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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 was born on 26 August 1917 in Tularosa, New Mexico, USA. She was an actress, known for Lassie (1954), This Man's Navy (1945) and The Snake Pit (1948). She was married to George Greeley, Robert Warren Lerner and Russell Hayden. She died on 28 August 1983 in West Hollywood, California, USA.
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- West Hollywood, California, USA
Oct 30, 2023 · Jan Clayton was a Broadway musical star and a TV actress who played Ellen Miller on Lassie. She faced many personal struggles, including alcoholism, depression, and the loss of her daughter, but recovered and became a counselor and activist.
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...
Sep 3, 2019 · 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.
Jan Clayton was an actress who starred in Lassie, This Man's Navy and Carousel. She was born in New Mexico in 1917, married three times and died in California in 1983.
Dec 6, 2020 · Mini bio of the life of actress Jan Clayton who is probably most famous for starring in the popular TV series Lassie as Ellen Miller war-widowed farm woman ...more.
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