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Ethel Barrymore

Also Credited As: E. M. Blyth

Date of Death: June 18, 1959 (79)

Birth Place: Philadelphia, PA, USA

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STAGE CREDITS

Embezzled Heaven
[Broadway]
1944
Teta
The Corn Is Green
[Broadway]
1943
Miss Moffat
The Corn Is Green
[Broadway]
1940
Miss Moffat
An International Incident
[Broadway]
1940
Mrs. Charles Rochester
Farm of Three Echoes
[Broadway]
1939
Ouma Gerart
Whiteoaks
[Broadway]
1938
Adeline
The Ghost of Yankee Doodle
[Broadway]
1937
Sara Garrison
L'Aiglon
[Broadway]
1934
Marie-Louise
The School for Scandal
[Broadway]
1931
Lady Teazle
Scarlet Sister Mary
[Broadway]
1930
Sister Mary
The Love Duel
[Broadway]
1929
She
The Kingdom of God
[Broadway]
1928
Sister Gracia, age 19
Sister Gracia, age 29
Sister Gracia, age 70
The Constant Wife
[Broadway]
1926
Constance Middleton
The Merchant of Venice
[Broadway]
1925
Portia
Hamlet
[Broadway]
1925
Ophelia
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
[Broadway]
1924
Paula
A Royal Fandango
[Broadway]
1923
H.R.H. Princess Amelia
The School for Scandal
[Broadway]
1923
Lady Teazle
The Laughing Lady
[Broadway]
1923
Lady Marjorie Colladine
Romeo and Juliet
[Broadway]
1922
Juliet
Rose Bernd
[Broadway]
1922
Rose Bernd
Clair de Lune
[Broadway]
1921
The Queen
Declassee
[Broadway]
1919
Lady Helen Haden
Belinda
[Broadway]
1918
Performer
The Off Chance
[Broadway]
1918
Lady Cardonnell
The Lady of the Camellias
[Broadway]
1917
Marguerite Gautier
Our Mrs. McChesney
[Broadway]
1915
Performer
The Shadow
[Broadway]
1915
Performer
Tante
[Broadway]
1913
Madame Okraska
Miss Civilization
[Broadway]
1913
Performer
A Slice of Life
[Broadway]
1912
Performer
The Witness for the Defense
[Broadway]
1911
Performer
Alice Sit-by-the-Fire
[Broadway]
1911
Performer
The Twelve Pound Look
[Broadway]
1911
Performer
Trelawney of the 'Wells'
[Broadway]
1911
Miss Rose Trelawny
Mid-Channel
[Broadway]
1910
Zoe Blundell
Lady Frederick
[Broadway]
1908
Lady Frederick
Her Sister
[Broadway]
1907
Eleanor Alderson
Cousin Kate
[Broadway]
1907
Kate Curtis
His Excellency the Governor
[Broadway]
1907
Performer
The Silver Box
[Broadway]
1907
Performer
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
[Broadway]
1907
Madame Trentoni
A Doll's House
[Broadway]
1905
Nora Helmer
Sunday
[Broadway]
1904
Sunday
Cousin Kate
[Broadway]
1904
Kate Curtis
Cousin Kate
[Broadway]
1903
Kate Curtis
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
[Broadway]
1901
Madame Trentoni
Catherine
[Broadway]
1898
Performer
Rosemary
[Broadway]
1896
Priscilla
The Imprudent Young Couple
[Broadway]
1895
Katherine

Movies

The Nightingale
[ 1914 ] Isola Franti -The Nightingale
The Final Judgment
[ 1915 ] Jane Carleson - Mrs. Murray Campbell
The Awakening of Helena Ritchie
[ 1916 ] Helena Richie
The Kiss of Hate
[ 1916 ] Nadia Turgeneff
The Lifted Veil
[ 1917 ] Clorinda Gildersleeve
The Call of Her People
[ 1917 ] Egypt
An American Widow
[ 1917 ] Elizabeth Carter
Life's Whirlpool
[ 1917 ] Esther Carey
National Red Cross Pageant
[ 1917 ] Flanders, Belgium - Flemish & Final episodes
The Eternal Mother
[ 1917 ] Maris
The Greatest Power
[ 1917 ] Miriam Monroe
The White Raven
[ 1917 ] Nan Baldwin
Our Mrs. McChesney
[ 1918 ] Emma McChesney
The Divorcee
[ 1919 ] Lady Frederick Berolles
Rasputin and the Empress
[ 1932 ] The Czarina - Alexandra Feodorovna
The Spiral Staircase
[ 1946 ] Mrs. Warren
Moss Rose
[ 1947 ] Lady Margaret Drego
The Paradine Case
[ 1947 ] Lady Sophie Horfield
Night Song
[ 1947 ] Miss Willey
The Farmer's Daughter
[ 1947 ] Mrs. Morley
Moonrise
[ 1948 ] Grandma
Portrait of Jennie
[ 1948 ] Miss Spinney
That Midnight Kiss
[ 1949 ] Abigail Trent Budell
The Great Sinner
[ 1949 ] Grandmother Ostrovsky
Pinky
[ 1949 ] Miss Em
The Red Danube
[ 1949 ] The Mother SuperiorMother Auxilia
The Secret of Convict Lake
[ 1951 ] Granny
Kind Lady
[ 1951 ] Mary Herries
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology
[ 1951 ] Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan
Just for You
[ 1952 ] Alida De Bronkhart
Deadline - U.S.A.
[ 1952 ] Margaret Garrison
Main Street to Broadway
[ 1953 ] Ethel Barrymore
Young at Heart
[ 1954 ] Aunt Jessie Tuttle
Johnny Trouble
[ 1957 ] Katherine Chandler AKA Nana

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Ethel Barrymore been in?

Ethel Barrymore has appeared on Broadway in 50 shows.

How many West End shows has Ethel Barrymore been in?

Ethel Barrymore has not appeared in the West End

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