Ethel Wales
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 act...
Known For
The Cowboy and the Lady
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
Dark Command
Townswoman
Love Me Tonight
Madame Dutoit - Dressmaker (uncredited)
The Saturday Night Kid
Lily Woodruff
Blue Skies
Matron (episode 1)
Let Us Live
Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
Mrs. Martha Samuels
Blonde Alibi
Landlady (Uncredited)
Filmography
Tarnished
1950
as Ida Baker
Blonde Alibi
1946
as Landlady (Uncredited)
Lumberjack
1944
as Abbey Peters
Border Vigilantes
1941
as Aunt Jenifer
Wyoming
1940
as Mrs. Bronson
Young Bill Hickok
1940
as Mrs. Stout
Hidden Gold
1940
as Matilda Purdy
Dark Command
1940
as Townswoman
Let Us Live
1939
as Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)
Frontier Pony Express
1939
as Mrs. Murphy
In Old Caliente
1939
as Aunt Felicia Vargas
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Mrs. Martha Samuels
Sudden Money
1939
as Miss Perkins
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)
Women Are Trouble
1936
as Hatchet-Faced Woman
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
as Clary Peters
Another Face
1935
as Aunt Hattie (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor
1934
as Miss Farnum, Gifford's Secretary (uncredited)
The Merry Frinks
1934
as United Charities Worker
The Big Bluff
1933
The Eleventh Commandment
1933
as Mabel Moore
The Fighting Parson
1933
as Betsy Larkin
The Important Witness
1933
as Bride
Female
1933
as Alison's Secretary (Uncredited)
A Man's Land
1932
as Aunt Flossie Doolittle
The Racing Strain
1932
as Aunt Judy
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Madame Dutoit - Dressmaker (uncredited)
Klondike
1932
as Sadie Jones
Love in High Gear
1932
as Arabella Heath
Tangled Destinies
1932
as Prudence Daggott
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Jane Thornton
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
as Gossip (uncredited)
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
as Mrs. Guppy
Subway Express
1931
as Mrs. Cotton
The Criminal Code
1931
as Katie Ryan
Honeymoon Lane
1931
as Mrs. Gotrocks
Gold Dust Gertie
1931
as Arnold's Secretary (uncredited)
Maker of Men
1931
as Aunt Martha
The Flood
1931
as Aunt Constance
The Dude Wrangler
1930
as Mattie
Loose Ankles
1930
as Aunt Katherine Harper
Under Montana Skies
1930
as Martha Jenkins
Love Among the Millionaires
1930
as Disapproving Dowager (uncredited)
Tom Sawyer
1930
as Mrs. Harper
The Doctor's Secret
1929
as Mrs. Redding
The Donovan Affair
1929
as Mrs. Lindsey
Furnace Trouble
1929
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
as Lily Woodruff
The Girl in the Show
1929
as Mrs. Truxton
Blue Skies
1929
as Matron (episode 1)
The Perfect Crime
1928
as Mrs. Frisbie
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928
as Mrs. Spivers
The Masks of the Devil
1928
as Virginia's Aunt
Craig's Wife
1928
as Eliza
Tenth Avenue
1928
as Ma Mason
Taxi 13
1928
as Mrs. Mactavish
On to Reno
1928
as Mrs. Holmes
The Satin Woman
1927
as 'Countess' Debris
My Friend from India
1927
as Arabella Mott / Bedelia Smith
Cradle Snatchers
1927
as Ethel Drake
The Country Doctor
1927
as Redora Bump
Almost Human
1927
as Katie
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1927
as Deborah Slocum
The Girl in the Pullman
1927
as Mrs. Jones
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926
as Mrs. Sloan
Take It from Me
1926
as Miss Abbott
Made for Love
1926
as Lady Diana Trent
Ladies at Play
1926
as Aunt Sarah
Wandering Footsteps
1926
as Matilda
Let Women Alone
1925
as Ma Benham
The Wedding Song
1925
as Auntie
Go Straight!
1925
as Mamie
Don't
1925
as Mrs. Moffat
Beggar on Horseback
1925
as Mrs. Cady
The Rag Man
1925
as Mrs. Bernard
The Overland Limited
1925
as Mrs. Barton
The Monster
1925
as Mrs. Watson
When Husbands Flirt
1925
as Mrs. Wilbur Belcher
Shattered Lives
1925
as Elizabeth Trent
Revelation
1924
as Madame Hofer
Loving Lies
1924
as Penny Wise
The Bedroom Window
1924
as Matild Jones (aka Rufus Rome)
Icebound
1924
as Ella Jordan
Which Shall It Be?
1924
as Mrs. Moore
The White Sin
1924
as Aunt Cynthia
Merton of the Movies
1924
as Mrs. Montague
Lovers' Lane
1924
as Aunt Melissy
Stepping Fast
1923
as Miss Higgins
The Covered Wagon
1923
as Mrs. Wingate
The Marriage Maker
1923
as Mrs. Hope-Clarke
The Fog
1923
as Mrs. Forge
The Grail
1923
Manslaughter
1922
as Prisoner
Bobbed Hair
1922
as Mrs. Lamont
The Old Homestead
1922
as Aunt Matilda
Nice People
1922
as Mrs. Heyfer
Saturday Night
1922
as Party Guest
The Bonded Woman
1922
as Lucita
Our Leading Citizen
1922
as Eudora Mawdle
Is Matrimony a Failure?
1922
as Mrs. Skinner
Midsummer Madness
1921
as Mrs. Hicks
Miss Lulu Bett
1921
as Grandma Bett
After the Show
1921
as Landlady