page_title: Ethel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio
section_title: Filmography
hierarchical_section_title: Ethel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio / Filmography
caption_attribution_description: English: Promotional still from the 1944 film None but the Lonely Heart, published in New Movies, the National Board of Review Magazine
context_page_description: Ethel Barrymore was an American actress of stage, screen and radio. She came from a family of actors; she was the middle child of Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore, and had two brothers, Lionel and John. Reluctant to pursue her parents' career, the loss of financial support following the death of Louisa Lane Drew, caused Barrymore to give up her dream of becoming a concert pianist and instead earn a living on the stage. Barrymore's first Broadway role, alongside her uncle John Drew, Jr., was in The Imprudent Young Couple. She soon found success, particularly after an invitation from William Gillette to appear on stage in his 1897 London production of Secret Service. Barrymore was soon popular with English society, and she had a number of romantic suitors, including Laurence Irving, the dramatist. His father, Henry Irving, cast her in The Bells and Peter the Great.
  On her return to America in 1898, Barrymore was lauded by the press and public and, under Charles Frohman's management, she appeared in Catherine and Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines on Broadway. The latter play was a success, and Barrymore received particular praise.
caption: Barrymore and Cary Grant in the 1944 film None but the Lonely Heart
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