Ethel Barrymore

Birth Name:

Ethel Mae Blythe

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Actress

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․"

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