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Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore was a United States actress of the famous Barrymore family.

She was highly regarded as a stage actor in New York City for decades before she moved to Hollywood, California and started working in motion pictures.

She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1944 film None but the Lonely Heart.


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Ethel Barrymore Facts

Birth NameEthel Mae Blythe
OccupationActress
BirthdayAugust 15, 1879
SignLeo
BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of deathJune 18, 1959 (age 79)
Height5' 7" (1m70)
Awards1945 Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (for None But the Lonely Heart)

Selected Filmography

The Spiral Staircase
Young at Heart
Portrait of Jennie
That Midnight Kiss / The Toast of New Orleans
Pinky
The Paradine Case
Vaudeville
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