I never let them cough. They wouldn’t dare.
Ethel Barrymore Quotes
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.
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| Birth: | 15th August, 1879 |
| Death: | 18th June, 1959 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Actress |
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Ethel Barrymore was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an American actress. She appeared in her first motion picture, The Nightingale in 1914. She appeared in the Academy Award nominated film Pinky, for which she was awarded an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her role in several films include: None but the Lonely Heart, Rasputin and the Empress, The Story of Three Loves, Kind Lady, The Spiral Staircase, Portrait of Jennie, and Johnny Trouble.
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