BARRYMORE, ETHEL ), American actress, was born on Aug. 15, 1879 in Philadelphia (Pa.), and was edu cated at the convent of Notre Dame in that city. She made her debut in 1896 in the company of her uncle, John Drew. In 1897 she first appeared in England in Secret Service, and in 1898 with Sir Henry Irving's company in The Bells and Peter the Great. She was first starred by Charles Frohman in Captain finks in 1900, and became one of the leading actresses in the United States, appearing in, among other plays, A Doll's House (1905), Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire (1906), Captain finks (19o7), Mid-Channel (1910), Declasse (1922), The Second Mrs. Ta;,queray (1924), Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice (1925-26), and The Con stant Wife (1926).
Her brother JOHN BARRYMORE (1882— ), first appeared on the stage in Magda in 1903. He appeared in The Jest (1919), Richard III. (192o), and Hamlet (1923). He repeated Hamlet at the Haymarket Theatre, London (1925). He also achieved success as a film actor.
Another brother, LIONEL BARRYMORE (1878— ), made his first appearance in 1893 in The Rivals, his grandmother, Mrs. John Drew, taking the part of Mrs. Malaprop, and he has had a successful career on both stage and screen.