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Biography
Ethel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore-Drew 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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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1945
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1950 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1948 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1947 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1945 · nominated
Filmography11 titles

That's Entertainment!
1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pinky
1949as Miss Em
1949as Miss Em

What's My Line?
1950as Self
1950as Self

The Spiral Staircase
1946as Mrs. Warren
1946as Mrs. Warren

The Red Danube
1949as Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia')
1949as Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia')

Night Song
1948as Miss Willey
1948as Miss Willey

None But the Lonely Heart
1944as Ma Mott
1944as Ma Mott

Moonrise
1948as Grandma
1948as Grandma

The Paradine Case
1947as Lady Sophie Horfield
1947as Lady Sophie Horfield

Young at Heart
1954as Aunt Jessie Tuttle
1954as Aunt Jessie Tuttle

Rasputin and the Empress
1932as Czarina Alexandra
1932as Czarina Alexandra