Ethel Teare
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Ethel Teare (January 11, 1894 - March 4, 1959) was an American silent film actress from Phoenix, Arizona.
Teare acted in Mack Sennett comedies during World War I. Her first film appearances came in 1914. That year 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.
In Desparate Bud, the Plumber, a Kalem Company comedy, Teare was supported by Charles Dudley in the title role. Some Romance, also produced by Kalem, featured Teare and her mastiff. Kalem was a forerunner of Universal Pictures in Hollywood. These Ham and Bud comedies were directed by Sennett.
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 among her screen credits include Hold Me Tight (1920), Skirts (1921), Please Be Careful (1922), Columbus and Isabella (1924), and A Woman Who Sinned (1924).
She was the wife of an assistant to the president of Bank of America.
Teare, also known as Mrs. Ethel O. Risso, died in San Mateo, California in 1959, following a long illness. She was 65. She had resided in San Mateo since 1925. She was a member of the Vittoria Colonna Club of San Francisco, California. Teare was entombed in Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California.
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- Lima, Ohio Daily News, Ethel Teare, April 27, 1915, Page 16.
- Long Beach, California Press-Telegram, Actress of Silent Screen Days Dies, Thursday, March 5, 1959, Page A8.
- San Mateo Times, Ethel Risso Dies Here, March 4, 1959, Page 5.
