"seek alimony from Colt for herself, which was her right, but she demanded that his entailed wealth provide for their children. A devout Catholic, Ethel Barrymore never remarried. Ethel Barrymore died of cardiovascular disease in 1959, at her home in Hollywood, after having lived for many years with a heart condition. She was less than two months shy of her 80th birthday. She was entombed at Calvary Cemetery. The Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City is named for her. Barrymore was a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, along with her brothers, John and Lionel. In 1960,"
"Diana Barrymore Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe (March 3, 1921 – January 25, 1960), known professionally as Diana Barrymore, was an American film and stage actress. Born Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe in New York City, New York, Diana Barrymore was the daughter of renowned actor John Barrymore and his second wife, poet Blanche Oelrichs. She was stepdaughter of Dolores Costello, half-sister of actor John Drew Barrymore, and aunt of actress Drew Barrymore. She had two older half brothers, Leonard Jr. and Robin, from her mother's first marriage to Leonard Moorhead Thomas. Her parents' tumultuous marriage lasted only a few years and"
"have lasted a week. All three of her children would die within a hundred miles of where their mother died at Santa Barbara back in 1893. Georgiana Drew Georgiana Emma Drew (July 11, 1856 – July 2, 1893), Georgie Drew Barrymore, was an American stage actress and comedian and a member of the Barrymore acting family. Born in Philadelphia, her family — parents John Drew and Louisa Lane Drew, brothers John Drew, Jr. and Sidney, and sister Louisa(d. 1888) — were all actors with the exception of Louisa. She made her theatrical debut in 1872 in ""The Ladies' Rattle"". She"
"contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1645 Vine Street. Dolores Costello appeared as a child actress in many films made between 1909 and 1915 . Among them are: She restarted her motion picture career in 1923 after spending several years modeling in New York. Dolores Costello Dolores Costello (September 17, 1903 – March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. She was nicknamed ""The Goddess of the Silent Screen"". She was stepmother of John Barrymore's daughter Diana, by his second wife Blanche Oelrichs, the mother of John Drew Barrymore and"
"and is interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York, next to her mother. Her death has been attributed to a drug overdose, though her autopsy failed to find a cause of death and found no indication of overdose. Diana Barrymore Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe (March 3, 1921 – January 25, 1960), known professionally as Diana Barrymore, was an American film and stage actress. Born Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe in New York City, New York, Diana Barrymore was the daughter of renowned actor John Barrymore and his second wife, poet Blanche Oelrichs. She was stepdaughter of Dolores Costello,"
"Georgiana Drew Georgiana Emma Drew (July 11, 1856 – July 2, 1893), Georgie Drew Barrymore, was an American stage actress and comedian and a member of the Barrymore acting family. Born in Philadelphia, her family — parents John Drew and Louisa Lane Drew, brothers John Drew, Jr. and Sidney, and sister Louisa(d. 1888) — were all actors with the exception of Louisa. She made her theatrical debut in 1872 in ""The Ladies' Rattle"". She followed John Jr. to New York City, where she acted in many Broadway hits, such as ""Pique"" and ""As You Like It"". In ""Pique"" she met"
"Dolores Costello Dolores Costello (September 17, 1903 – March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. She was nicknamed ""The Goddess of the Silent Screen"". She was stepmother of John Barrymore's daughter Diana, by his second wife Blanche Oelrichs, the mother of John Drew Barrymore and Dolores (Dee Dee) Barrymore, and the grandmother of John Barrymore III, Blyth Dolores Barrymore, Brahma Blyth (Jessica) Barrymore, and Drew Barrymore. Dolores Costello was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the daughter of actors Maurice Costello and Mae Costello (née Altschuk). She was of Irish"
"Barrymore received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. Barrymore was born in Culver City, California, to actor John Barrymore and aspiring actress Jaid (born Ildikó Jaid Makó). Jaid was born in a displaced persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany, to Hungarian World War II refugees. Barrymore is one of four children with a half-brother, John, who is also an actor. Her parents divorced in 1984, when she was 9 years old. She was born into an acting family. All of her paternal great-grandparents—Maurice and Georgie Drew Barrymore, Maurice and Mae Costello ( Altschuk)—as well as her"
"last summer at her annual Larchmont, New York retreat with her grandsons Lionel and John Barrymore. She died in Philadelphia on August 31, 1897 at the age of 77. The historic Arch Street Theatre was demolished in 1936. Louisa Lane Drew Louisa Lane Drew (January 10, 1820 – August 31, 1897) was an English-born American actress and theatre owner and an ancestor of the Barrymore acting family. Professionally she was often known as Mrs. John Drew. Drew was born Louisa Lane in London, England, the daughter of Eliza Trentner (1796–1887), an actress, and either Thomas Frederick Lane (1796–1825), or William"
"Irene Fenwick Irene Fenwick (September 5, 1887 – December 24, 1936) was an American stage and silent film actress. She was married to Lionel Barrymore from 1924 until her death in 1936. Fenwick has several surviving features, mainly because she worked for Edison-Kleine, an affiliate of the Edison Company, which has numerous surviving shorts, which is fortunate considering the vintage of these films. Years before marrying Lionel, she had at one time been the consort of his brother John. Fenwick died of anorexia at age 49. ""The Commuters"" (1915) ""The Spendthrift"" (1915) ""The Woman Next Door"" (1915) ""The Green Cloak"""
"(1915) ""The Sentimental Lady"" (1915) ""The Child of Destiny"" (1916) ""A Coney Island Princess"" (1916) with Owen Moore ""A Girl Like That"" (1917) ""The Sin Woman"" (1917) ""National Red Cross Pageant"" (1917) Irene Fenwick Irene Fenwick (September 5, 1887 – December 24, 1936) was an American stage and silent film actress. She was married to Lionel Barrymore from 1924 until her death in 1936. Fenwick has several surviving features, mainly because she worked for Edison-Kleine, an affiliate of the Edison Company, which has numerous surviving shorts, which is fortunate considering the vintage of these films. Years before marrying Lionel, she"
"Louisa Lane Drew Louisa Lane Drew (January 10, 1820 – August 31, 1897) was an English-born American actress and theatre owner and an ancestor of the Barrymore acting family. Professionally she was often known as Mrs. John Drew. Drew was born Louisa Lane in London, England, the daughter of Eliza Trentner (1796–1887), an actress, and either Thomas Frederick Lane (1796–1825), or William Haycraft Lane, an actor and stage manager. Louisa and her mother came to America when she was six years old. She proved to be a child prodigy playing five different adult roles within one play at the age"
"November 20, 1982, at 7 years of age, a record that remained unbroken . On February 3, 2007, Barrymore hosted ""SNL"" for the fifth time, making her the second female host (after Candice Bergen) in the show's history to do so. She hosted again on October 10, 2009, becoming the first female to host six times. Drew Barrymore Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, producer, director, author, model and entrepreneur. She is a member of the Barrymore family of actors, and the granddaughter of John Barrymore. She achieved fame as a child actress with her"
"me as a kid because she was so kind and nurturing."" Her godfather is director Steven Spielberg. Her first name, Drew, was the maiden name of her paternal great-grandmother, Georgie Drew, and her middle name, Blythe, was the surname of the family first used by her great-grandfather, Maurice Barrymore. Barrymore recounted in her 1991 autobiography, ""Little Girl Lost"", early memories of her abusive father, who left the family when Barrymore was 6 months old. They never had anything resembling a significant relationship and seldom spoke to each other. Barrymore grew up on Poinsettia Place in West Hollywood until the age"
"Drew Barrymore Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, producer, director, author, model and entrepreneur. She is a member of the Barrymore family of actors, and the granddaughter of John Barrymore. She achieved fame as a child actress with her role in ""E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"" (1982). She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA nomination. Following a highly publicized childhood marked by drug and alcohol abuse, Barrymore released an autobiography, ""Little Girl Lost"", in 1991. She went on to appear in a string of successful"
"Francine Larrimore Francine Larrimore (August 22, 1898 – March 7, 1975) was a stage and screen actress. Born in France, Larrimore came to the United States when a child. Her parents were J. Louis La Remee and Sarah Adler, a sister of the Yiddish stage star Jacob Adler and not to be confused with Jacob's third wife also named Sara. Jacob's children Stella and Luther are her cousins. Her sister Stella Larrimore (1905–1960) was married to the stage and screen star Robert Warwick. Larrimore began her stage career in 1910. In 1926 she created the role of Roxie Hart in"
"York, New York. Katherine Corri Harris Katherine Corri Harris (October 12, 1890 – May 2, 1927) was an American socialite and golfer, who, as a result of her marriage to John Barrymore, appeared in three silent films. The daughter of Sidney and Katharine Maude (nėe Brady) Harris, she grew up in wealth and privilege and was a product of High Society. She was the first wife of the actor John Barrymore, who was her first husband. They were married from 1910 to 1917. After their divorce, she remarried, in 1923, to Alfred D. B. Pratt, a broker; the date on"
"than at any other time when in the United States. In the summer of 1893 Barrymore was in the company of her mother, Georgie, who had been ailing from tuberculosis and took a sabbatical for a cure to Santa Barbara, California not far from where family friend Helena Modjeska had a retreat. Georgie did not recover and died in July 1893 a week before her 37th birthday. Essentially Ethel and Lionel's childhood ended when Georgie died; they were forced to go to work in their teens with neither finishing high school. John, a few years younger, stayed with their grandmother"
"stage name after seeing it on a poster in the Haymarket Theatre in London. Barrymore's mother, Georgie Drew Barrymore, was born into a prominent theatrical family. Barrymore's maternal grandparents were Louisa Lane Drew, a well-known 19th-century American actress and the manager of the Arch Street Theatre, and John Drew, also an actor whose specialty was comedy. Barrymore's maternal uncles were two more thespians, John Drew, Jr. and Sidney. Much of Barrymore's early life was unsettled. In October 1882, the family toured in the US for a season with Polish actress Helena Modjeska. The following year his parents toured again with"
"the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ""None but the Lonely Heart"" (1944). She received subsequent Academy Award nominations—again for Best Supporting Actress—for ""The Spiral Staircase"" (1946), ""The Paradine Case"" (1947) and ""Pinky"" (1949). She was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960 and is, along with her two brothers, included in the American Theater Hall of Fame. Ethel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; 1879–1959) was an American actress of stage, screen and radio. She came from a family of actors; she was the middle child of Maurice"
"and his brother John engaged in a dispute over the issue of Irene's chastity in the wake of her having been one of John's lovers. The brothers didn't speak again for two years and weren't seen together until the premiere of John's film ""Don Juan"" in 1926, by which time they had patched up their differences. In 1926, Barrymore signed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and his first picture there was ""The Barrier"". His first talking picture was ""The Lion and the Mouse""; his stage experience allowed him to excel in delivering the dialogue in sound films. On the occasional loan-out, Barrymore had"
"Elaine Barrie Elaine Barrie (born Elaine Jacobs; July 16, 1915 – March 1, 2003) was an American actress who appeared in several films and one Broadway play. She was the fourth, and last, wife of actor John Barrymore. Barrie claimed to have fallen in love with Barrymore in 1931, when she was 16, after seeing his film, the classic ""Svengali"". They married in 1936 at Yuma, Arizona, but the marriage was a rocky one and they finally divorced in 1940. In 1937, shortly before her final divorce, she was sued by E. K. Nadel to prevent her from appearing in"
"weak, but the second work introduced him to playwright Edward Sheldon, who would ""reshape ... [Barrymore's] entire career"". In January 1912, Barrymore appeared together with his sister in ""A Slice of Life"" at the Empire Theatre on Broadway, which ran for 48 performances. Charles Darnton, a critic for ""The Evening World"", observed that ""Barrymore takes delight in 'kidding' his part not only to the limit, but perhaps beyond"". A review in ""The Washington Times"" stated that ""Barrymore inimitably imitates his uncle John Drew"". Barrymore may have appeared in his first films in 1912. In four short films, a cast member"
"to the motion film industry, Helene Costello has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood. Helene Costello Helene Costello (June 21, 1906 – January 26, 1957) was an American stage and film actress, most notably of the silent era. Born in New York City, Costello was the youngest daughter of the prominent stage and pioneering film actor Maurice Costello and his actress wife Mae Costello (née Altschuk). She had an older sister Dolores who also became an actress and would go on to marry John Barrymore. Costello first appeared on screen, opposite her"
"Louise Drew Louise Drew (1882 – April 23, 1954, New York City) was an American stage actress. Born into a prominent stage family, Drew was part of the Barrymore family tree of actors. She was educated in both France and the United States. Her mother was stage actress Josephine Baker and her father was the Shakespearean actor John Drew, Jr. (1853–1927), known as ""The First Gentleman of the American Stage."" She made her Broadway debut in 1901 appearing with her father in ""The Tyranny of Tears"". She shared the stage with her first cousin Academy Award winner Ethel Barrymore in"
"Katherine Corri Harris Katherine Corri Harris (October 12, 1890 – May 2, 1927) was an American socialite and golfer, who, as a result of her marriage to John Barrymore, appeared in three silent films. The daughter of Sidney and Katharine Maude (nėe Brady) Harris, she grew up in wealth and privilege and was a product of High Society. She was the first wife of the actor John Barrymore, who was her first husband. They were married from 1910 to 1917. After their divorce, she remarried, in 1923, to Alfred D. B. Pratt, a broker; the date on which that union"
"Dwain Esper's ""How to Undress in Front of Your Husband"", on the grounds that the title had been copyrighted by Sherill C. Coben. She moved to Port-au-Prince, Haiti and worked as a handbag designer. Barrie died in New York City at the age of 87. Elaine Barrie Elaine Barrie (born Elaine Jacobs; July 16, 1915 – March 1, 2003) was an American actress who appeared in several films and one Broadway play. She was the fourth, and last, wife of actor John Barrymore. Barrie claimed to have fallen in love with Barrymore in 1931, when she was 16, after seeing"
"interests caused a rift with her husband and they divorced in 1919. Through her social activities, Strange met renowned actor John Barrymore. They were introduced by actress Cathleen Nesbitt, Barrymore's leading woman in the 1916 production of the play ""Justice"". She continued seeing him for four years; and, after divorcing Thomas, she married Barrymore on August 5, 1920. She was already pregnant with their only child, Diana Blanche Barrymore, who was born on March 3, 1921. With drawings provided by John Barrymore, Strange published a book in 1921 titled ""Resurrecting Life"". Her pseudonym was intended to separate her Society family"
"versions usually cut Carmel Myers' scenes. Beau Brummel (1924 film) Beau Brummel is a 1924 American silent film historical drama starring John Barrymore and Mary Astor. The film was directed by Harry Beaumont and based upon Clyde Fitch's 1890 play, which had been performed by Richard Mansfield, and depicts the life of the British Regency dandy Beau Brummell. Several years after Barrymore's death, his daughter Diana Barrymore was shown a special screening of this film as she had never seen her father in any of his silent films. In 1952, the film entered the public domain in the United States"
"Deborah Moore Deborah Maria Luisa Moore is an English actress and the daughter of actor Roger Moore and Italian actress Luisa Mattioli. She made her debut on TV as a child in ""The Persuaders!"" episode ""The Long Goodbye"" in which her father co-starred alongside Tony Curtis, and early on in her career, she was often billed as ""Deborah Barrymore"". She appeared in such films as ""Lionheart"" (1987), ""Alien Terminator"" (1988), the 1990 comedy, ""Bullseye!"" (opposite her father), ""Chaplin"" (1992), ""Into the Sun"" (1992), and ""South Kensington"" (2001). She is probably best known in the UK as the face of the"
"from the deaths of his girls, and their loss undoubtedly strained his marriage to Doris Rankin, which ended in 1923. Years later, Barrymore developed a fatherly affection for Jean Harlow, who was born about the same time as his daughters. When Harlow died in 1937, Barrymore and Clark Gable mourned her as though she had been family. Reluctant to follow his parents' career, Barrymore appeared together with his formidable grandmother Louisa Lane Drew on tour and in a stage production of ""The Rivals"" at the age of 15. He later recounted that ""I didn't want to act. I wanted to"
"Betty Boyd Elizabeth ""Betty"" Boyd (May 11, 1908 – September 16, 1971) was an American film actress in the early days of Hollywood, mostly in the silent film era of the late 1920s and into the early 1930s in B-movies. Born Elizabeth Boyd Smith in Kansas City, Missouri, Boyd moved to Hollywood in the mid-1920s to pursue an acting career. Her first film role, which was uncredited, was in the 1927 film ""The Show"", which starred John Gilbert and Lionel Barrymore, grand uncle to actress Drew Barrymore. Boyd's first credited role was that same year in ""Off Again"". In 1929"
"Helene Costello Helene Costello (June 21, 1906 – January 26, 1957) was an American stage and film actress, most notably of the silent era. Born in New York City, Costello was the youngest daughter of the prominent stage and pioneering film actor Maurice Costello and his actress wife Mae Costello (née Altschuk). She had an older sister Dolores who also became an actress and would go on to marry John Barrymore. Costello first appeared on screen, opposite her father, in the 1909 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's ""Les Misérables"". She would continue acting in films throughout the 1910s as a"