Ethel Shannon

For the stage and film actress Effie Shannon (1867–1954), see Effie Shannon.

Ethel Shannon
Portrait by Albert Witzel, 1920s
Born(1898-05-22)May 22, 1898
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DiedJuly 10, 1951(1951-07-10) (aged 53)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
Other namesEthel Shannon Jackson
OccupationActress
Years active1919–1927
Spouses
Robert Cary
​
(divorced)​
Joseph Jackson
​
​
(m. 1927; died 1932)​

Ethel Shannon (May 22, 1898 – July 10, 1951) was an American actress. She appeared in over 30 silent movies in the early 20th century.

Early life and career

Ethel Shannon was born in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of James and Agnes (Knight) Shannon. After finishing school, she moved to Hollywood. Not long afterward, she was asked by a friend if she wanted to work as an extra in a movie and she readily said yes. The extra part lasted several days and, before she left the studio, Shannon was offered a role in a Bert Lytell comedy, Easy to Make Money (1919), which sparked her career.

After playing the role as Gwendolyn, the American, in Tsuru Aoki's Universal Studios production, The Breath of the Gods (1920), Shannon replaced Josephine Hill as leading lady with Universal's western star, Hoot Gibson.[1] Shannon later signed a contract with B.P. Schulberg and became a featured player. She was selected by Schulberg to play the principal feminine role in the most extravagantly produced picture at Schulberg Studios, Daughters of the Rich (1923), from the book of the same title by Edgar Saltus.[2][3] In her first production, Shannon had a supporting cast that included at least half a dozen players who either had appeared as stars in their own right, or had seen their names in lights as featured players.

Shannon was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1923, along with Eleanor Boardman, Evelyn Brent, Dorothy Devore, Virginia Browne Faire, Betty Francisco, Pauline Garon, Kathleen Key, Laura La Plante, Margaret Leahy, Helen Lynch, Derelys Perdue, and Jobyna Ralston. In the mid-1920s she appeared in several films produced by Gotham Pictures.

She appeared opposite Harry Carey in The Texas Trail (1925) and The New York Times proclaimed her "one of the best leading women you could imagine for this kind of photoplay."[4] Despite good reviews and a promising future, Shannon's last movie role was as Ruth Morris in Through Thick and Thin (1927) opposite William Fairbanks. She then retired from the screen to become a wife and "take up a home-making career."

Personal life

She was first married to broker Robert Cary and divorced.[5]

She and Joseph Jackson (June 8, 1894 – May 26, 1932), screenwriter and former press agent, were married April 10, 1927, at the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church, Los Angeles.[6] The couple then moved into a new home on Tuxedo Terrace in the Hollywood Hills.[7] They had one son, Joseph Shannon Jackson (born September 11, 1928).[8] At a housewarming party for newlyweds Charles Kenyon and Jane Winton in October 1927, Shannon was there "looking altogether too pretty to quit the screen," but declared herself quite contented. "On the way over here," she joked, "I thought of all the famous red heads of history, so as to be able to forget the fact that I had cooked the dinner at home myself! 'What,' I said to myself, 'would my public think of me if they knew I had really peeled the potatoes myself?' "[9] Her marriage to Joe Jackson ended when he drowned while swimming at Laguna Beach in 1932.[10]

Later years

Although it was announced a couple of times that Shannon was to marry again, she apparently never did. In August 1935, an article in the Los Angeles Times stated that the "piquant red-haired" actress was coming out of her retirement to resume her career as she was signed to a long-term contract by Warner Bros. and given, as her first assignment, an important part in Stars Over Broadway and was to be billed as Ethel Shannon Jackson.[11]

The occurrence that changed her comeback to the screen is uncertain, but Shannon's final movie appearance turned out to be an uncredited role as "a woman" in Stars Over Broadway (1935), starring Pat O'Brien and Jane Froman.

Death

Ethel Shannon died at age 53 in Los Angeles.[12] She is interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California.

Partial filmography

Lobby card for Speed Wild (1925)

References

  1. ^ Los Angeles Times, Dec. 14, 1919, "Promotions for Actresses," p. III 17
  2. ^ Los Angeles Times, Feb. 22, 1923, "Pick Star For Saltus Book Film --- Schulberg Signs Ethel Shannon to Play Lead in Daughter of Rich, p. II 10
  3. ^ The New York Times, May 13, 1923, "Picture Plays And People," "Ethel Shannon will be featured with Gaston Glass in Daughters of the Rich.
  4. ^ The New York Times, Jul. 9, 1925, "The Screen --- A "Western" Slightly Different. The Texas Trail, from the novel, Rangy Pete, by Guy Morton, with Harry Carey, Ethel Shannon, Charles French and others; directed by Scott R. Dunlap; Ethel Blake, soprano; one of the Aesop's Fables series. At the Cameo," p. 14
  5. ^ Los Angeles Times, Dec. 13, 1926, "Film Actress And Writer To Marry," p. A 5
  6. ^ Los Angeles Times, Apr. 11, 1927, "She Trades Fame For Home --- Ethel Shannon Quits Films to Marry," p. 2A
  7. ^ 1930 Los Angeles County, California, U.S. Federal Census, Los Angeles, Assembly Dist. 55, 5868 Tuxedo Terrace, Enumeration Dist. 71, Sheet 13 A, Page, 112 A, Line 30, Joseph A. Jackson, Head, Owned, $10000, Radio, No, Male, White, 35, Married, (Age when first marr.) 31, No, Yes, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, Yes, Writer, Screen, Wages, Yes, (Vet.) Yes, WW. Ethel Jackson, Wife, Female, White, 26 [sic], Marr., (Age when first marr.) 22 [sic], No, Yes, Colorado, Northern Ireland, Missouri, Yes, None. Shannon J. Jackson, Son, Male, White, 1 */12, Single, No, California, Kentucky, Colorado, None. Mary Reed, Servant, Female, White, 57, Wid., (Age wh. first marr.) 16, No, Yes, Canada - French, Canada, Canada, (Native language) French, Immigration 1885, Na, Yes, Servant, Private Family, Wages, Yes.
  8. ^ California State Birth Index, Name: Joseph Shannon Jackson, Birth Date: Sep. 11, 1928, Gender: Male, Mother's Maiden Name: Shannon, Birth County: Los Angeles.
  9. ^ Los Angeles Times, Oct. 9, 1927, "Newlywed Housewarming," p. I 5
  10. ^ The New York Times, May 28, 1932, from Laguna Beach, Cal., May 27, "Joseph Jackson Drowned --- Swim In Pacific Overcomes Scenarist, Husband of Ethel Shannon," p. 15
  11. ^ Los Angeles Times, Aug. 27, 1935, "Ethel Shannon Signed For Return To Screen," p. A 3
  12. ^ California State Death Index, Name: Ethel Shannon Jackson, Birth Date: 05-22-1898, Mother's Maiden Name: Knight, Father's Last Name: Shannon, Sex: Female, Birth Place: Colorado, Death Place: Los Angeles Co. (19), Death Date: 07-10-1951, Age: 53 yrs.
  13. ^ Martin, Edward (October 29, 1935). "Cinemania". Hollywood Citizen News. p. 4. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  14. ^ "Studio Placements". Variety. October 30, 1935. p. 35. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "Productions in Work". Motion Picture Herald. November 2, 1935. p. 84. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  16. ^ Yeaman, Elizabeth (November 27, 1935). "Paula Stone Gets Lead Role in Warner Bros. Film With Dick Foran". Hollywood Citizen News. p. 6. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

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