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Table of contents What's This?
  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Biography
  • Arrangement of the Collection
  • Indexing terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Abstract: The collection contains clippings, correspondence, financial papers, a contract, material regarding Ethel Barrymore's autobiography, a caricature, a lithograph of a drawing by Lionel Barrymore, and disc recordings of a 1949 radio tribute to Ethel Barrymore.
    Collector: Barrymore, Ethel
    Dates: 1946-1976
    Dates: 1946-1956
    Collection number: 393
    Collection Size: 1 linear ft. of papers
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Ethel Barrymore papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Eleanore Phillips Colt, 1995.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The collection contains clippings, correspondence, financial papers, a contract, material regarding Ethel Barrymore's autobiography, a caricature, a lithograph of a drawing by Lionel Barrymore, and disc recordings of a 1949 radio tribute to Ethel Barrymore.

    Biography

    Ethel Barrymore was an American actress. She was nominated for four Academy Awards, and received an Oscar for best supporting actress for NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART (1944).

    Indexing terms

    Barrymore, Ethel
    Actresses