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Ethel Clayton(1882-1966)

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Ethel Clayton
Silent-screen actress Ethel Clayton was a convent-educated girl from Champaign, IL, who sought work as a stage actress after finishing her education. She secured small parts here and there, but hit the big time when she went to work for the Frawley Organization, which had several touring stock companies. She got small parts at first but then began getting bigger ones until finally she was getting star billing. Howver, the advent of motion pictures soon piqued her curiosity, and a visit to a film studio aroused her interest even more. Producer Siegmund Lubin offered to star her in one of his productions, she consented--"just this one, though"--and made her film debut in "The Great Divide". However, after she saw the completed film, she consented to do another, The Lion and the Mouse (1914), and soon she had given up the stage altogether in favor of pictures. It was the beginning of a career that lasted more than 30 years and comprised more than 180 films. Her last one was The Perils of Pauline (1947), in which she had an uncredited bit part, after which she left the screen. She died in Oxnard, CA, in 1966.
BornNovember 8, 1882
DiedJune 11, 1966(83)
BornNovember 8, 1882
DiedJune 11, 1966(83)
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Ethel Clayton and Rockliffe Fellowes in The Web of Desire (1917)
Carlyle Blackwell and Ethel Clayton in The New South (1916)
Carlyle Blackwell and Ethel Clayton in His Brother's Wife (1916)
Ethel Clayton and Tom Moore in Dollars and the Woman (1916)
Ethel Clayton and E.K. Lincoln in Ophelia (1916)
Ethel Clayton in The Great Divide (1915)
Ethel Clayton in The Blessed Miracle (1915)
Ethel Clayton in A Woman Went Forth (1915)
Ethel Clayton in A Daughter of Eve (1914)
Ethel Clayton, Francis Joyner, and Bernard Siegel in The Orgy (1915)
Charles Brandt, Ethel Clayton, and Mrs. George W. Walters in A Daughter of Eve (1914)
Ethel Clayton in The Lion and the Mouse (1914)

Known for

Ethel Clayton in Pettigrew's Girl (1919)
Pettigrew's Girl
  • Daisy Heath
  • 1919
Ethel Clayton and Rockliffe Fellowes in The Man Hunt (1918)
The Man Hunt
  • Betty Hammond
  • 1918
Ethel Clayton, Theodore Roberts, and Charles West in The Girl Who Came Back (1918)
The Girl Who Came Back
  • Lois Hartner
  • 1918
Ethel Clayton in The Lion and the Mouse (1914)
The Lion and the Mouse
  • Shirley Rossmore
  • Sarah Green
  • 1914

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  • Betty Hutton, Billy De Wolfe, and John Lund in The Perils of Pauline (1947)
    The Perils of Pauline
    • (uncredited)
  • Olive Blakeney, John Litel, Jimmy Lydon, John David Robb, and Charles Smith in Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)
    Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
    • (uncredited)
  • Mary Martin, Victor Moore, Dick Powell, and Franchot Tone in True to Life (1943)
    True to Life
    • (uncredited)
  • Johnny Johnston and Betty Jane Rhodes in Mardi Gras (1943)
    Mardi Gras
    • (uncredited)
  • Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Marjorie Reynolds in Dixie (1943)
    Dixie
    • (uncredited)
  • Eddie Albert and Anne Shirley in Lady Bodyguard (1943)
    Lady Bodyguard
    • (uncredited)
  • Alan Ladd and Marie McDonald in Lucky Jordan (1942)
    Lucky Jordan
    • (uncredited)
  • Ray Milland and Ginger Rogers in The Major and the Minor (1942)
    The Major and the Minor
    • (uncredited)
  • Richard Denning, Dorothy Lamour, and Gogo in Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
    Beyond the Blue Horizon
    • (uncredited)
  • Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, and Robert Preston in New York Town (1941)
    New York Town
    • (uncredited)
  • Anne Shirley in West Point Widow (1941)
    West Point Widow
    • (uncredited)
  • Jack Benny, Fred Allen, and Mary Martin in Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
    Love Thy Neighbor
    • (uncredited)
  • Chief Thundercloud in Geronimo (1939)
    Geronimo
    • (uncredited)
  • Jane Darwell, James P. Hogan, William Frawley, Porter Hall, John Howard, Gail Patrick, and Harvey Stephens in Grand Jury Secrets (1939)
    Grand Jury Secrets
    • (uncredited)
  • Bob Burns and Gladys George in I'm from Missouri (1939)
    I'm from Missouri
    • (uncredited)

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    • November 8, 1882
    • Champaign, Illinois, USA
    • June 11, 1966
    • Oxnard, California, USA(undisclosed)
    • Ian Keith1928 - January 13, 1931 (divorced)
    • Donald Clayton(Sibling)
  • Stage actress.
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    Sister of Donald Clayton.

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