Portrait of Dolores Costello

Acting

Dolores Costello

Career

Active from 1909 to 1990, with a break from 1944 to 1989, busiest in 1912 with 14 main titles.

Leading roles
42
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dolores Costello Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.2, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.6
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5
  • Dark Humor
    1.2, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Early Cinema 4
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Silent Film 2
  • Historical Romance 2
  • Showbiz 2
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • Lost Love 2
  • Melodramatic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title ยท average score 79
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
GoodWatch score 79

as (archive footage)

1940s

2 titles ยท average score 70
This Is the Army
This Is the Army (1943)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mrs. Davidson

The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
GoodWatch score 84

as Isabel Amberson Minafer

1930s

9 titles ยท average score 60
King of the Turf
King of the Turf (1939)

as Eve Barnes

Outside These Walls
Outside These Walls (1939)

as Margaret Bronson

Whispering Enemies
Whispering Enemies (1939)

as Laura Crandall

Breaking the Ice
Breaking the Ice (1938)

as Martha Martin

The Beloved Brat
The Beloved Brat (1938)
GoodWatch score 47

as Helen Cosgrove

Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
GoodWatch score 79

as 'Dearest' Erroll

Yours for the Asking
Yours for the Asking (1936)
GoodWatch score 58

as Lucille Sutton

Expensive Women
Expensive Women (1931)
GoodWatch score 56

as Constance 'Connie' Newton

Second Choice
Second Choice (1930)

as Vallery Grove

1920s

22 titles ยท average score 57
Glad Rag Doll
Glad Rag Doll (1929)

as Annabel Lee

Madonna of Avenue A
Madonna of Avenue A (1929)

as Maria Morton

Hearts in Exile
Hearts in Exile (1929)

as Vera Zuanova

Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark (1928)
GoodWatch score 57

as Marie / Miriam

Glorious Betsy
Glorious Betsy (1928)
GoodWatch score 45

as Betsy Patterson

Tenderloin
Tenderloin (1928)

as Rose Shannon

When a Man Loves
When a Man Loves (1927)
GoodWatch score 62

as Manon Lescaut

Old San Francisco
Old San Francisco (1927)
GoodWatch score 50

as Dolores Vasquez

The Heart of Maryland
The Heart of Maryland (1927)

as Maryland Calvert

The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast (1926)
GoodWatch score 64

as Esther Harper

Mannequin
Mannequin (1926)

as Joan Herrick

The Little Irish Girl
The Little Irish Girl (1926)

as Dot Walker

1910s

23 titles
The Evil Men Do
The Evil Men Do (1915)

as David - as a Little Boy

In the Shadow
In the Shadow (1913)

as Neighbor Girl

Ida's Christmas
Ida's Christmas (1912)

as Ida - the Little Smith Girl

Lulu's Doctor
Lulu's Doctor (1912)

as Lulu

Her Grandchild
Her Grandchild (1912)

as Little Janet - the Grandchild

She Never Knew
She Never Knew (1912)

as Mr. Blinn's Granddaughter

The Meeting of the Ways
The Meeting of the Ways (1912)

as One of Tom's Children

Captain Barnacle's Legacy
Captain Barnacle's Legacy (1912)

as Ruth - Barnacle's Adopted Daughter

Bobby's Father
Bobby's Father (1912)

as Bobby Ramsay

Vultures and Doves
Vultures and Doves (1912)

as Mrs. Hanley's Little Girl

A Reformed Santa Claus
A Reformed Santa Claus (1911)

as The Widow's 1st Child

Some Good in All
Some Good in All (1911)

as Betty Lane - John's Daughter

1900s

1 title ยท average score 52
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
GoodWatch score 52

as Fairy