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
1910The Stenographer's Friend; Or, What Was Accomplished by an Edison Business PhonographStenographerShort film
1910A Family of Vegetarians The BrideShort
1910Bob and RowdyBob's SisterShort
1911The Sign of the Three LabelsThe MaidShort
1911How Sir Andrew Lost His VoteAmateur ActressShort
1912The Spanish Cavalier Fortune TellerShort
1912The Necklace of Crushed Rose LeavesGirlShort
1912How Bobby Joined the CircusSnake CharmerShort
1912The Land Beyond the SunsetCommittee WomanShort
1913Red and Pete, Partners The WifeShort
1913L'article 47CoraShort
1913Eighty Million Women Want - ? Mabel, Robert's FiancéShort
1914RemorseMay RansomShort
1914For Her ChildAline HarperShort
1914Mother's ChoiceTenement Sick WomanShort
1914Pawns of Fate NurseShort
1914A Messenger of GladnessMrs. GrahamShort
1914The Creator of 'Hunger'Ethel StewartShort
1915The ShoplifterMetaShort
1915Who Got Stung?Bess BrayShort
1915Fairy Fern SeedSusanna CrossShort
1915It's an Ill WindServantShort
1915The UndertowShort
1915The Girl of the Sea Martha StarrShort
1915Innocence at Monte Carlo Eulalie PedueShort
1915The Flying TwinsLucia Marshall
1915His Two Patients Wealthy Patient's MaidShort
1915Outcasts of SocietyMarianna, the LadyShort
1915The MiracleMotherShort
1915The Little Captain of the ScoutsBig Sister's FriendShort
1915The ValkyrieMountain GirlShort
1915The House Party at Carson ManorBlondine ElliottShort
1915The Necklace of PearlsCrookShort
1916Bubbles in the GlassVineyard WorkerShort
1916Pete's Persian Princess Siminia, the Persian PrincessShort
1916Silas MarnerNancyShort
1916The ReunionReléeShort
1916The NetMysterious GirlFeature

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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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