Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore

Actor Aug 12 (died age 79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1914–2006 (92 year career)
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Biography

Ethel Barrymore was the second of three children seemingly destined for the actor's life of their parents Maurice and Georgiana. Maurice Barrymore had emigrated from England in 1875, and after graduating from Cambridge in law had shocked his family by becoming an actor. Georgiana Drew of Philadelphia acted in her parents' stage company. The two met and married as members of Augustin Daly's company in New York. They both acted with some of the great stage personalities of the mid Victorian…

Known For

Filmography

Acting (47)

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Movies (41)

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.4
Johnny Trouble

Johnny Trouble

1957

as Katherine Chandler

4.0
Eloise

Eloise

1956

as Herself

Young at Heart

Young at Heart

1954

as Aunt Jessie Tuttle

6.0
The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves

1953

as Mrs. Hazel Pennicott

5.8
Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway

1953

as Self

6.5
Deadline - U.S.A.

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

as Margaret Garrison

6.9
Just for You

Just for You

1952

as Alida De Bronkhart

4.8
Kind Lady

Kind Lady

1951

as Mary Herries

6.9
The Secret of Convict Lake

The Secret of Convict Lake

1951

as Granny

6.6
It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country

1951

as Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan

5.3
Daphni: Virgin of the Golden Laurels

Daphni: Virgin of the Golden Laurels

1951
Pinky

Pinky

1949

as Miss Em

7.1
The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner

1949

as Grandmother Ostrovsky

6.6
That Midnight Kiss

That Midnight Kiss

1949

as Abigail Trent Budell

5.7
The Red Danube

The Red Danube

1949

as Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia')

6.3
Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie

1948

as Miss Spinney

7.2
Moonrise

Moonrise

1948

as Grandma

6.2
Night Song

Night Song

1948

as Miss Willey

6.2
The Paradine Case

The Paradine Case

1947

as Lady Sophie Horfield

6.2
The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

1947

as Agatha Morley

6.9
Moss Rose

Moss Rose

1947

as Lady Margaret Drego

6.5
The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

1946

as Mrs. Warren

7.1
None But the Lonely Heart

None But the Lonely Heart

1944

as Ma Mott

6.3
Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War

1943

as Self

7.0
Rasputin and the Empress

Rasputin and the Empress

1932

as Czarina Alexandra

5.1
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

1926

as Olympe

4.2
The Divorcee

The Divorcee

1919

as Lady Frederick Berolles

Our Mrs. McChesney

Our Mrs. McChesney

1918

as Emma McChesney

The White Raven

The White Raven

1917

as Nan Baldwin

6.0
The Greatest Power

The Greatest Power

1917

as Miriam Monroe

National Red Cross Pageant

National Red Cross Pageant

1917

as Flanders / Belgium - Flemish & Final episodes

An American Widow

An American Widow

1917

as Elizabeth Carter

Life's Whirlpool

Life's Whirlpool

1917

as Esther Carey

The Call of Her People

The Call of Her People

1917

as Egypt

The Lifted Veil

The Lifted Veil

1917

as Clorinda Gildersleeve

1.0
The Eternal Mother

The Eternal Mother

1917

as Maris

The Awakening of Helena Ritchie

The Awakening of Helena Ritchie

1916

as Helena Richie

The Kiss of Hate

The Kiss of Hate

1916

as Nadia Turgeneff

The Final Judgment

The Final Judgment

1915

as Jane Carleson - Mrs. Murray Campbell

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

1914

as Isola Franti - 'The Nightingale'