Ethel Clayton

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Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 â?? 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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