Ethel Marie Burton Palmer [1] (October 23, 1897 - May 1985) [2] was an American comedic film actress. [3]
Ethel Marie Burton Palmer [1] (October 23, 1897 - May 1985) [2] was an American comedic film actress. [3]
Ethel Burton was born in New York City and began working in films in 1915. [3] She worked for Vitagraph, World Comedy Stars Film Company and Vim Comedy Company. [3] She often appeared as a supporting actress in films with Billy West and Oliver Hardy. She co-starred in the first four Billy West comedies, during which time she met director Arvid E. Gillstrom. They became a couple and were married in 1917. [4] Burton and Gillstrom divorced in 1931 and Burton continued acting under the name Ethel Gillstrom. [5] [6]
The Tramp, also known as the Little Tramp, was English actor Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character and an icon in world cinema during the era of silent film. The Tramp is also the title of a silent film starring Chaplin, which Chaplin wrote and directed in 1915.
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Billy West was a film actor, producer, and director. Active during the silent film era, he is best known as a semi-successful Charlie Chaplin impersonator. Beyond acting, he also directed shorts in the 1910s and 20s, as well as produced films. West ultimately retired in 1935.
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Eldon Raymond McKee, also credited as Roy McKee, was an American stage and screen actor. His film debut was in the 1912 production The Lovers' Signal. Over the next 23 years, he performed in no less than 172 additional films.
Arvid E. Gillstrom was a film director and screenwriter from Sweden. He was born Arvid Evald Gyllström in Annedal, Gothenburg, Sweden. He married Ethel Burton in 1917. Gillstrom died in Hollywood, California.
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Lillian Biron, also known as Lillian Thompson, was an actress in American comedy films. She was in Vogue Comedies. She then featured in Gayety Comedies with George Ovey. She starred in Below the Deadline with H. B. Warner. She featured in Mack Sennett comedy films.