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. 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. She also worked as a model, and later appeared in productions in New York City at the Weber Music Hall in 1906.
She would go on to appear in multiple silent films beginning in 1910, working for American Biograph, Gaumont, Famous Players, and Thanhouser. 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. Jewett relocated to New York City in 1916, living on 207th street in the Bronx for several years.
She appeared in films such as The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912), L'article 47 (1913), The Undertow (1915) and Fairy Fern Seed (1915). She worked for a period with the Edison Stock Company.
Jewett died in Los Angeles, California in 1944.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1910The Stenographer's Friend; Or, What Was Accomplished by an Edison Business Phonograph Stenographer Short film1910A Family of Vegetarians The Bride Short1910Bob and RowdyBob's Sister Short1911The Sign of the Three Labels The Maid Short1911How Sir Andrew Lost His Vote Amateur Actress Short1912The Spanish Cavalier Fortune TellerShort1912The Necklace of Crushed Rose Leaves Girl Short1912How Bobby Joined the Circus Snake Charmer Short 1912The Land Beyond the Sunset Committee Woman Short1913Red and Pete, Partners The Wife Short1913L'article 47 Cora Short 1913 Eighty Million Women Want - ? Mabel, Robert's Fiancé Short 1914 Remorse May Ransom Short 1914 For Her Child Aline Harper Short 1914 Mother's Choice Tenement Sick Woman Short 1914 Pawns of Fate Nurse Short 1914 A Messenger of Gladness Mrs. Graham Short1914The Creator of 'Hunger''' || Ethel Stewart || Short |- |1915||The Shoplifter || Meta || Short |- |1915||Who Got Stung? || Bess Bray || Short |- |1915||Fairy Fern Seed || Susanna Cross || Short |- | 1915||It's an Ill Wind||Servant || Short |- |1915||The Undertow || ||Short |- |1915||The Girl of the Sea ||Martha Starr||Short |- |1915 || Innocence at Monte Carlo ||Eulalie Pedue || Short |- | 1915||The Flying Twins || Lucia Marshall || |- | 1915||His Two Patients ||Wealthy Patient's Maid||Short |- |1915||Outcasts of Society || Marianna, the Lady||Short |- |1915||The Miracle || Mother || Short |- |1915||The Little Captain of the Scouts || Big Sister's Friend||Short |- |1915 || The Valkyrie || Mountain Girl || Short |- |1915||The House Party at Carson Manor||Blondine Elliott || Short |- |1915||The Necklace of Pearls||Crook||Short |- |1916||Bubbles in the Glass ||Vineyard Worker||Short |- |1916||Pete's Persian Princess ||Siminia, the Persian Princess||Short |- |1916||Silas Marner || Nancy||Short |- |1916||The Reunion||Relée||Short |- |1916||The Net''Mysterious GirlFeature
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