1879Born, Philadelphia
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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 theater of America and England. The Barrymore children were born and grew up in Philadelphia. Though older brother Lionel Barrymore began acting early with his mother's relatives in the Drew…
Known for
The Spiral StaircaseMrs. Warren
The Paradine CaseLady Sophie Horfield
Portrait of JennieMiss Spinney
Deadline - U.S.A.Margaret Garrison
MoonriseGrandma1974That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
1957Johnny TroubleKatherine ChandlerMovie
1954Young at HeartAunt Jessie TuttleMovie
1953The Story of Three LovesMrs. Hazel PennicottMovie
1952Just for YouAlida De BronkhartMovie
1952Deadline - U.S.A.Margaret GarrisonMovie
1951It's a Big CountryMrs. Brian Patrick RiordanMovie
1951The Secret of Convict LakeGrannyMovie
1951Kind LadyMary HerriesMovie
1951Daphni: Virgin of the Golden LaurelsMovie
1949The Red DanubeMother Superior ('Mother Auxilia')Movie
1949PinkyMiss EmMovie
1949That Midnight KissAbigail Trent BudellMovie
1949The Great SinnerGrandmother OstrovskyMovie
1948Portrait of JennieMiss SpinneyMovie
1948MoonriseGrandmaMovie
1948Night SongMiss WilleyMovie
1947The Paradine CaseLady Sophie HorfieldMovie
1947Moss RoseLady Margaret DregoMovie
1947The Farmer's DaughterAgatha MorleyMovie
1946The Spiral StaircaseMrs. WarrenMovie
1944None But the Lonely HeartMa MottMovie
1932Rasputin and the EmpressCzarina AlexandraMovie
1926Camille: The Fate of a CoquetteOlympeMovie
1919The DivorceeLady Frederick BerollesMovie
1918Our Mrs. McChesneyEmma McChesneyMovie
1917An American WidowElizabeth CarterMovie
1917National Red Cross PageantFlanders / Belgium - Flemish & Final episodesMovie
1917The Eternal MotherMarisMovie
1917Life's WhirlpoolEsther CareyMovie
1917The Lifted VeilClorinda GildersleeveMovie
1917The Greatest PowerMiriam MonroeMovie
1917The Call of Her PeopleEgyptMovie
1917The White RavenNan BaldwinMovie
1916The Awakening of Helena RitchieHelena RichieMovie
1916The Kiss of HateNadia TurgeneffMovie
1915The Final JudgmentJane Carleson - Mrs. Murray CampbellMovie
1914The NightingaleIsola Franti - 'The Nightingale'Movie
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