The Major and the Minor
Movie Ball Guest (uncredited)
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1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Movie Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
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1941
New York Town
Movie (uncredited)
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1941
West Point Widow
Movie Nurse
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1940
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie Minor Role
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1939
Geronimo
Movie
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1939
King of Chinatown
Movie Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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1939
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Movie Mrs. Wallace
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1939
Cafe Society
Movie Woman
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1939
Boy Trouble
Movie
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1938
Say It in French
Movie Bit Part (uncredited)
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1938
If I Were King
Movie Old Woman (uncredited)
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1938
Men with Wings
Movie Woman
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1938
You and Me
Movie Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
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1938
Cocoanut Grove
Movie Undetermined Role
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1937
Wells Fargo
Movie Pioneer Woman
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1937
Hold 'Em Navy
Movie Girl
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1937
Exclusive
Movie
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1937
Artists & Models
Movie Seamtress (uncredited)
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1937
Easy Living
Movie Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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1937
Turn Off the Moon
Movie Lady (uncredited)
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1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
Movie Customer (uncredited)
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1937
Waikiki Wedding
Movie Tourist (uncredited)
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1937
Rich Relations
Movie Mrs. Blair
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1936
The Accusing Finger
Movie
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1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
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1936
Yours for the Asking
Movie Casino Patron (uncredited)
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1933
Let's Fall in Love
Movie Star
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1933
Private Jones
Movie Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
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1933
Secrets
Movie Audrey Carlton
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1932
The All-American
Movie Mrs. Bowen
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1932
The Crooked Circle
Movie Yvonne
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1932
Thrill of Youth
Movie Alice Fenwick
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1930
Call of the Circus
Movie
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1929
Hit the Deck
Movie Mrs. Payne
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1927
The Princess on Broadway
Movie Mrs. Seymour
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1927
The Princess from Hoboken
Movie Mrs. O'Brien
