Ethel Teare

Ethel Teare (January 11, 1894 – March 4, 1959) was an American silent film actress from Phoenix, Arizona.

Screen comedian

Her first film appearances came in 1914. She performed in The Widow's Might, Fatty and the Shyster Lawyer, Tough Luck Smith, The Devil and Mrs. Walker, In Dutch, Through The Keyhole, and Love, Oil and Grease.

Teare often acted in Mack Sennett comedies during World War I. In Desperate Dud, the Plumber, a Kalem Company produced comedy, Teare starred alongside Charles Dudley in the title role. Some Romance, also produced by Kalem, featured Teare and her mastiff (Kalem company was a forerunner of Universal Pictures in Hollywood).

She also starred in films of her own for Kalem, teaming with Mack Swain in Thirst (1917).

Teare continued in motion pictures until the mid-1920s. One of her final roles was in Antony and Cleopatra (1924), a comedy short directed by Bryan Foy. Other roles of note include Hold Me Tight (1920), Skirts (1921), Please Be Careful (1922), Columbus and Isabella (1924), and A Woman Who Sinned (1924).

Personal life

Teare married Frank F. Risso, an assistant to the president of Bank of America. She was a member of the Vittoria Colonna Club of San Francisco, California.

Death

On March 4, 1959, Teare died at Mills Hospital in San Mateo, California, following a long illness. She was 65. She had resided in San Mateo since 1925. She was entombed in Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California.

Her Naughty Wink (1920) Hold Me Tight (1920) Skirts (1921) Please Be Careful (1922) Picking Peaches (1924) *short Columbus and Isabella (1924) A Woman Who Sinned (1924) Antony and Cleopatra (1924), a comedy short directed by Bryan Foy