Occupation Actress Role Actress | Name Ethel Wales Years active 1920-1950 Grandchildren Samuel Wales | |
Born April 4, 1878 ( 1878-04-04 ) Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. Died February 15, 1952, Hollywood, California, United States Spouse Wellington E. Wales, Wally Wales Movies Days of Jesse James, The Thirteenth Guest, Lumberjack, The Saturday Night Kid, Klondike Similar People Wally Wales, William C deMille, James Cruze, Jesse L Lasky, Joseph Kane | ||
Children Wellington Charles Wales | ||
Ethel Wales (April 4, 1878 – February 15, 1952) was an American actress.
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Biography
Born in 1878 in Passaic, New Jersey, Wales appeared in over 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. Ethel's second husband was the actor Hal Taliaferro.
She died in 1952 in Hollywood, California.
Filmography
Actress
1950
Fancy Pants as
Mrs. Wilkins (uncredited)
1950
Tarnished as
Ida Baker
1947
Unconquered as
Villager (uncredited)
1947
Welcome Stranger as
Mrs. Sims (uncredited)
1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman as
Farmer's Wife at Fire (uncredited)
1946
In Old Sacramento as
Mrs. Wales (uncredited)
1946
Blonde Alibi as
Landlady (uncredited)
1944
Lumberjack as
Aunt Abbey Peters
1941
Blossoms in the Dust as
Angry Woman in Senate Balcony (uncredited)
1941
Border Vigilantes as
Aunt Jenifer
1940
Young Bill Hickok as
Mrs. Stout
1940
Wyoming as
Mrs. Bronson (uncredited)
1940
Anne of Windy Poplars (uncredited)
1940
Hidden Gold as
Matilda Purdy
1940
Dark Command as
Townswoman (uncredited)
1940
Knights of the Range as
Aunt Myra Ripple
1939
Days of Jesse James as
Mrs. Martha Samuels
1939
In Old Caliente as
Aunt Felicia
1939
Frontier Pony Express as
Mrs. Murphy
1939
Sudden Money as
Miss Perkins
1939
Let Us Live as
Ella (uncredited)
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady as
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
1938
The Gladiator as
Mrs. Danner
1937
You Can't Beat Love as
Mrs. Abernathy (uncredited)
1937
The League of Frightened Men as
Book Store Owner
1937
Criminal Lawyer as
Homely-looking Party Guest (uncredited)
1936
We Who Are About to Die as
Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)
1936
Women Are Trouble as
Hatchet-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1936
The Last Outlaw as
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1936
Small Town Girl as
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
1935
Your Uncle Dudley as
Committee Woman (uncredited)
1935
Bar 20 Rides Again as
Clarissa Peters
1935
Another Face as
Aunt Hattie Bange (uncredited)
1935
Barbary Coast as
Mayor's Wife (uncredited)
1935
Welcome Home as
Mrs. Weems (uncredited)
1934
The Mighty Barnum as
Mrs. Wendell-Wendell (uncredited)
1934
365 Nights in Hollywood as
Mrs. Lipke (uncredited)
1934
Housewife as
First Voter Registrar (uncredited)
1934
Midnight Alibi as
Maria (uncredited)
1934
The Merry Frinks as
United Charities Worker
1934
Harold Teen as
Miss Gilly (uncredited)
1934
The Crime Doctor as
Miss Farnum, Gifford's Secretary (uncredited)
1933
Female as
Alison's Secretary (uncredited)
1933
Ever in My Heart as
Miss Honeywell--Canteen Worker (credit only)
1933
The Big Bluff
1933
The Fighting Parson as
Mrs. Betsy Larkin - Suzan's Aunt
1933
The Important Witness as
Bride
1933
Easy Millions
1933
Lilly Turner as
Mrs. Flint (scenes deleted)
1933
The Eleventh Commandment as
Mabel Moore
1932
The Racing Strain as
Aunt Judy
1932
The Sign of the Cross as
Complaining Wife (uncredited)
1932
Tangled Destinies as
Prudence Daggott
1932
Klondike as
Sadie Jones
1932
Love Me Tonight as
Madame Dutoit - Dressmaker (uncredited)
1932
The Thirteenth Guest as
Aunt Jane Thornton
1932
A Man's Land as
Aunt Flossie Doolittle
1932
Love in High Gear as
Arabella Heath
1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware as
Gossip (uncredited)
1932
Never the Twins Shall Meet (Short) as
Mrs. Guppy
1932
The Fighting Fool as
Aunt Jane (uncredited)
1931
Maker of Men as
Aunt Martha
1931
Honeymoon Lane as
Mrs. Gotrocks
1931
Gold Dust Gertie as
Arnold's Secretary (uncredited)
1931
Subway Express as
Mrs. Cotton
1931
Parents Wanted (Short)
1931
The Flood as
Aunt Constance
1930
The Criminal Code as
Katie Ryan
1930
Tom Sawyer as
Mrs. Harper
1930
Under Montana Skies as
Martha Jenkins
1930
Love Among the Millionaires as
Disapproving Dowager (uncredited)
1930
The Dude Wrangler as
Mattie
1930
Loose Ankles as
Katherine Harper
1929
The Saturday Night Kid as
Lily Woodruff
1929
The Girl in the Show as
Mrs. Truxton
1929
The Donovan Affair as
Mrs. Lindsey
1929
Blue Skies as
Matron (episode 1)
1929
Furnace Trouble (Short)
1929
The Doctor's Secret as
Mrs. Redding
1928
The Masks of the Devil as
Virginia's Aunt
1928
Taxi 13 as
Mrs. Mactavish
1928
Tenth Avenue as
Ma Mason
1928
The Perfect Crime as
Mrs. Frisbie
1928
Craig's Wife as
Eliza
1928
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath as
Mrs. Spivers
1927
My Friend from India as
Arabella Mott / Bedelia Smith
1927
On to Reno as
Mrs. Holmes
1927
Stage Kisses as
Mrs. John Clarke
1927
The Girl in the Pullman as
Mrs. Jones
1927
The Wreck of the Hesperus as
Deborah Slocum
1927
Almost Human as
Katie
1927
The Country Doctor as
Redora Bump
1927
The Satin Woman as
'Countess' Debris
1927
The Cradle Snatchers as
Ethel Drake
1926
Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl as
Mrs. Sloan
1926
Ladies at Play as
Aunt Sarah
1926
Take It from Me as
Miss Abbott
1926
The Unknown Soldier as
Mrs. Williams
1926
Made for Love as
Lady Diana Trent
1925
The Wedding Song as
Auntie
1925
Don't as
Mrs. Moffat
1925
When Husbands Flirt as
Mrs. Wilbur Belcher
1925
Wandering Footsteps as
Matilda
1925
Steppin' Out as
Mrs. Henry Brodman
1925
The Overland Limited as
Mrs. Barton
1925
Shattered Lives as
Elizabeth Trent
1925
Beggar on Horseback as
Mrs. Cady
1925
Go Straight as
Mamie
1925
The Monster as
Mrs. Watson
1925
The Rag Man as
Mrs. Bernard
1925
Let Women Alone as
Ma Benham
1924
Merton of the Movies as
Mrs. Montague
1924
Lovers' Lane as
Aunt Melissy
1924
Revelation as
Madame Hofer
1924
The Bedroom Window as
Matilda Jones (aka Rufus Rome)
1924
Not One to Spare as
Mrs. Moore
1924
Icebound as
Ella Jordan
1924
The White Sin as
Aunt Cynthia
1924
Loving Lies as
Penny Wise
1923
The Grail
1923
The Marriage Maker as
Mrs. Hope-Clarke
1923
The Fog as
Mrs. Forge
1923
Stepping Fast as
Miss Higgins
1923
The Covered Wagon as
Mrs. Wingate
1922
The Old Homestead as
Aunt Matilda
1922
Manslaughter as
Prisoner
1922
The Bonded Woman as
Lucita
1922
Nice People as
Mrs. Heyfer
1922
Our Leading Citizen as
Eudora Mawdle
1922
Is Matrimony a Failure? as
Mrs. Skinner
1922
Bobbed Hair as
Mrs. Lamont
1922
Bought and Paid For as
Telegraph Girl
1922
Saturday Night as
Party Guest (uncredited)
1921
Miss Lulu Bett as
Grandma Bett
1921
After the Show as
Landlady
1921
Forbidden Fruit as
Mrs. Mallory's Secretary (uncredited)
1920
Midsummer Madness as
Mrs. Hicks
Soundtrack
1930
Loose Ankles (performer: "Heaven Will Protect Us")
Self
1922
A Trip to Paramountown (Documentary short) as
Self
References
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