Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore

Acting

Birthday

1879/08/12

Day of death

1959/06/18 (79 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also know as

Ethel Mae Blythe, Этель Барримор

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...Read more

Acting
The Paradine Case
6.2

(1947) The Paradine Case

as Lady Sophie Horfield

Portrait of Jennie
7.1

(1948) Portrait of Jennie

as Miss Spinney

The Spiral Staircase
7.0

(1946) The Spiral Staircase

as Mrs. Warren

The Nightingale
0.0

(1914) The Nightingale

as Isola Franti - 'The Nightingale'

The Final Judgment
0.0

(1915) The Final Judgment

as Jane Carleson - Mrs. Murray Campbell

The Kiss of Hate
0.0

(1916) The Kiss of Hate

as Nadia Turgeneff

The Awakening of Helena Ritchie
0.0

(1916) The Awakening of Helena Ritchie

as Helena Richie

The White Raven
6.0

(1917) The White Raven

as Nan Baldwin

The Call of Her People
0.0

(1917) The Call of Her People

as Egypt

The Greatest Power
0.0

(1917) The Greatest Power

as Miriam Monroe

The Lifted Veil
1.0

(1917) The Lifted Veil

as Clorinda Gildersleeve

The Eternal Mother
0.0

(1917) The Eternal Mother

as Maris

An American Widow
0.0

(1917) An American Widow

as Elizabeth Carter

National Red Cross Pageant
0.0

(1917) National Red Cross Pageant

as Flanders / Belgium - Flemish & Final episodes

Our Mrs. McChesney
0.0

(1918) Our Mrs. McChesney

as Emma McChesney

The Divorcee
0.0

(1919) The Divorcee

as Lady Frederick Berolles

Moonrise
6.2

(1948) Moonrise

as Grandma

The Secret of Convict Lake
6.6

(1951) The Secret of Convict Lake

as Granny

The Red Danube
6.3

(1949) The Red Danube

as Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia')

Deadline - U.S.A.
6.8

(1952) Deadline - U.S.A.

as Margaret Garrison

Young at Heart
5.9

(1954) Young at Heart

as Aunt Jessie Tuttle

Rasputin and the Empress
5.3

(1932) Rasputin and the Empress

as Czarina Alexandra

The Farmer's Daughter
6.9

(1947) The Farmer's Daughter

as Agatha Morley

Pinky
7.1

(1949) Pinky

as Miss Em

Moss Rose
6.4

(1947) Moss Rose

as Lady Margaret Drego

Just for You
4.8

(1952) Just for You

as Alida De Bronkhart

None But the Lonely Heart
6.2

(1944) None But the Lonely Heart

as Ma Mott

Camille
4.0

(1926) Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

as Olympe

It's a Big Country
5.3

(1951) It's a Big Country

as Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan

That Midnight Kiss
5.0

(1949) That Midnight Kiss

as Abigail Trent Budell

The Story of Three Loves
5.6

(1953) The Story of Three Loves

as Mrs. Hazel Pennicott

The Great Sinner
6.7

(1949) The Great Sinner

as Grandmother Ostrovsky

Kind Lady
7.0

(1951) Kind Lady

as Mary Herries

Night Song
6.2

(1948) Night Song

as Miss Willey

Johnny Trouble
4.7

(1957) Johnny Trouble

as Katherine Chandler

Main Street to Broadway
6.5

(1953) Main Street to Broadway

as Self

That's Entertainment!
7.3

(1974) That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Life's Whirlpool
0.0

(1917) Life's Whirlpool

as Esther Carey

Eloise
0.0

(1956) Eloise

as Herself

Daphni: Virgin of the Golden Laurels
0.0

(1951) Daphni: Virgin of the Golden Laurels

as ---

Show-Business at War
7.0

(1943) Show-Business at War

as Self

And the Oscar Goes To...
7.0

(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

Omnibus
6.0

(1952) Omnibus

as ---

General Electric Theater
6.0

(1953) General Electric Theater

as Mother

Climax!
3.0

(1954) Climax!

as Mme. Rosalie La Grange

Playhouse 90
7.5

(1956) Playhouse 90

as Herself

5.0

(2006) Legends

as Aunt Jessie Tuttle (archive footage) (uncredited)

What's My Line?
6.8

(1950) What's My Line?

as Self