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Ethel Barrymore was an acclaimed American actress who came from a family of actors. She had a long and successful career spanning six decades, earning four Oscar nominations and winning for her role in the 1944 film None but the Lonely Heart. Barrymore was known as the “First Lady of the American Theatre” for her contributions to the stage.
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About the Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymorewas an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarded as “The First Lady of the American Theatre”. She received four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, winning for None but the Lonely Heart (1944).
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Ethel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. She had a long and acclaimed career on stage, screen, and radio, spanning six decades.
Ethel Barrymore received four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, winning for her role in the 1944 film None but the Lonely Heart.
Ethel Barrymore was born Ethel Mae Blythe on August 15, 1879.
Ethel Barrymore was known as the ,First Lady of the American Theatre, due to her long and influential career in the theater.
Ethel Barrymore’s acting career spanned six decades, from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
Ethel Barrymore was a stage, screen, and radio actress, showcasing her versatility across multiple performance mediums throughout her long career.
Ethel Barrymore was a member of the Barrymore family, a famous acting dynasty in the United States.
12 Quotes by Ethel Barrymore
- 1.
That’s all there is; there isn’t any more.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 2.
Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can’t become a virtuoso in both.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 3.
I never let them cough. They wouldn’t dare.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 4.
The best time to make friends is before you need them.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 5.
You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 6.
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 7.
The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 8.
The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure – if you don’t like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don’t like it, you don’t understand and you ought to find out.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 9.
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 10.
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 11.
When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn’t that the best position from which to pray?
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)
- 12.
You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican actress (1879-1959)