From WikipediaEthel Clayton (November 8, 1882 — June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era.Claytons 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 ONeil. 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 Claytons 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. Johns 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.
Seamtress (uncredited)
Film 1937
Violet Galloway
Film 1917
Self - Cameo Appearance
Film 1917
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Film 1937
The Hunter's Wife
Film 1926
Ruth Townley
Film 1922
Mildred Carr
Film 1922
Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter
Film 1910
Vesta Wheatley
Film 1917
Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
Film 1916
Film 1914
Helen Carston
Film 1921
Mrs. Blair
Film 1937
Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife
Film 1912
Mrs. Stoughton
Film 1926
Bit Part (uncredited)
Film 1938
Polly Pollard
Film 1917
Helen Barton
Film 1916
Margaret Davis
Film 1925
Grace Miller
Film 1917
Pioneer Woman
Film 1937
Woman (uncredited)
Film 1943
Film 1939
Tourist (uncredited)
Film 1937
Film 1920
Undetermined Role
Film 1938
Gail Ellis
Film 1920
Customer (uncredited)
Film 1937
Film 1937
Janet Hall
Film 1916
Dora Sims
Film 1913
Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green
Film 1914
Doris Baker
Film 1916
Marion Livingston
Film 1916
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Film 1936
Film 1930
Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)
Film 1942
Alice Fenwick
Film 1932
Minor Role
Film 1940
Film 1939
Katherine Manners
Film 1925
Woman
Film 1939
Audrey Carlton
Film 1933
Bit Part
Film 1938
Ethel Walters
Film 1912
(uncredited)
Film 1941
Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
Film 1933
Film 1936
Woman (uncredited)
Film 1943
Film 1917
Roseanne Ozanne
Film 1920
Anne Woodstock
Film 1922
Avis Langley
Film 1921
Margaret Harvey
Film 1922
Ruth Jordan
Film 1915
Marie Beaupre
Film 1918
Film 1917
Diana Lester
Film 1918
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Film 1942
Cissy Cason
Film 1926
Mrs. Payne
Film 1929
Katherine Van Riper
Film 1921
Mrs. Bowen
Film 1932
Mrs. Wallace
Film 1939
Film 1920
Milly West
Film 1920
Rose Delane
Film 1913
Anne Elliot
Film 1918
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Film 1939
Countess Therese
Film 1918
Helen Carlton
Film 1916
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Film 1938