Ethel Jewett

Ethel Jewett
Born(1877-09-08)September 8, 1877
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
DiedDecember 8, 1944(1944-12-08) (aged 67)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1901–1915

Ethel Jewett (September 8, 1877 – December 8, 1944) was an American silent film actress.

Biography

Jewett was born in Portland, Oregon in 1877. She was educated in Portland and San Francisco, California.[1] In late 1901, she joined a stage company headed by Don Daly, and appeared in Philadelphia at the Garrick Theatre with Daly's troupe in a stage production of The New Yorkers in December that year.[1] She also worked as a model, and later appeared in productions in New York City at the Weber Music Hall in 1906.[1]

She would go on to appear in multiple silent films beginning in 1910, working for American Biograph, Gaumont, Famous Players, and Thanhouser.[1] Her career in film earned her notable popularity, as she was the runner up to Clara Kimball Young in a December 1915 popularity contest sponsored by the New York Sunday Telegraph. She was awarded an Overland automobile in the contest.[1] Jewett relocated to New York City in 1916, living on 207th street in the Bronx for several years.[1]

She appeared in films such as The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912),[2] L'article 47 (1913), The Undertow (1915) and Fairy Fern Seed (1915). She worked for a period with the Edison Stock Company.[3]

Jewett died in Los Angeles, California in 1944.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1910 The Stenographer's Friend; Or, What Was Accomplished by an Edison Business Phonograph Stenographer Short film
1910 A Family of Vegetarians The Bride Short
1910 Bob and Rowdy Bob's Sister Short
1911 The Sign of the Three Labels The Maid Short
1911 How Sir Andrew Lost His Vote Amateur Actress Short
1912 The Spanish Cavalier Fortune Teller Short
1912 The Necklace of Crushed Rose Leaves Girl Short
1912 How Bobby Joined the Circus Snake Charmer Short
1912 The Land Beyond the Sunset Committee Woman Short
1913 Red and Pete, Partners The Wife Short
1913 L'article 47 Cora Short
1913 Eighty Million Women Want - ? Mabel, Robert's Fiancé Short
1914 Remorse May Ransom Short
1914 For Her Child Aline Harper Short
1914 Mother's Choice Tenement Sick Woman Short
1914 Pawns of Fate Nurse Short
1914 A Messenger of Gladness Mrs. Graham Short
1914 The Creator of 'Hunger' Ethel Stewart Short
1915 The Shoplifter Meta Short
1915 Who Got Stung? Bess Bray Short
1915 Fairy Fern Seed Susanna Cross Short
1915 It's an Ill Wind Servant Short
1915 The Undertow Short
1915 The Girl of the Sea Martha Starr Short
1915 Innocence at Monte Carlo Eulalie Pedue Short
1915 The Flying Twins Lucia Marshall
1915 His Two Patients Wealthy Patient's Maid Short
1915 Outcasts of Society Marianna, the Lady Short
1915 The Miracle Mother Short
1915 The Little Captain of the Scouts Big Sister's Friend Short
1915 The Valkyrie Mountain Girl Short
1915 The House Party at Carson Manor Blondine Elliott Short
1915 The Necklace of Pearls Crook Short
1916 Bubbles in the Glass Vineyard Worker Short
1916 Pete's Persian Princess Siminia, the Persian Princess Short
1916 Silas Marner Nancy Short
1916 The Reunion Relée Short
1916 The Net Mysterious Girl Feature

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Jewett, Ethel". Thanhouser. Biographies. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Eagan, Daniel (November 26, 2009). America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-4411-1647-5.
  3. ^ DeCordova, Richard (2001). Picture Personalities: The Emergence of the Star System in America. University of Illinois Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-252-07016-7.


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