Ethel Wales

Personal Info

Birthday

April 4, 1878

Day of Death

1952-02-15

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Ethel Wales

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.

Known For

Women Are Trouble

Stepping Fast

Dark Command

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Covered Wagon

Manslaughter

The Thirteenth Guest

Let Us Live

Filmography

1950
Tarnished
as Ida Baker
1946
Blonde Alibi
as Landlady (Uncredited)
1944
Lumberjack
as Abbey Peters
1941
Border Vigilantes
as Aunt Jenifer
1940
Young Bill Hickok
as Mrs. Stout
Wyoming
as Mrs. Bronson
Hidden Gold
as Matilda Purdy
Dark Command
as Townswoman
1939
Days of Jesse James
as Mrs. Martha Samuels
In Old Caliente
as Aunt Felicia Vargas
Frontier Pony Express
as Mrs. Murphy
Sudden Money
as Miss Perkins
Let Us Live
as Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)
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
Another Face
as Aunt Hattie (uncredited)
Bar 20 Rides Again
as Clary Peters
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
The Important Witness
as Bride
The Eleventh Commandment
as Mabel Moore
1932
The Racing Strain
as Aunt Judy
Tangled Destinies
as Prudence Daggott
Klondike
as Sadie Jones
Love Me Tonight
as Madame Dutoit - Dressmaker (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Guest
as Jane Thornton
A Man's Land
as Aunt Flossie Doolittle
Love in High Gear
as Arabella Heath
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
1930
Tom Sawyer
as Mrs. Harper
Under Montana Skies
as Martha Jenkins
Love Among the Millionaires
as Disapproving Dowager (uncredited)
The Dude Wrangler
as Mattie
Loose Ankles
as Aunt Katherine Harper
1929
The Saturday Night Kid
as Lily Woodruff
The Girl in the Show
as Mrs. Truxton
The Donovan Affair
as Mrs. Lindsey
Blue Skies
as Matron (episode 1)
The Doctor's Secret
as Mrs. Redding
1928
Taxi 13
as Mrs. Mactavish
The Masks of the Devil
as Virginia's Aunt
Craig's Wife
as Eliza
Tenth Avenue
as Ma Mason
The Perfect Crime
as Mrs. Frisbie
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as Mrs. Spivers
On to Reno
as Mrs. Holmes
1927
Almost Human
as Katie
My Friend from India
as Arabella Mott / Bedelia Smith
The Girl in the Pullman
as Mrs. Jones
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Deborah Slocum
The Country Doctor
as Redora Bump
The Satin Woman
as 'Countess' Debris
Cradle Snatchers
as Ethel Drake
1926
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Mrs. Sloan
Ladies at Play
as Aunt Sarah
Take It from Me
as Miss Abbott
Wandering Footsteps
as Matilda
Made for Love
as Lady Diana Trent
1925
The Wedding Song
as Auntie
Don't
as Mrs. Moffat
The Overland Limited
as Mrs. Barton
Beggar on Horseback
as Mrs. Cady
Go Straight!
as Mamie
The Monster
as Mrs. Watson
The Rag Man
as Mrs. Bernard
Let Women Alone
as Ma Benham
1924
Merton of the Movies
as Mrs. Montague
Lovers' Lane
as Aunt Melissy
Revelation
as Madame Hofer
The Bedroom Window
as Matild Jones (aka Rufus Rome)
Icebound
as Ella Jordan
The White Sin
as Aunt Cynthia
Loving Lies
as Penny Wise
1923
The Marriage Maker
as Mrs. Hope-Clarke
Stepping Fast
as Miss Higgins
The Covered Wagon
as Mrs. Wingate
The Fog
as Mrs. Forge
1922
The Old Homestead
as Aunt Matilda
Manslaughter
as Prisoner
The Bonded Woman
as Lucita
Nice People
as Mrs. Heyfer
Our Leading Citizen
as Eudora Mawdle
Saturday Night
as Party Guest
Bobbed Hair
as Mrs. Lamont
1921
Miss Lulu Bett
as Grandma Bett
After the Show
as Landlady
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Hicks