Ethel Lynne (born Ethel Lindsay; February 25, 1897 – July 31, 1976) was an American actress who was active during Hollywood's silent era. She was married to director

Fred Fishback Fred C. Fishback (born Moscu Fischback; January 18, 1894January 6, 1925) was a film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer of the silent era. Following the 1921 scandal surrounding Roscoe Arbuckle, in which he was involved, Fishback worked ...

, an associate of

Fatty Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel ...

Biography

Lynne was born in

Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...

, to Frank Lindsay and Mary Elizabeth Chiles. She began acting as a teenager around 1915, appearing in a number of

Al Christie Charles Herbert Christie (April 13, 1882 – October 1, 1955) and Alfred Ernest Christie (November 23, 1886 – April 14, 1951) were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs. Early life Charles Herbert Christie was born between April 13, ...

comedies. She met and married director

in 1919. After Fishback's untimely death, she married a fellow Texan, Thomas Palmer; that marriage ended in divorce. Little is known of her life after the 1920s. She died on July 31, 1976.

Selected filmography

* '' Some Chaperone'' (1915) * ''

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'' (1915) * '' Wanted: A Leading Lady'' (1915) * ''

His Wedding Night ''His Wedding Night'' is a 1917 American Short film, two-reel Silent film, silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring Roscoe Arbuckle, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Plot Arbuckle portrays a lazy and dishonest store clerk who gets into v ...

'' (1916) * '' By the Sad Sea Waves'' (1916) * ''

Jed's Trip to the Fair ''Jed's Trip to the Fair'' is a 1916 silent film comedy directed by Al Christie and starring Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran and Betty Compson. It was produced by Nestor Film Company and released through Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast * Edd ...

'' (1916) * ''

Help! Help! Police! ''Help! Help! Police!'' is a lost 1919 silent American comedy film directed by Edward Dillon. Plot As described in the film magazine ''Moving Picture World'', George Welston (Walsh), the son of a wealthy rubber manufacturer, is staying in Pal ...

'' (1917) * '' Sauce for the Goose'' (1917) * '' Bride and Gloom'' (1917) * '' The Biggest Show on Earth'' (1918) * '' Ever Since Eve'' (1921)

References

1897 births 1976 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Fort Worth, Texas {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub