Ethel Barrymore Biography

Fast Facts

• Received a stat on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for her contribution to motion pictures
• The Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City is named after the actress
• Her children were Samuel, Ethel and John Drew Colt
• Belonged to the Barrymore family of actors, which include John, Lionel and Drew Barrymore
• Barrymore's first Broadway appearance came in 1895 in a production of "The Imprudent Young Couple․"
• Known for portraying sick women on their death beds
• Named after a character in the William Makepeace Theackeray novel 'The Newcombes․"