Ethel
Barrymore,
the daughter of the playwright Maurice Barrymore and the actress Georgina
Drew Barrymore, was born in Philadelphia
on 15th August, 1879.
Barrymore made her professional debut on the stage in New
York City in 1894. She travelled to London
where she worked with Henry Irving in The
Bells (1897). Other important roles in England and America
included Peter the Great
(1898), Captain Jinks of the Horse
Marines (1901), Alice Sit By the
Fire (1905), Mid-Channel
(1910) and Trelawney of the Wells
(1911).
In 1914 Barrymore made her film debut in The
Nightingale (1914). Although she preferred the stage, Barrymore
made several films including the award winning, None
But the Lonely Heart (1944) and The
Spiral Staircase (1946).
Ethel Barrymore, who published her autobiography, Memories,
in 1955, died in Hollywood, California, on 18th June, 1959.
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