Ethel Wales

Apr 04, 1878 - Feb 15, 1952 (73 years old) in Passaic, New Jersey, USA

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

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Dark Command

Townswoman

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Women Are Trouble

Hatchet-Faced Woman

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The Covered Wagon

Mrs. Wingate

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Stepping Fast

Miss Higgins

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The Cowboy and the Lady

Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

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Let Us Live

Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)

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The Criminal Code

Katie Ryan

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Beggar on Horseback

Mrs. Cady

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In Old Caliente

Aunt Felicia Vargas

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The Monster

Mrs. Watson

Credits

Tarnished 1950

Ida Baker

★ 5.8
Blonde Alibi 1946

Landlady (Uncredited)

★ 3.9
Lumberjack 1944

Abbey Peters

★ 6
Border Vigilantes 1941

Aunt Jenifer

★ 6
Young Bill Hickok 1940

Mrs. Stout

★ 4.5
Wyoming 1940

Mrs. Bronson

★ 5.9
Hidden Gold 1940

Matilda Purdy

★ 6
Dark Command 1940

Townswoman

★ 6.3
Days of Jesse James 1939

Mrs. Martha Samuels

★ 4.7
In Old Caliente 1939

Aunt Felicia Vargas

★ 5
Frontier Pony Express 1939

Mrs. Murphy

★ 4
Sudden Money 1939

Miss Perkins

★ 5
Let Us Live 1939

Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938

Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 6.1
We Who Are About to Die 1937

Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Women Are Trouble 1936

Hatchet-Faced Woman

★ 6
Another Face 1935

Aunt Hattie (uncredited)

★ 4.2
Bar 20 Rides Again 1935

Clary Peters

★ 6
The Merry Frinks 1934

United Charities Worker

★ 3.7
The Crime Doctor 1934

Miss Farnum, Gifford's Secretary (uncredited)

★ 3.5
The Big Bluff 1933

★ NR
Female 1933

Alison's Secretary (Uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Fighting Parson 1933

Betsy Larkin

★ NR
The Important Witness 1933

Bride

★ 5
The Eleventh Commandment 1933

Mabel Moore

★ NR
The Racing Strain 1932

Aunt Judy

★ NR
Tangled Destinies 1932

Prudence Daggott

★ 5.8
Klondike 1932

Sadie Jones

★ 4.7
Love Me Tonight 1932

Madame Dutoit - Dressmaker (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The Thirteenth Guest 1932

Jane Thornton

★ 4.9
A Man's Land 1932

Aunt Flossie Doolittle

★ 6
Love in High Gear 1932

Arabella Heath

★ NR
Maker of Men 1931

Aunt Martha

★ NR
Honeymoon Lane 1931

Mrs. Gotrocks

★ NR
Gold Dust Gertie 1931

Arnold's Secretary (uncredited)

★ 3
Subway Express 1931

Mrs. Cotton

★ NR
The Criminal Code 1931

Katie Ryan

★ 6.1
Tom Sawyer 1930

Mrs. Harper

★ 5.5
Under Montana Skies 1930

Martha Jenkins

★ NR
Love Among the Millionaires 1930

Disapproving Dowager (uncredited)

★ 6
The Dude Wrangler 1930

Mattie

★ NR
Loose Ankles 1930

Aunt Katherine Harper

★ 4.4
The Saturday Night Kid 1929

Lily Woodruff

★ 4.4
The Girl in the Show 1929

Mrs. Truxton

★ 4.5
The Donovan Affair 1929

Mrs. Lindsey

★ 6
Blue Skies 1929

Matron (episode 1)

★ NR
Furnace Trouble 1929

★ NR
The Doctor's Secret 1929

Mrs. Redding

★ NR
Taxi 13 1928

Mrs. Mactavish

★ NR
The Masks of the Devil 1928

Virginia's Aunt

★ NR
Craig's Wife 1928

Eliza

★ NR
Tenth Avenue 1928

Ma Mason

★ NR
The Perfect Crime 1928

Mrs. Frisbie

★ NR
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath 1928

Mrs. Spivers

★ NR
On to Reno 1928

Mrs. Holmes

★ 6
Almost Human 1927

Katie

★ 8
My Friend from India 1927

Arabella Mott / Bedelia Smith

★ 5
The Wreck of the Hesperus 1927

Deborah Slocum

★ NR
The Girl in the Pullman 1927

Mrs. Jones

★ NR
The Country Doctor 1927

Redora Bump

★ 6
The Satin Woman 1927

'Countess' Debris

★ NR
Cradle Snatchers 1927

Ethel Drake

★ 3.5
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl 1926

Mrs. Sloan

★ NR
Ladies at Play 1926

Aunt Sarah

★ NR
Take It from Me 1926

Miss Abbott

★ NR
Wandering Footsteps 1926

Matilda

★ NR
Made for Love 1926

Lady Diana Trent

★ 5.5
The Wedding Song 1925

Auntie

★ NR
Don't 1925

Mrs. Moffat

★ NR
The Overland Limited 1925

Mrs. Barton

★ NR
Beggar on Horseback 1925

Mrs. Cady

★ 6
Go Straight! 1925

Mamie

★ NR
The Monster 1925

Mrs. Watson

★ 5.7
The Rag Man 1925

Mrs. Bernard

★ 6.5
Let Women Alone 1925

Ma Benham

★ NR
Merton of the Movies 1924

Mrs. Montague

★ NR
Lovers' Lane 1924

Aunt Melissy

★ NR
Revelation 1924

Madame Hofer

★ NR
Which Shall It Be? 1924

★ NR
The Bedroom Window 1924

Matild Jones (aka Rufus Rome)

★ NR
Icebound 1924

Ella Jordan

★ NR
The White Sin 1924

Aunt Cynthia

★ 6
Loving Lies 1924

Penny Wise

★ NR
The Marriage Maker 1923

Mrs. Hope-Clarke

★ NR
Stepping Fast 1923

Miss Higgins

★ NR
The Covered Wagon 1923

Mrs. Wingate

★ 6.1
The Fog 1923

Mrs. Forge

★ NR
The Old Homestead 1922

Aunt Matilda

★ NR
Manslaughter 1922

Prisoner

★ 5.4
The Bonded Woman 1922

Lucita

★ 3
Nice People 1922

Mrs. Heyfer

★ NR
Our Leading Citizen 1922

Eudora Mawdle

★ NR
Saturday Night 1922

Party Guest

★ 5.8
Bobbed Hair 1922

Mrs. Lamont

★ NR
Miss Lulu Bett 1921

Grandma Bett

★ 5.8
After the Show 1921

Landlady

★ NR
Midsummer Madness 1921

Mrs. Hicks

★ 1