Ethlyne Clair (born Ethlyne Williamson, November 23, 1904 – February 27, 1996) was an American
actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...
.
Clair was born in
Talladega, Alabama
Talladega (, also ) is the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1835. At the 2020 census, the population was 15,861. Talladega is approximately east of one of the state’s biggest cities, Birmingham. ...
. A former New York art student,
she appeared mostly in
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
, including three Westerns where she played the love interest to
Hoot Gibson
Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitione ...
.
[ She was succeeded by ]Derelys Perdue
Derelys Perdue (born Geraldine Perdue; March 22, 1902 – September 30, 1989) was an American silent-film actress and popular dancer during the 1920s.
Biography
Born Geraldine Perdue in Kansas City, Missouri, following high school, she atten ...
in the ''Newlyweds'' film series, in which she appeared in 1927 and 1928. She appeared in the serials ''The Vanishing Rider
''The Vanishing Rider'' is a 1928 American silent Western film serial directed by Ray Taylor and featuring William Desmond and Ethlyne Clair. Boris Karloff was also in the cast. The film is now considered to be lost.
Plot
Cast
* William ...
'' (1928) and ''Queen of the Northwoods
''Queen of the Northwoods'' is 1929 American silent Western film serial by Pathé, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey, with a story by George Arthur Gray. Known cast members were Walter Miller, Ethlyne Clair and Frank Lackteen ...
'' (1929). She was a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1929.[
Clair was married to Richard Lansdale Hanshaw, an agent and producer; Ern Westmore, a studio makeup artist; and Merle Arthur Frost Jr, an automobile dealer.]
Selected filmography
*'' Sandra'' (1924)
*''Chickie
''Chickie'' is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and released by First National Pictures. Based on the novel of the same name by Elenore Meherin, the film was directed by John Francis Dillon and starred Dorothy Mackaill
Dorothy Ma ...
'' (1925)
*''The Hero on Horseback
''A Hero on Horseback'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Del Andrews and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and directed by Universal Pictures.
A copy is held in the Library of Congress collection.
Plot summary
Billy Ga ...
'' (1927)
*'' Riding for Fame'' (1928)
* '' Wild Blood'' (1928)
*''Hey Rube!
''Hey Rube!'' is a 1928 American silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified ...
'' (1928)
*'' From Headquarters'' (1929)
* ''The Pride of Pawnee
''The Pride of Pawnee'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey and starring Tom Tyler, Ethlyne Clair and Barney Furey.Darby p.399
Cast
* Tom Tyler as Kirk Stockton
* Ethlyne Clair as Madge Wilson
* Barney Furey ...
'' (1929)
References
External links
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American film actresses
American silent film actresses
People from Talladega, Alabama
1904 births
1996 deaths
20th-century American actresses
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Actresses from Alabama
WAMPAS Baby Stars
Film serial actresses
Western (genre) film actresses
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