Ethel Barrymore

A Broadway lead from 1900 who, while her brothers John and Lionel were becoming film stars, established herself as "the first lady of the American stage." Barrymore's screen performances were sporadic, but included an outstanding role in "Rasputin and the Empress" (1932), which co-starred both her brothers. She began making more film appearances as wry, crusty but usually good-hearted matriarchs in the 1940s, winning a best supporting actress Oscar for her performance as Cary Grant's mother in "None But the Lonely Heart" (1944). Other especially notable performances were in "The Spiral Staircase" (1946), "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947), "Pinky" (1949), "Kind Lady" (1951), and "Deadline U.S.A." (1952).

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Family

Brother: John Barrymore (born on February 15, 1882; died on May 29, 1942)

Brother: Lionel Barrymore (born on April 28, 1878; died on November 15, 1954)

Daughter: Ethel Barrymore Colt (born in 1912; died in 1977; appeared in the 1971 stage musical "Follies")

Father: Maurice Barrymore (born on September 21, 1847)

Great-grandmother: Eliza Lane

Husband: Russell Griswold Colt (married on March 14, 1909; son of Col. Samuel Pomeroy Colt, board chairman of United States Rubber Company; divorced in July 1923)

Mother: Georgiana Drew

Son: Samuel Griswold Colt (Born in 1909; died in 1986)

Son: John Drew Colt (born in 1913; died in 1975)

Uncle: John Drew