Clair menikah dengan Richard Lansdale Hanshaw, seorang agen dan produser; Ern Westmore, seorang penata rias studio; dan Merle Arthur Frost Jr, dealer mobil.[4]
Pada 27 Februari 1996, Clair meninggal karena gagal napas setelah operasi maag[4] di Rumah Sakit Tarzana di Los Angeles pada usia 91 tahun.[3]
↑"Movie Sidelights". The Washington Post. August 7, 1927. hlm.A3. Ethlyne Clair...was studying art in New York when Hollywood called her.
12"Ethlyne Clair Film Actress, 91". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 4, 1996. hlm.D 10. ProQuest109574549. Diakses tanggal November 28, 2020– via ProQuest. Ms. Clair was popular in movie westerns in the 1920s...She made three films with Hoot Gibson, whom she later called her favorite actor.
