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Ethel Barrymore
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- Actress
In short · Acted for 10 decades — 38 credits, 2 Academy Award wins.
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- Award win
Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress
- Award win
Academy Awards — Oscar — Actress in a Supporting Role
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Actor
37 credits
Johnny Trouble(1957)
Katherine Chandler AKA Nana
Film
Young at Heart(1954)
Aunt Jessie Tuttle
Film
The Story of Three Loves(1953)
Hazel Pennicott (segment: Mademoiselle)
Film
Main Street to Broadway(1953)
Ethel Barrymore
Film
Deadline - U.S.A.(1952)
Margaret Garrison
Film
Just for You(1952)
Alida De Bronkhart
Film
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology(1951)
Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan
Film
Kind Lady(1951)
Mary Herries
Film
The Secret of Convict Lake(1951)
Granny
Film
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story(1951)
Actor
Film
Pinky(1949)
Miss Em
Film
The Red Danube(1949)
The Mother Superior - Mother Auxilia
Film
That Midnight Kiss(1949)
Abigail Trent Budell
Film
The Great Sinner(1949)
Grandmother
Film
Moonrise(1948)
Grandma
Film
Portrait of Jennie(1948)
Miss Spinney
Film
Night Song(1947)
Miss Willey
Film
The Farmer's Daughter(1947)
Mrs. Morley
Film
Moss Rose(1947)
Lady Margaret Drego
Film
The Paradine Case(1947)
Lady Sophie Horfield
Film
The Spiral Staircase(1946)
Mrs. Warren
Film
None But the Lonely Heart(1944)
Ma Mott
Film
Rasputin and the Empress(1932)
The Czarina
Film
The Divorcee(1919)
Lady Frederick Berolles
Film
Our Mrs. McChesney(1918)
Emma McChesney
Film
The Call of Her People(1917)
Egypt
Film
The White Raven(1917)
Nan Baldwin
Film
An American Widow(1917)
Elizabeth Carter
Film
The Eternal Mother(1917)
Maris
Film
The Greatest Power(1917)
Miriam Monroe
Film
Awards & Nominations
2 wins · 6 nominationsAcademy Award
- Nom1950Best Supporting Actress
- Nom1948Best Supporting Actress
- Nom1947Best Supporting Actress
- Won1945Best Supporting Actress
More awards & festivals (4) — regional academies & film-festival prizes
Academy Awards
- Nom1949Oscar — Actress in a Supporting Role
- Nom1947Oscar — Actress in a Supporting Role
- Nom1946Oscar — Actress in a Supporting Role
- Won1944Oscar — Actress in a Supporting Role
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Additional credits1Show
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- Classified XSelf · 2007
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