Ethel Jewett (September , â€" December , ) was an American silent
film actress.Jewett was born in Portland, Oregon in . She was educated
in Portland and San Francisco, California. In late , 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
.She would go on to appear in multiple silent films beginning in ,
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 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 , living on th street in the Bronx for several years.
film actress.Jewett was born in Portland, Oregon in . She was educated
in Portland and San Francisco, California. In late , 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
.She would go on to appear in multiple silent films beginning in ,
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 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 , living on th street in the Bronx for several years.
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