Dolores Costello
| Dolores Costello | |
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June 1926 photograph
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| Born |
September 17, 1903 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 1979 (aged 75) Fallbrook, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1909–1943 |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. John Vruwink (m.1939-1950; divorced) John Barrymore (m.1928-1934; divorced) (2 children) |
| Children |
John Drew Barrymore Dolores Ethel Mae Barrymore (b. 1930) |
| Parent(s) |
Maurice Costello Mae Costello |
Dolores Costello (September 17, 1903 – March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. She was nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen". She was stepmother of John Barrymore's daughter Diana, by his second wife Blanche Oelrichs, the mother of John Drew Barrymore and Dolores (Dee Dee) Barrymore, and the grandmother of John Barrymore III, Blyth Dolores Barrymore, Brahma Blyth (Jessica) Barrymore, and Drew Barrymore.
Dolores Costello was born in Pittsburgh, the daughter of actors Maurice Costello and Mae Costello (née Mae Altschuk). She was of Irish and German descent. She and her younger sister, Helene, made their first film appearances in the years 1909–1915 as child actresses for the Vitagraph Film Company. They played supporting roles in several films starring their father, who was a popular matinee idol at the time. Dolores Costello's earliest listed credit on the IMDb is in the role of a fairy in a 1909 adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The two sisters appeared on Broadway together as chorines and their success resulted in contracts with Warner Brothers Studios. In 1926, following small parts in feature films, she was selected by John Barrymore to star opposite him in The Sea Beast, a loose adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. Warner Bros. soon began starring her in her own vehicles. Meanwhile, she and Barrymore became romantically involved and married in 1928.
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