#Dolores Barrymore

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Dolores Costello - The Goddess of the Silent Screen

Dolores Costello (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 17, 1903) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. Her silent film career developed to the degree that she had acquired the title, “The Goddess of the Silver Screen," for her delicate beauty.

The actress was the daughter of actors Mae Costello and Maurice Costello a leading matinee idol and early screen star. She had a younger sister, Helene, and the two made their early film appearances as child actresses for the Vitagraph Film Company. They then appeared on Broadway, which resulted in contracts with Warner Bros. Pictures in 1924.

In 1926, following small parts in feature films, Costello was handpicked to star with him in The Sea Beast, a loose adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

Her acting career became less a priority following the birth of her first child in 1930. She resumed her career in 1936, a year after her divorce and achieved some successes, most notably in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). She retired permanently in 1943.

She died from emphysema in Fallbrook Hospital. She was 73 years old and had been living at her avocado farm in Fallbrook, California.

Legacy:

Named as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926

Won the Photoplay Awards - Best Performances of the Month in March 1926

Is the paternal grandmother of famous Hollywood actress, Drew Barrymore

Is the namesake of one half of America's most popular comedy duo, Abbot and Costello

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1645 Vine Street for motion picture

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Dolores Barrymore (Costello) -

September 17, 1903 – March 1, 1979.

Grandmother of Drew Barrymore.

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To Have and Have Not

John Barrymore’s kids (Dolores and John Drew (Drew’s father) visit Humphrey Bogart on the set of To Have and Have Not (1944)

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John Barrymore and Dolores Costello in When a Man Loves (Alan Crosland, 1927)

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Newlyweds John Barrymore and Dolores Costello in 1928. They were together until 1934.

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Dolores Costello, Drew Barrymore’s grandmother. This photo was taken in the 20s when she was nicknamed “The Goddess of Silent Screen”.

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When a Man Loves 1927

Starring John Barrymore and Dolores Costello

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When a Man Loves, 1927.

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John Barrymore, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles at the premiere of Citizen Kane, 1941

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When A Man Loves (1927)

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Dolores Costello-John Barrymore "Los amores de Manón" (When a man loves) 1927, de Alan Crosland.

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Silent movie star, Dolores Costello. Drew Barrymore's grandmother (1928)

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Director Millard Webb and his crew watch John Barrymore and Dolores Costello play a love scene on set of THE SEA BEAST (1926).