Ethel Marie Burton

born: 23 October 1897 New York City, New York, United States of America

died: 15 May 1985 Orange County, California, United States of America (age 87)

Blonde haired, blue-eyed American silent screen actress who spent a considerable amount of her time appearing in Walter Stull comedies of the mid 1910s.  She married Swedish director Arvid E. Gillstrom in St. Johns, Florida on May 4, 1917 after appearing in some of his films. 1928 - April 2, she and Arvid were onboard the Ile de France, returning from Le Havre to New York port.  They live at this time at 6101 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA.  She gives her age as 29 here.  However, in the 1940 Census she gives her age as 39 (which would have made her born in 1901). The California death index (1940-1997) provided the details pertaining to her death date, listed on this page.

Real name: Ethel Marie Reidel Height: 5'6"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus all films with Babe Hardy.

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1938 Swiss Miss Townswoman ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1915 The Midnight Prowlers Female detective   1915 Love, Pepper And Sweets Ethel   1915 Strangled Harmony Ethel   1915 Speed Kings [unidentified character]   1915 Mixed And Fixed [unidentified character]   1915 Ups And Downs Ethel   1916 This Way Out [?] [*image is from a still] 1916 Chickens [?] [*image is from a still] 1916 Frenzied Finance Ethel   1916 Busted Hearts [unidentified character]   1916 The Artist's Model Ethel   1916 Hired And Fired [unidentified character]   1916 The Try Out Ingeunue   1916 Ambitious Ethel Ethel   1916 He Winked And Won Ethel   1916 Fat And Fickle Ethel   1917 The Love Bugs Ethel   1917 The Other Girl Ethel   1917 A Mix Up In Hearts [unidentified character]   1917 This Is Not My Room [unidentified character]   1917 Wanted - A Bad Man [unidentified character]   1917 Back Stage Ethel   1917 The Hero Society girl   1917 Dough-Nuts Ethel, cashier 1917 Cupid's Rival Poor artist's sweetheart 1917 The Millionaire Ethel   1918 His Day Out The barber's daughter 1918 The Rogue Babe's daughter 1918 The Orderly Nurse   1918 The Scholar Teacher 1918 The Messenger [unidentified character]   1918 The Handy Man [unidentified character]   1918 The Straight And Narrow [unidentified character]   1918 Playmates [unidentified character]   Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCFF-H61 (Family Search) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-21797-4113-65?cc=1923888 (Family Search) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/246G-HVR (Family Search) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW9C-QXZ (Family Search) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW9C-GWB (Family Search) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-26184-5840-78?cc=1932433&wc=M6PR-6ZS:228662101,228662102 (Family Search) https://archive.org/stream/californiacensus00reel124#page/n533/mode/1up (Archive.org) 'Laurel OR Hardy' page 203 by Rob Stone (book) Moving Picture World (February 2, 1918 edition) Jesse Brisson, Jim Jarvis (help and assistance) This page was last updated on: 14 January 2024