American motion picture and television actress. Played the part of Ellen Miller, the mother on the “Lassie” TV series, from 1954 to 1957. Died of cancer in 1983. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  Gessie Verner Clayton (1890 – 1965)  Vera Willie Carter Clayton (1891 – 1985)  Spouses:  Russell Hayden (1912 – 1981)*  Robert Warren Lerner (1921 – 1981)*  Children:  Sandra Jane Hayden (1940 – 1956)* *Calculated relationship