Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore (1879–1959) was an American stage and film actress and a leading member of the Barrymore theatrical family. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for None but the Lonely Heart (1944).

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: Arthur Wing Pinero’s 1893 play centers on Paula Tanqueray, a woman whose past constrains her attempt to enter respectable society. Barrymore’s performance as Paula in the 1890s helped establish her as a stage star.
John Barrymore: An American stage and film actor, John Barrymore was Ethel Barrymore’s younger brother. Their careers and family prominence made the siblings enduring public counterparts.
Philadelphia: The largest city in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia is a major American cultural and historical center. Barrymore was born there in 1879.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: An annual Academy Award recognizing a supporting performance by an actress in a film. Barrymore received the award for None but the Lonely Heart at the 1945 ceremony.
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines: A 1901 Broadway comedy by Clyde Fitch, adapted from a novel by Frank R. Stockton. Barrymore’s comic role in this hit helped broaden her theatrical reputation.
Lionel Barrymore: An American actor and director, Lionel Barrymore was Ethel Barrymore’s older brother. He shared her stage and screen career and appeared with her in Rasputin and the Empress.
Barrymore family: An American acting dynasty whose members worked in theater, film, and television across several generations. Ethel’s career continued the family’s theatrical prominence.
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play: A Tony Award honoring a leading performance by an actress in a Broadway play. The award was named in Barrymore’s honor after her death.
The Corn Is Green: Emlyn Williams’s 1938 play follows a Welsh teacher who brings education to a mining village. Barrymore played the teacher Miss Moffat in the play’s original Broadway production.
Maurice Barrymore: An Indian-born American stage actor and patriarch of the Barrymore theatrical family. His career began the family lineage Ethel inherited and helped extend.

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