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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, Pennsylvania, the daughter of actors Maurice Costello and Mae Costello (née Altschuk). She was of Irish and German descent. She had a younger sister, Helene, and the two 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.
The two sisters appeared on Broadway together as chlorines 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.
Within a few years of achieving stardom, the delicately beautiful blonde-haired actress had become a successful and highly regarded film personality in her own right. As a young adult her career developed to the degree that in 1926 she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star, and had acquired the nickname "The Goddess of the Silver Screen".
Warners alternated Costello between films with contemporary settings and elaborate costume dramas. In 1927 she was re-teamed with John Barrymore in When a Man Loves, an adaptation of Manon Lescaut. In 1928 she co-starred with George O'Brien in Noah's Ark, a part-talkie epic directed by Michael Curtiz.
Costello spoke with a lisp and found it difficult to make the transition to talking pictures, but after two years of voice coaching she was comfortable speaking before a microphone. One of her early sound film appearances was with her sister Helene in Warner Bros.'s all-star extravaganza The Show of Shows (1929).
Her acting career became less a priority for her following the birth of her first child, Dolores Ethel Mae "DeeDee" Barrymore, on April 8, 1930, and she retired from the screen in 1931 to devote time to her family. Her second child, John Drew Barrymore, was born on June 4, 1932, but the marriage proved difficult due to her husband's increasing alcoholism, and they divorced in 1935.
She resumed her career a year later and achieved some successes, most notably in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). She retired permanently from acting following her appearance in This is the Army (1943), again under the direction of Michael Curtiz.
In 1950 Costello divorced Dr. John Vruwink, whom she had married in 1939. She spent the remaining years of her life in semi-seclusion, managing an avocado farm.
She died from emphysema in Fallbrook, California in 1979.
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Filmography (Movies)
Paris Hilton, Inc.
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/11/2009
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/06/1990
Magic Movie Moments
Character:
Release Date:26/12/1953
The Golden Twenties
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/04/1950
This Is the Army
Character:Mrs. Davidson
Release Date:14/08/1943
The Magnificent Ambersons
Character:Isabel Amberson Minafer
Release Date:10/07/1942
Outside These Walls
Character:Margaret Bronson
Release Date:04/05/1939
Whispering Enemies
Character:Laura Crandall
Release Date:24/03/1939
King of the Turf
Character:Eve Barnes
Release Date:17/02/1939
Breaking the Ice
Character:Martha Martin
Release Date:22/09/1938
The Beloved Brat
Character:Helen Cosgrove
Release Date:30/04/1938
Yours for the Asking
Character:Lucille Sutton
Release Date:23/07/1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Character:'Dearest' Erroll
Release Date:06/03/1936
Expensive Women
Character:Constance 'Connie' Newton
Release Date:24/10/1931
Second Choice
Character:Vallery Grove
Release Date:04/01/1930
The Show of Shows
Character:Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Release Date:21/11/1929
Hearts in Exile
Character:Vera Zuanova
Release Date:14/09/1929
Madonna of Avenue A
Character:Maria Morton
Release Date:21/06/1929
Glad Rag Doll
Character:Annabel Lee
Release Date:04/05/1929
The Redeeming Sin
Character:Joan Billaire
Release Date:16/02/1929
Noah's Ark
Character:Marie / Miriam
Release Date:01/11/1928
Glorious Betsy
Character:Betsy Patterson
Release Date:25/04/1928
Tenderloin
Character:Rose Shannon
Release Date:14/03/1928
The Circus: Premiere
Character:Self
Release Date:13/01/1928
The College Widow
Character:Jane Witherspoon
Release Date:15/10/1927
Old San Francisco
Character:Dolores Vasquez
Release Date:04/09/1927
When a Man Loves
Character:Manon Lescaut
Release Date:21/08/1927
The Heart of Maryland
Character:Maryland Calvert
Release Date:13/07/1927
A Million Bid
Character:Dorothy Gordon
Release Date:27/05/1927
The Third Degree
Character:Annie Daly
Release Date:01/12/1926
The Little Irish Girl
Character:Dot Walker
Release Date:06/03/1926
Bride of the Storm
Character:Faith Fitzhugh
Release Date:20/02/1926
The Sea Beast
Character:Esther Harper
Release Date:15/01/1926
Mannequin
Character:Joan Herrick
Release Date:11/01/1926
Bobbed Hair
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:25/10/1925
Greater Than a Crown
Character:Isabel Frances / Princess of Lividia
Release Date:12/07/1925
Lawful Larceny
Character:Nora the maid
Release Date:22/07/1923
The Glimpses of the Moon
Character:Secondary Role
Release Date:25/03/1923
The Heart of Jim Brice
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1915
The Evil Men Do
Character:David - as a Little Boy
Release Date:19/01/1915
Too Much Burglar
Character:
Release Date:19/11/1914
Etta of the Footlights
Character:
Release Date:23/05/1914
Some Steamer Scooping
Character:The Little Stowaway
Release Date:12/02/1914
Fellow Voyagers
Character:Little Dolores Gray
Release Date:26/11/1913
In the Shadow
Character:Neighbor Girl
Release Date:28/10/1913
The Hindoo Charm
Character:Dolores Tilbury - the Older Child
Release Date:17/09/1913
A Birthday Gift
Character:
Release Date:18/03/1913
Ida's Christmas
Character:Ida - the Little Smith Girl
Release Date:24/12/1912
Song of the Shell
Character:Little Bess M.
Release Date:13/12/1912
The Toymaker
Character:Little Dot Avery
Release Date:24/10/1912
The Irony of Fate
Character:Fourth Child
Release Date:28/09/1912
Bobby's Father
Character:Bobby Ramsay
Release Date:23/09/1912
Captain Barnacle's Legacy
Character:Ruth - Barnacle's Adopted Daughter
Release Date:04/09/1912
Her Grandchild
Character:Little Janet - the Grandchild
Release Date:19/08/1912
Vultures and Doves
Character:Mrs. Hanley's Little Girl
Release Date:14/08/1912
Wanted... a Grandmother
Character:
Release Date:09/08/1912
A Juvenile Love Affair
Character:Jane - Alvin's Sweetheart
Release Date:30/07/1912
The Money Kings
Character:
Release Date:15/07/1912
The Troublesome Step-Daughters
Character:
Release Date:06/07/1912
Lulu's Doctor
Character:Lulu
Release Date:09/06/1912
She Never Knew
Character:Mr. Blinn's Granddaughter
Release Date:02/04/1912
For the Honor of the Family
Character:Alice - the Child
Release Date:27/01/1912
The Meeting of the Ways
Character:One of Tom's Children
Release Date:12/01/1912
Captain Jenks' Dilemma
Character:One of Widow Brown's Children
Release Date:08/01/1912
Some Good in All
Character:Betty Lane - John's Daughter
Release Date:25/12/1911
A Reformed Santa Claus
Character:The Widow's 1st Child
Release Date:22/12/1911
His Sister's Children
Character:Buster aka Budge
Release Date:26/09/1911
The Child Crusoes
Character:
Release Date:13/09/1911
The Geranium
Character:
Release Date:15/07/1911
Consuming Love; or, St. Valentine's Day in Greenaway Land
Character:
Release Date:14/02/1911
The Telephone
Character:Daughter
Release Date:29/10/1910
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Fairy
Release Date:25/12/1909
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