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Jan Clayton (August 26, 1917 – August 28, 1983) was a film, musical theater, and television actress. She starred in the popular 1950s TV series Lassie . Born near Alamogordo, New Mexico , the only child of two schoolteachers, Clayton started singing by age four.
Jan Clayton (August 26, 1917 – August 28, 1983) was a film, musical theatre, and television actress. Tags: American Born in 1917 Died in 1983 Film DEAD OR ALIVE?
Aug 31, 1983 · Jan Clayton, who played Tommy Rettig's mother in the original ''Lassie'' television series, died of cancer and other diseases Sunday at her home in West Hollywood. She was 66 years old.
Jan 1, 2024 · Jan Clayton as Ellen Miller (1954 to 1957) in the Lassie cast Jan Clayton and Lassie, 1954. ©CBS/Wikipedia Born August 26, 1917 in Tularosa, New Mexico, Jan Clayton came to Lassie from a background on the Broadway stage in musicals like Carousel and Show Boat , and 11 film roles between 1938’s Sunset Trail and 1949’s The Wolf Hunters .
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Aug 30, 1983 · On Aug. 30, 1983, The Times reported that Jan Clayton, once one of Broadway’s brightest musical stars but probably better know to latter-day audiences as Lassie’s first “mother” on the long-running television series, died in her West Hollywood home. She was 66.
Sep 3, 2019 · The actor spent three days in jail and was given two years probation. Jan Clayton lost her 16-year-old daughter to a tragic car accident in 1956. In an interview with PEOPLE, the actress, who famously played Ellen Miller on the TV show “Lassie,” opened up about her grief over the death of her daughter, Sandra Jane Hayden.
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Jan Clayton talks about her time as the original Julie Jordan in Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical stage production of "Carousel" and working in movies & TV - ...
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