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Ethel Wales

Ethel Wales

Acting1878Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia

Ethel Wales (April 4, 1878 - February 15, 1952) was an American actress, who appeared in 130 films during her 30-year career. She was the first wife of Wellington E. Wales (1886–1954), Mary Pickford's business manager during the height of her popularity. The couple had one son, Wellington Charles Wales (1918–1966), an editorial writer for the New York Times who died of a heart attack shortly after his 19 year-old son Samuel was killed in a train mishap. Her second husband was actor Hal Taliaferro.

Acting History

1950
Tarnished
as Ida Baker
1946
Blonde Alibi
as Landlady (Uncredited)
1944
Lumberjack
as Abbey Peters
1941
Border Vigilantes
as Aunt Jenifer
1940
Hidden Gold
as Matilda Purdy
Wyoming
as Mrs. Bronson
Young Bill Hickok
as Mrs. Stout
The Dark Command
as Townswoman
1939
Sudden Money
as Miss Perkins
Let Us Live
as Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)
In Old Caliente
as Aunt Felicia Vargas
Days of Jesse James
as Mrs. Martha Samuels
Frontier Pony Express
as Mrs. Murphy
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
1937
We Who Are About to Die
as Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)
1936
Women Are Trouble
as Hatchet-Faced Woman
1935
Bar 20 Rides Again
as Clary Peters
Another Face
as Aunt Hattie (uncredited)
1934
The Merry Frinks
as United Charities Worker
The Crime Doctor
as Miss Farnum, Gifford's Secretary (uncredited)
1933
Female
as Alison's Secretary (Uncredited)
The Fighting Parson
as Betsy Larkin
1932
Love Me Tonight
as Madame Dutoit - Dressmaker (uncredited)
Klondike
as Sadie Jones
The Thirteenth Guest
as Jane Thornton
Tangled Destinies
as Prudence Daggott
A Man's Land
as Aunt Flossie Doolittle
The Racing Strain
as Aunt Judy
Love in High Gear
as Arabella Heath
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Gossip (uncredited)
1931
Maker of Men
as Aunt Martha
Honeymoon Lane
as Mrs. Gotrocks
Gold Dust Gertie
as Arnold's Secretary (uncredited)
Subway Express
as Mrs. Cotton
The Criminal Code
as Katie Ryan
The Flood
as Aunt Constance
1930
Loose Ankles
as Aunt Katherine Harper
Tom Sawyer
as Mrs. Harper
Love Among the Millionaires
as Disapproving Dowager (uncredited)
Under Montana Skies
as Martha Jenkins
1929
The Saturday Night Kid
as Lily Woodruff
The Donovan Affair
as Mrs. Lindsey
The Girl in the Show
as Mrs. Truxton
Blue Skies
as Matron (episode 1)
The Doctor's Secret
as Mrs. Redding
1928
Craig's Wife
as Eliza
Tenth Avenue
as Ma Mason
Taxi 13
as Mrs. Mactavish
The Perfect Crime
as Mrs. Frisbie
The Masks of the Devil
as Virginia's Aunt
On to Reno
as Mrs. Holmes
1927
Cradle Snatchers
as Ethel Drake
The Country Doctor
as Redora Bump
My Friend from India
as Arabella Mott / Bedelia Smith
Almost Human
as Katie
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Deborah Slocum
The Satin Woman
as 'Countess' Debris
1926
Made for Love
as Lady Diana Trent
Ladies at Play
as Aunt Sarah
Take It from Me
as Miss Abbott
1925
The Monster
as Mrs. Watson
Let Women Alone
as Ma Benham
Don't
as Mrs. Moffat
The Rag Man
as Mrs. Bernard
When Husbands Flirt
as Mrs. Wilbur Belcher
The Overland Limited
as Mrs. Barton
Go Straight!
as Mamie
Shattered Lives
as Elizabeth Trent
1924
Icebound
as Ella Jordan
The Bedroom Window
as Matild Jones (aka Rufus Rome)
Lovers' Lane
as Aunt Melissy
The White Sin
as Aunt Cynthia
Revelation
as Madame Hofer
Merton of the Movies
as Mrs. Montague
Loving Lies
as Penny Wise
1923
The Marriage Maker
as Mrs. Hope-Clarke
The Covered Wagon
as Mrs. Wingate
The Fog
as Mrs. Forge
Stepping Fast
as Miss Higgins
1922
The Old Homestead
as Aunt Matilda
Manslaughter
as Prisoner
Bobbed Hair
as Mrs. Lamont
Saturday Night
as Party Guest
Nice People
as Mrs. Heyfer
Our Leading Citizen
as Eudora Mawdle
1921
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Hicks
After the Show
as Landlady
Miss Lulu Bett
as Grandma Bett

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/4/1878
Day of Death
2/15/1952
Place of Birth
Passaic, New Jersey, USA