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Ethel Barrymore
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American actress (1879–1959)
Ethel Barrymore was an American actress who lived from 1879 to 1959 and became one of the most prominent performers of her era. She is remembered as a significant figure in theater and film history, representing an important period in American entertainment during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1879
- Died
- 1959
- Works
- 42
Top works
- Whiteoaks
- Ethel Barrymore, a souvenir
- The witness for the defence
- Memories, an autobiography
- The corn is green
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Film & TV
Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
Known for
- Legends — Aunt Jessie Tuttle (archive footage) (uncredited)2006
- Vaudeville — Self (archive footage)1997
- That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)1974
- Johnny Trouble — Katherine Chandler1957
- Eloise — Herself1956
- Playhouse 90 — Herself1956
- Young at Heart — Aunt Jessie Tuttle1954
- Climax! — Mme. Rosalie La Grange1954
- The Story of Three Loves — Mrs. Hazel Pennicott1953
- Main Street to Broadway — Self1953
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 12
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Classification of papillomaviruses
· 2004 · cited 2,434x
- Kaposi's Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus-Like DNA Sequences in AIDS-Related Body-Cavity–Based Lymphomas
· 1995 · cited 2,409x
- Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2024 · cited 2,078x
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Encyclopedic overview
Ethel with her brothers and their mother in 1890. Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blyth; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore-Drew family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarded as "The First Lady of the American Theatre". She received four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, winning for None but the Lonely Heart (1944).
Early life
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