Ethel Clayton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1882-11-08 (84 years old)

Deathday

1966-06-06

Place of Birth

Champaign, Illinois, USA

Ethel Clayton

Biography

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 Lyce...

Acting

1937

Artists & Models

as Seamtress (uncredited)

1917

Man's Woman

as Violet Galloway

1917

The Volunteer

as Self - Cameo Appearance

1937

Easy Living

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1926

Merry Widower

as The Hunter's Wife

1922

If I Were Queen

as Ruth Townley

1922

Her Own Money

as Mildred Carr

1910

The Tout's Remembrance

as Agnes Dudley - the Storekeeper's Daughter

1917

The Bondage of Fear

as Vesta Wheatley

1916

The New South

as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult

1914

The Wolf

as Jules' Sweetheart

1921

The Price of Possession

as Helen Carston

1937

Rich Relations

as Mrs. Blair

1912

Pilgrim's Progress

as Elizabeth - Bunyon's Wife

1932

1926

Risky Business

as Mrs. Stoughton

1938

Say It in French

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1917

Yankee Pluck

as Polly Pollard

1916

His Brother's Wife

as Helen Barton

1925

Lightnin'

as Margaret Davis

1917

The Web of Desire

as Grace Miller

1937

Wells Fargo

as Pioneer Woman

1943

Dixie

as Woman (uncredited)

1937

Waikiki Wedding

as Tourist (uncredited)

1938

Cocoanut Grove

as Undetermined Role

1920

Crooked Streets

as Gail Ellis

1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

as Customer (uncredited)

1938

1916

The Hidden Scar

as Janet Hall

1913

1914

The Lion and the Mouse

as Shirley Rossmore / Sarah Green

1916

Husband and Wife

as Doris Baker

1916

A Woman's Way

as Marion Livingston

1936

Hollywood Boulevard

as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

1942

Beyond the Blue Horizon

as Guest at Chase's Residence (uncredited)

1943

Mardi Gras

as Mardi Gras Woman

1932

Thrill of Youth

as Alice Fenwick

1940

Love Thy Neighbor

as Minor Role

1925

Wings of Youth

as Katherine Manners

1939

Cafe Society

as Woman

1933

Secrets

as Audrey Carlton

1938

Say It in French

as Bit Part

1912

Just Maine Folks

as Ethel Walters

1941

New York Town

as (uncredited)

1933

Private Jones

as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)

1941

1943

True to Life

as Woman (uncredited)

1920

The Sins of Rosanne

as Roseanne Ozanne

1922

For the Defense

as Anne Woodstock

1921

Beyond

as Avis Langley

1922

The Cradle

as Margaret Harvey

1915

The Great Divide

as Ruth Jordan

1918

The Witch Woman

as Marie Beaupre

1919

A Sporting Chance

as Carey Brent

1918

Stolen Hours

as Diana Lester

1938

If I Were King

as Old Woman (uncredited)

1927

1942

The Major and the Minor

as Ball Guest (uncredited)

1937

1926

Sunny Side Up

as Cissy Cason

1929

Hit the Deck

as Mrs. Payne

1921

Sham

as Katherine Van Riper

1932

The All-American

as Mrs. Bowen

1939

The Sap Takes a Wrap

as Mrs. Wallace

1920

A Lady in Love

as Barbara Martin

1920

A City Sparrow

as Milly West

1913

The Price Demanded

as Rose Delane

1918

Women's Weapons

as Anne Elliot

1939

King of Chinatown

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1918

The Mystery Girl

as Countess Therese

1916

Beyond the Wall

as Helen Carlton

1938

You and Me

as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)

1936

Yours for the Asking

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

1915

The Sporting Duchess

as Lady Muriel Desborough

1915

His Soul Mate

as Nellie - the Stenographer

1914

The House Next Door

as Ulrica Cotswolt

1915

The Unmarried Husband

as Nell - the Actress Wife

1915

Here Comes the Bride

as Reed's Stenographer

1915

A Woman Went Forth

as Ethel Rogers

1915

It All Depends

as Clara Dean

1914

The Fortune Hunter

as Betty Graham

1913

Friend John

as Ruth Rogers - the Quaker Maid

1920

The Ladder of Lies

as Edith Parrish

1920

Young Mrs. Winthrop

as Constance Winthrop

1919

Men, Women, and Money

as Marcel Middleton

1919

Maggie Pepper

as Maggie Pepper

© All Rights Reserved 2025