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Ethel Grandin (March 3, 1894 – September 28, 1988) was an American
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actress. Grandin was born in New York City. She was married to film director Ray C. Smallwood from 1912 until his death on February 23, 1964; they had a son named Arthur Smallwood. She began her acting career on stage appearing with Joseph Jefferson in ''
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''. She made her last film appearance in 1922. She died in
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, of natural causes at age 94.


Partial filmography

* '' Behind the Times'' (1911) * '' War on the Plains'' (1912) * ''
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'' (
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) * '' The Invaders'' (1912) * '' When Lincoln Paid'' (
1913 Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 &ndash ...
) * '' Traffic in Souls'' (1913) * '' The Crimson Stain Mystery'' (
1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored ...
) * '' Garments of Truth'' (1921) * '' The Hunch'' (1921) * '' A Tailor-Made Man'' (1922)


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Ethel Grandin
at Women Film Pioneers Project 1894 births 1988 deaths American silent film actresses American stage actresses Actresses from New York City Actresses from Greater Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses Women film pioneers {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub