Ethyl Norcrosse — Spite Marriage Character Profile

About Ethyl Norcrosse

A younger woman whom actor Lionel Benmore chooses over Trilby. Her selection serves as the direct catalyst for Trilby's impulsive marriage proposal to Elmer, setting the main plot in motion.

Character Facts

Played by

Leila Hyams

Appears in

Spite Marriage (1929)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Ethyl Norcrosse — Romantic New Love Interest — Lionel Benmore (Edward Earle)

  Lionel shifts his romantic attention to Ethyl.

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More characters from Spite Marriage

• Elmer (Buster Keaton)
• Trilby Drew (Dorothy Sebastian)
• Lionel Benmore (Edward Earle)
• Man in Audience Next to Elmer (Sydney Jarvis)
• Nussbaum (William Bechtel)
• Stage Manager (Hank Mann)
• Actor as 'Union Officer' (Theodore Lorch)
• Tough Sailor (Charles Sullivan)
• Scarzi (Jack Byron)
• Rumrunner (Joe Bordeaux)
• The Bellboy (Ray Cooke)
• Man in Ship's Engine Room (Mike Donlin)