Ethel Wales
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
97
Gender
Female
Birthday
1878-04-04 (147 years old)
Place of Birth
Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Acting

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

1940

Dark Command as Townswoman

1940

Wyoming as Mrs. Bronson

1940

Hidden Gold as Matilda Purdy

1939

Let Us Live as Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)

1939

Days of Jesse James as Mrs. Martha Samuels

1939

Frontier Pony Express as Mrs. Murphy

1939

In Old Caliente as Aunt Felicia Vargas

1939

Sudden Money as Miss Perkins

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)

1935

Bar 20 Rides Again as Clary Peters

1934

The Crime Doctor as Miss Farnum, Gifford's Secretary (uncredited)

1934

The Merry Frinks as United Charities Worker

1933

Female as Alison's Secretary (Uncredited)

1933

The Important Witness as Bride

1933

The Big Bluff as Not available

1933

The Eleventh Commandment as Mabel Moore

1933

The Fighting Parson as Betsy Larkin

1932

Love Me Tonight as Madame Dutoit - Dressmaker (uncredited)

1932

The Thirteenth Guest as Jane Thornton

1932

Tangled Destinies as Prudence Daggott

1932

Klondike as Sadie Jones

1932

The Racing Strain as Aunt Judy

1932

A Man's Land as Aunt Flossie Doolittle

1932

Love in High Gear as Arabella Heath

1931

The Criminal Code as Katie Ryan

1931

Maker of Men as Aunt Martha

1931

Gold Dust Gertie as Arnold's Secretary (uncredited)

1931

Subway Express as Mrs. Cotton

1931

Honeymoon Lane as Mrs. Gotrocks

1930

Tom Sawyer as Mrs. Harper

1930

Loose Ankles as Aunt Katherine Harper

1930

The Dude Wrangler as Mattie

1930

Under Montana Skies as Martha Jenkins

1930

Love Among the Millionaires as Disapproving Dowager (uncredited)

1929

The Donovan Affair as Mrs. Lindsey

1929

The Doctor's Secret as Mrs. Redding

1929

Blue Skies as Matron (episode 1)

1929

The Saturday Night Kid as Lily Woodruff

1929

The Girl in the Show as Mrs. Truxton

1929

Furnace Trouble as Not available

1928

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath as Mrs. Spivers

1928

The Masks of the Devil as Virginia's Aunt

1928

The Perfect Crime as Mrs. Frisbie

1928

Taxi 13 as Mrs. Mactavish

1928

On to Reno as Mrs. Holmes

1928

Craig's Wife as Eliza

1928

Tenth Avenue as Ma Mason

1927

The Wreck of the Hesperus as Deborah Slocum

1927

The Girl in the Pullman as Mrs. Jones

1927

The Country Doctor as Redora Bump

1927

Almost Human as Katie

1927

Cradle Snatchers as Ethel Drake

1927

The Satin Woman as 'Countess' Debris

1927

My Friend from India as Arabella Mott / Bedelia Smith

1926

Ladies at Play as Aunt Sarah

1926

Take It from Me as Miss Abbott

1926

Made for Love as Lady Diana Trent

1926

Wandering Footsteps as Not available

1925

The Monster as Mrs. Watson

1925

The Wedding Song as Auntie

1925

The Rag Man as Mrs. Bernard

1925

Go Straight! as Mamie

1925

Beggar on Horseback as Mrs. Cady

1925

Let Women Alone as Ma Benham

1925

Don't as Mrs. Moffat

1925

The Overland Limited as Mrs. Barton

1924

Revelation as Madame Hofer

1924

Merton of the Movies as Mrs. Montague

1924

The Bedroom Window as Matild Jones (aka Rufus Rome)

1924

Lovers' Lane as Aunt Melissy

1924

The White Sin as Aunt Cynthia

1924

Which Shall It Be? as Not available

1924

Loving Lies as Penny Wise

1924

Icebound as Ella Jordan

1923

The Covered Wagon as Mrs. Wingate

1923

The Marriage Maker as Mrs. Hope-Clarke

1923

The Fog as Mrs. Forge

1923

Stepping Fast as Miss Higgins

1922

Manslaughter as Prisoner

1922

Bobbed Hair as Mrs. Lamont

1922

Nice People as Mrs. Heyfer

1922

The Bonded Woman as Lucita

1922

The Old Homestead as Aunt Matilda

1922

Our Leading Citizen as Eudora Mawdle

1922

Saturday Night as Party Guest

1921

Miss Lulu Bett as Grandma Bett

1921

Midsummer Madness as Mrs. Hicks

1921

After the Show as Landlady