Portrait of Ethel Barrymore

Acting

Ethel Barrymore

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 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ethel Barrymore Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

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

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

41
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Legends
Legends (2006)

TV show ยท as Aunt Jessie Tuttle (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

1 title ยท average score 84
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
GoodWatch score 84

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

11 titles ยท average score 65
Johnny Trouble
Johnny Trouble (1957)

as Katherine Chandler

Young at Heart
Young at Heart (1954)
GoodWatch score 78

as Aunt Jessie Tuttle

Climax!
Climax! (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Mme. Rosalie La Grange

The Story of Three Loves
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mrs. Hazel Pennicott

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Mother

Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
GoodWatch score 74

as Margaret Garrison

Just for You
Just for You (1952)
GoodWatch score 57

as Alida De Bronkhart

Omnibus
Omnibus (1952)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

Kind Lady
Kind Lady (1951)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mary Herries

It's a Big Country
It's a Big Country (1951)
GoodWatch score 59

as Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan

The Secret of Convict Lake
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
GoodWatch score 65

as Granny

1940s

12 titles ยท average score 69
Pinky
Pinky (1949)
GoodWatch score 68

as Miss Em

The Red Danube
The Red Danube (1949)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia')

The Great Sinner
The Great Sinner (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

as Grandmother Ostrovsky

That Midnight Kiss
That Midnight Kiss (1949)
GoodWatch score 56

as Abigail Trent Budell

Portrait of Jennie
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
GoodWatch score 85

as Miss Spinney

Moonrise
Moonrise (1948)
GoodWatch score 83

as Grandma

Night Song
Night Song (1948)
GoodWatch score 63

as Miss Willey

The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
GoodWatch score 87

as Agatha Morley

Moss Rose
Moss Rose (1947)
GoodWatch score 66

as Lady Margaret Drego

The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case (1947)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lady Sophie Horfield

The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mrs. Warren

None But the Lonely Heart
None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
GoodWatch score 60

as Ma Mott

1930s

1 title ยท average score 52
Rasputin and the Empress
Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
GoodWatch score 52

as Czarina Alexandra

1920s

1 title ยท average score 43
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
GoodWatch score 43

as Olympe

1910s

14 titles
The Divorcee
The Divorcee (1919)

as Lady Frederick Berolles

Our Mrs. McChesney
Our Mrs. McChesney (1918)

as Emma McChesney

National Red Cross Pageant
National Red Cross Pageant (1917)

as Flanders / Belgium - Flemish & Final episodes

The White Raven
The White Raven (1917)

as Nan Baldwin

The Lifted Veil
The Lifted Veil (1917)

as Clorinda Gildersleeve

The Call of Her People
The Call of Her People (1917)

as Egypt

The Greatest Power
The Greatest Power (1917)

as Miriam Monroe

An American Widow
An American Widow (1917)

as Elizabeth Carter

The Eternal Mother
The Eternal Mother (1917)

as Maris

The Kiss of Hate
The Kiss of Hate (1916)

as Nadia Turgeneff

The Awakening of Helena Ritchie
The Awakening of Helena Ritchie (1916)

as Helena Richie

The Nightingale
The Nightingale (1914)

as Isola Franti - 'The Nightingale'