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Ethyl May Halls(1882-1967)

  • Actress
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Ethyl May Halls was born on 20 November 1882 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for Heroes of the Saddle (1940), Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939) and Katie Did It (1950). She was married to Frank Layton Halls. She died on 16 September 1967 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornNovember 20, 1882
DiedSeptember 16, 1967(84)
BornNovember 20, 1882
DiedSeptember 16, 1967(84)
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Raymond Hatton, Robert Livingston, Duncan Renaldo, and Jack Roper in Heroes of the Saddle (1940)
Heroes of the Saddle
6.9
  • Miss Dobbs(as Ethel May Halls)
  • 1940
Charles Bickford, Sheila Bromley, and Doris Day in Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)
Thou Shalt Not Kill
  • Mrs. Olsen
  • 1939
Ann Blyth, Cecil Kellaway, Mark Stevens, and Jesse White in Katie Did It (1950)
Katie Did It
6.2
  • Abigail
  • 1950
Scotty Beckett, Tommy Cook, and Allene Roberts in Michael O'Halloran (1948)
Michael O'Halloran
  • Woman(as Ethyl Halls)
  • 1948

Credits

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Actress

  • Wayde Preston in Colt .45 (1957)
    Colt .45
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Frome
    • 1957
  • Parker Fennelly, Marjorie Main, John Smith, and Gloria Talbott in The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
    The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
    6.3
    • Bit Role (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Father Knows Best (1954)
    Father Knows Best
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Brian (as Ethel May Halls)
    • 1957
  • Hal Baylor, Hans Conried, and Chuck Hicks in Schlitz Playhouse (1951)
    Schlitz Playhouse
    7.6
    TV Series
    • 1957
  • Ray Danton and Colleen Miller in The Night Runner (1957)
    The Night Runner
    6.1
    • Elderly Woman (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Paul Douglas and Judy Holliday in The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
    The Solid Gold Cadillac
    7.4
    • (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Sincerely Yours (1955)
    Sincerely Yours
    5.3
    • Woman at Nightclub (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Rhonda Fleming and Mark Stevens in Little Egypt (1951)
    Little Egypt
    5.9
    • Sarah (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Ann Blyth, Cecil Kellaway, Mark Stevens, and Jesse White in Katie Did It (1950)
    Katie Did It
    6.2
    • Abigail
    • 1950
  • Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Bruce Cabot, Edmund L. Hartmann, Jack Kirkwood, George Marshall, Robert O'Brien, Robert L. Welch, and Harry Leon Wilson in Fancy Pants (1950)
    Fancy Pants
    6.4
    • Daisy (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • William Powell and Shelley Winters in Take One False Step (1949)
    Take One False Step
    6.4
    • Woman at Window (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Geraldine Brooks and Fredric March in An Act of Murder (1948)
    An Act of Murder
    6.9
    • Young Girl (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Scotty Beckett, Tommy Cook, and Allene Roberts in Michael O'Halloran (1948)
    Michael O'Halloran
    • Woman (as Ethyl Halls)
    • 1948
  • Virginia Brissac, John Carroll, Bill Elliott, Catherine McLeod, and Estelita Rodriguez in Old Los Angeles (1948)
    Old Los Angeles
    6.8
    • Woman in Stable (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Paulette Goddard and Macdonald Carey in Hazard (1948)
    Hazard
    6.0
    • Blowsy Woman in Hotel (uncredited)
    • 1948

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Ethel May Halls
  • Born
    • November 20, 1882
    • California, USA
  • Died
    • September 16, 1967
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Frank Layton Halls? - September 6, 1937 (his death)
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    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Halls started her film career with Biograph and was known on the stage as a "Floradora Girl." She worked with Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and later toured in the stage play, "The Man Who Came to Dinner."

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