Ethel Wales
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.
Love Me Tonight
as Madame Dutoit - Dressmaker (uncredited)A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess...
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Manslaughter
as PrisonerSociety-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of...
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Dark Command
as TownswomanWhen transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the...
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Tom Sawyer
as Mrs. HarperThe classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his...
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The Donovan Affair
as Mrs. LindseyInspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.
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The Monster
as Mrs. WatsonA general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took...
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The Masks of the Devil
as Virginia's AuntBaron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with...
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Days of Jesse James
as Mrs. Martha SamuelsDays of Jesse James is a 1939 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers....
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Love Among the Millionaires
as Disapproving Dowager (uncredited)A young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon, and finds herself hobnobbing with the...
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The Covered Wagon
as Mrs. WingateTwo wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to...
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We Who Are About to Die
as Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and...
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The Thirteenth Guest
as Jane ThorntonThirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the...
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Under Montana Skies
as Martha JenkinsClay gets a musical troop out af jail and helps raise money so they can put on their show....
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Revelation
as Madame HoferPaul Granville becomes a famous painter for his portraits of great women as modeled by the...
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Wyoming
as Mrs. BronsonWith the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be...
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Beggar on Horseback
as Mrs. CadyNeil McRae, an impoverished composer, loves Cynthia Mason, but, fearing poverty, proposes to...
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The Rag Man
as Mrs. BernardTim Kelly is an orphan who runs away after his orphanage burns down. Presumed to be killed in...
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The Cowboy and the Lady
as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is...
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Blonde Alibi
as Landlady (Uncredited)Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered....
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The Criminal Code
as Katie RyanAfter young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is...
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Bar 20 Rides Again
as Clary PetersCattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys...
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The Merry Frinks
as United Charities WorkerAn heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
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Saturday Night
as Party GuestThough betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to...
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The Fog
as Mrs. ForgeSilent World War I (WWI) romantic melodrama (based on the novel by William Dudley Pelly) .
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The Wedding Song
as AuntieA beautiful con artist marries Hayes Hallan, the owner of a pearl-rich island. No sooner has the...
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The Doctor's Secret
as Mrs. ReddingThe Doctor's Secret is a 1929 American drama film directed by William C. deMille and written by...
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Craig's Wife
as ElizaHarriet Craig, whose obsession with material possessions and immaculate neatness results in...
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Subway Express
as Mrs. CottonInspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder...
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Klondike
as Sadie JonesDr. Robert Cromwell performs a delicate operation, that has never been done before, and the...
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Cradle Snatchers
as Ethel DrakeTo cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives-- Susan Martin,...
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Border Vigilantes
as Aunt JeniferA town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky and California after their own vigilante...
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Frontier Pony Express
as Mrs. MurphyIn the midst of the Civil War, Lassiter has a plan to get control of California. Working out of...
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Love in High Gear
as Arabella HeathA young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn...
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Hidden Gold
as Matilda PurdyHoppy and Lucky have been called in to investigate a series of stage holdups. The robbers are...
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Female
as Alison's Secretary (Uncredited)Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world...
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Women Are Trouble
as Hatchet-Faced WomanA young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.
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The Racing Strain
as Aunt JudyA race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society...
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The Eleventh Commandment
as Mabel MooreA wealthy recluse dies in her New York mansion, leaving an estate worth $50 million. Shortly...
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Loose Ankles
as Aunt Katherine HarperA grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only...
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Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. HicksBecause Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson)...
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Sudden Money
as Miss PerkinsPromises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father...
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The Crime Doctor
as Miss Farnum, Gifford's Secretary (uncredited)When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect...
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Let Us Live
as Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is...
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The Saturday Night Kid
as Lily WoodruffMayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with...
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The Bonded Woman
as LucitaAngela Gaskell travels and sails around the Pacific Ocean to rescue the man she loves, John...
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Blue Skies
as Matron (episode 1)Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary...
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The Fighting Parson
as Betsy LarkinA cowboy on the run from a posse finds the clothes and ID of a preacher on the trail. He assumes...
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In Old Caliente
as Aunt Felicia VargasAmericans come west to California in the hope of peaceful settlement. Roy and Gabby sing a duet:...
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Nice People
as Mrs. HeyferTeddy Gloucester, one of the group of jazz age "nice people," is caught in a farmhouse during a...
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Maker of Men
as Aunt MarthaBob plays football badly so his father Coach Dudley, his girlfriend Dorothy and his school...
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Merton of the Movies
as Mrs. MontagueA wannabe film star journeys to Hollywood, but soon finds his dreams do not pan out. This film...
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Young Bill Hickok
as Mrs. StoutBill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are...
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Miss Lulu Bett
as Grandma BettLois Wilson (as Lulu) is the spinsterish member of the Deacon family: "The family beast of...
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The Overland Limited
as Mrs. BartonDavid Barton (Malcolm McGregor) is a train engineer with big ideas who falls in love with...
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Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as Mrs. SpiversMa and Pa Slocum sell up their thriving packed-lunch business (based on Ma's home cooking, Pa's...
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Made for Love
as Lady Diana TrentA young woman visits her boyfriend, an archaeologist, at the site in Egypt where he is digging...
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Tangled Destinies
as Prudence DaggottAn airliner makes a forced landing at night in the desert. The passengers and crew take refuge...
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Loving Lies
as Penny WiseA tug boat skipper never informs his nervous wife when he has a dangerous job to do. This leads...
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Almost Human
as KatieJohn Livingston is a rich mama's-boy, who owns a blooded dog named Paul. Paul meets Maggie Mutt,...
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Another Face
as Aunt Hattie (uncredited)The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his...
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Icebound
as Ella JordanBen Jordan runs away after accidentally setting fire to a barn in his small New England...
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Lumberjack
as Abbey PetersJulie's husband has been murdered and land agents want her to sign away her property rights....
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The Girl in the Show
as Mrs. TruxtonIn this drama, a traveling troupe of actors find themselves in danger of becoming unemployed...
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Tarnished
as Ida BakerBud Dolliver, a former WWII hero, and an ex-convict, returns to his home town in an effort to...
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Go Straight!
as MamieGilda is a crook who wants to go straight, but her pals keep holding her back. She moves to...
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The Important Witness
as BrideA freelance stenographer is hired for a job, but when she arrives at the address she was given,...
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Honeymoon Lane
as Mrs. GotrocksBased on Dowling's 1925 stage vehicle of the same name, the story is set in motion when the king...
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Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Mrs. SloanBertha Sloan loses her job as a sewing-machine girl and subsequently is employed as telephone...
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A Man's Land
as Aunt Flossie DoolittleTex Mason and Peggy Turner each inherit one half of the Triple X Ranch. Thomas wants the ranch...
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The Dude Wrangler
as MattieIn order to prove his manliness to the girl he loves, a young urban dandy takes a job at a dude...
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The Girl in the Pullman
as Mrs. JonesDr. Burton's divorce is about to be effective when his flappery ex-wife Irene pays him a visit...
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The Perfect Crime
as Mrs. FrisbieA police inspector "solves" a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all.
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Ladies at Play
as Aunt SarahAnn Martin will inherit six-million dollars if she marries a man her two spinster-aunts approve...
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The White Sin
as Aunt CynthiaWealthy playboy Grant Van Gore means to have his way with his beautiful maid, the innocent...
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After the Show
as LandladyAfter the Show was adapted from Rita Weiman's story "The Stage Door." Lila Lee plays Eileen, a...
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The Satin Woman
as 'Countess' DebrisDorothy Reid -- who before her marriage to ill-fated screen idol Wallace Reid was better known...
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Gold Dust Gertie
as Arnold's Secretary (uncredited)Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
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The Marriage Maker
as Mrs. Hope-ClarkeA matchmaker sets out to have a rich woman marry the not-so-rich boy she loves, and tries to...
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Take It from Me
as Miss AbbottTom Eggett, with the help of his pals, Dick and Van, loses the last cent of his inheritance, is...
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The Big Bluff
as uncreditedIn order to show up a rival, a snobbish woman throws a party and hires an actor to pretend to be...
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The Old Homestead
as Aunt MatildaSilent drama film based upon the play of the same name by Denman Thompson.
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The Bedroom Window
as Matild Jones (aka Rufus Rome)William C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille's talented director brother, teamed with his favorite...
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The Country Doctor
as Redora BumpA country doctor helps a young couple to elope, and comes near to losing his practice and his...
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On to Reno
as Mrs. HolmesThis is a farce, concerning itself with a young husband and a wife who are becoming stranged...
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Tenth Avenue
as Ma MasonJoe, a weakling gangster, and Bob, an ex-gambler, compete for Lyla Mason, a working girl who...
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Bobbed Hair
as Mrs. LamontA young woman spurns her too conventional fiancé and flees to an artists' colony.
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Stepping Fast
as Miss HigginsMix is Grant Malvern, a rancher who befriends scientist Quentin Durant (Tom S. Guise) after...
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Let Women Alone
as Ma BenhamA woman is led to believe her scheming husband is dead in this melodrama taken from the story by...
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My Friend from India
as Arabella Mott / Bedelia SmithWealthy young man about town, Tommy Valentine (Franklin Pangborn) comes to the aid of Barbara...
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