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Portrait of Ethel Barrymore

Acting

Ethel Barrymore

Titles
41movies6TV shows
Career

Active from 1914 to 1957, with a break from 1920 to 1931, busiest in 1917 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Ethel Barrymore Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.9
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.2
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 3
  • Historical Romance 3
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Isolated Setting 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Family Conflict 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Class Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

41

2000s

1 title

TV show Β· as Aunt Jessie Tuttle (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

1 title Β· average score 84

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

11 titles Β· average score 66

as Katherine Chandler

as Aunt Jessie Tuttle

TV show Β· as Mme. Rosalie La Grange

as Mrs. Hazel Pennicott

TV show Β· as Mother

as Margaret Garrison

as Alida De Bronkhart

as Mary Herries

as Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan

1940s

12 titles Β· average score 69

as Miss Em

as Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia')

as Grandmother Ostrovsky

as Abigail Trent Budell

as Miss Willey

as Lady Margaret Drego

as Lady Sophie Horfield

1930s

1 title Β· average score 52

1920s

1 title Β· average score 43

1910s

14 titles

as Lady Frederick Berolles

as Emma McChesney

as Flanders / Belgium - Flemish & Final episodes

as Elizabeth Carter

as Clorinda Gildersleeve

as Nadia Turgeneff

as Jane Carleson - Mrs. Murray Campbell

as Isola Franti - 'The Nightingale'

All 14 titles from the 1910s