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Ethel Barrymore (født Ethel Mae Blythe; 15. august 1879, død 18. juni 1959) var en amerikansk teater- og filmskuespiller.Hun er en del af skuespillerfamilien Barrymore.. Hun var søster til John Barrymore og Lionel Barrymore.Hun blev uddannet på en klosterskole og gjorde scenedebut i en alder af 15 år med sin onkel, John Drew, som var sin tids førende skuespillere.
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 ...
Barrymore was a supporter of the Actors’ Equity Union and had a significant role in the 1919 Equity Strike that shut down Broadway for a month. In addition to theater, she appeared in vaudeville, radio, television, and motion pictures. She died at the age of 80, at her Hollywood home. We hope you enjoyed this article.
She made her inevitable Broadway debut at the age of 16 in an 1895 production of "The Impudent Young Couple," alongside her uncle, John Drew, Jr. and the great American stage actress, Maude Adams.Ethel Barrymore's breakthrough came in 1897 during a mounting of William Gillette's "Secret Service" in London when she was asked to take over for the ...
Barrymore, Ethel (1879–1959)Actress known as the First Lady of the American Theater and the last of the "fabulous" Barrymores. Born Ethel Mae Blyth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 15, 1879; died on June 18, 1959; daughter of actors Georgiana Drew (1854–1893) and Maurice Barrymore (whose actual name was Herbert Blyth); educated in Philadelphia at the Convent of Notre Dame; sister ...
Ethel Barrymore była cenioną aktorką teatralną w Nowym Jorku, jedną z najjaśniejszych gwiazd Broadwayu. Dziś wielu uważa ją za największą aktorkę swojego pokolenia. Jej pierwszy występ na Broadwayu, to rola w 1895 roku w sztuce The Imprudent Young Couple, w którym wystąpiła u boku swojego wuja Johna Drew, Jr. i Maude Adams.
John Barrymore fue hermano de las dos leyendas de la actuación Lionel Barrymore y Ethel Barrymore. Se casó cuatro veces, todos los matrimonios fueron fracasos y sus frecuentes aventuras amorosas hicieron que estuviera siempre en boca de todos. Tuvo dos hijos, también actores, Diana Barrymore y John "Drew" Barrymore Jr..
