Ethel Jewett
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Ethel Jewett | |
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| Born | September 8, 1877 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | December 8, 1944 (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1901–1915 |
Ethel Jewett (September 8, 1877 – December 8, 1944) was an American silent film actress.
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]
