Ethel Barrymore Biography

Ethel Barrymore biography

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NAME: Ethel Barrymore
OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Radio Personality
BIRTH DATE: August 15, 1879
DEATH DATE: June 18, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PLACE OF DEATH: Hollywood, California
Originally: Ethel Blythe
Nickname: First Lady of the American Theater

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Ethel Barrymore was an American stage and film actress whose distinctive style, voice, and wit made her the “first lady” of the American theatre.

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Ethel Barrymore starred for the first time on Broadway in 1901. In 1928 she opened the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York. She also appeared in vaudeville, on radio and television and in several films. During the 1920s and 1930s she made only one film. In 1944 she played opposite Cary Grant in the film None but the Lonely Heart. Her memoir was published in 1955.