Ethel Teare (January 11, 1894 – March 4, 1959) was an American silent film actress from Phoenix, Arizona.

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 Desperate Bud, the Plumber, a Kalem Company comedy, Teare was supported by Charles Dudley in the title role.

Other roles of note include Hold Me Tight (1920), Skirts (1921), Please Be Careful (1922), Columbus and Isabella (1924), and A Woman Who Sinned (1924).

[citation needed] On March 4, 1959, Teare died at Mills Hospital in San Mateo, California, following a long illness.