Dolores Costello
Delores Costello, June 1926
Born	September 17, 1905 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	March 1, 1979 Fallbrook, California

Dolores Costello (September 17, 1905 – March 1, 1979)^[1] 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 the mother of John Drew Barrymore, and grandmother of Drew Barrymore. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 414 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1036 × 1499 pixel, file size: 122 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Date June 1926 (written on negative) Author Bain News Service Permission (Reusing this image) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... “Pittsburgh” redirects here. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Fallbrook is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern San Diego County, California. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress and film producer, the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors. ...

Early years

Costello was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of actors Maurice Costello and the former Mae Altschuk. Dolores 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's A Midsummer Night's Dream. “Pittsburgh” redirects here. ... Maurice Costello (February 22, 1877 - October 28, 1950) was an American actor and director. ... Sister of actress Dolores Costello, and a minor actress in her own right. ... American Vitagraph was a United States movie studio, founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 and bought by Warner Brothers in 1925. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... For other uses, see Adaptation (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see A Midsummer Nights Dream (disambiguation). ...

Film career

The two sisters appeared on Broadway together and their success resulted in contracts with Warner Brothers Studios. In 1926, after several small parts in feature films, Dolores Costello starred opposite John Barrymore in The Sea Beast, a loose adatation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. Warner Bros. soon began starring her in her own vehicles. Meanwhile, she and Barrymore became romantically involved and, after a two year affair, married in 1928. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. ... // August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. ... John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 29, 1942 in Los Angeles, California), was an American actor. ... This Silent Screen adaptation of Moby-Dick features John Barrymore in action as Captain Ahab Cooley who is, much like the book on which it was based, is on a monomanical hunt for Herman Melvilles great white whale. ... Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. ... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ... “WB” redirects here. ... John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 29, 1942 in Los Angeles, California), was an American actor. ...

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, and 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." The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932. ...

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Warners alternated Costello between films with cotemporary settings and elaborate costume dramas. In 1927 she was re-teamed with John Barrymore in When a Man Loves, an adatation of Manon Lescaut. In 1929 she co-starred with George O'Brien in Noah's Ark, a part-talkie epic directed by Michael Curtiz. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 29, 1942 in Los Angeles, California), was an American actor. ... Cover of a recent translation of Manon Lescaut. ... George OBrien, right, with actor Johnny Weissmuller. ... Noah’s Ark is a 1929 American early romantic Melodrama disaster film directed by Michael Curtiz and written by Darryl F. Zanuck. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director. ...

Costello spoke with a lisp (something that her granddaughter, Drew Barrymore has seemed to inherit), 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, however, became less a priority for her following the birth of her first child and she retired from the screen in 1931 to devote time to her family. However her marriage to John Barrymore proved to be a difficult one due to his increasing alcoholism, and they divorced in 1935. A lisp is a speech impediment. ... “WB” redirects here. ... The Show of Shows 1929 is an All-Talking musical revue that was photographed entirely in Technicolor (except for two brief black and white sequences). ... John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 29, 1942 in Los Angeles, California), was an American actor. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ...

Costello 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. Little Lord Fauntleroy is a sentimental childrens novel by American (English-born) author Frances Hodgson Burnett, serialized in St. ... See also: 1935 in film 1936 1937 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon September 28 - The Marx Brothers Harpo Marx marries actress Susan Fleming Top grossing films in North America Red River Valley Academy Awards Best Picture: The Great... The Magnificent Ambersons is an American film released in 1942 and directed by Orson Welles, his second film. ... See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ... This Is the Army is a 1943 American motion picture produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, and directed by Michael Curtiz. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director. ...

Later years

In 1939, she married Dr. John Vruwink, her obstetrician, but they divorced in 1950. Costello spent the remaining years of her life in semi-seclusion, managing an avocado farm. Her film career was largely ruined by the destructive effects of early film makeup, which ravaged her complexion too severely to camouflage. Her final film was This Is the Army (1943).

Shortly before her death, she agreed to be interviewed for the documentary series Hollywood discussing her film career. She died from emphysema in Fallbrook, California, in 1979, and was interred in the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles. Her interview scenes were broadcast posthumously in 1980. Hollywood, also known as Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film was a documentary series produced in 1980 which discussed the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and its impact on 1920s culture. ... Fallbrook is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern San Diego County, California. ... The Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, located at 4201 E. Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles, California. ... The year 1980 in film involved some significant events. ...

Dolores Costello has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1645 Vine Street. Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

Filmography

Child roles

Dolores Costello appeared as a child actress in many films made between 1909 and 1915 . Among them are:

• 1909: A Midsummer Night's Dream

• 1910: The Telephone

• 1911: Consuming Love, or St. Valentine's Day in Greenaway Land A Geranium; The Child Crusoes; His Sister's Children; A Reformed Santa Claus; Some Good in All

• 1912: Captain Jenks' Dilemma; The Meeting of the Ways; For the Honor of the Family; She Never Knew; Lulu's Doctor; The Troublesome Step-Daughters; The Money Kings; A Juvenile Love Affair; Wanted ... a Grandmother; Vultures and Doves; Her Grandchild; Captain Barnacle's Legacy; Bobby's Father; The Irony of Fate; The Toymaker; Ida's Christmas

• 1913: A Birthday Gift; The Hindoo Charm; In the Shadow; Fellow Voyagers

• 1914: Some Steamer Scooping; Etta of the Footlights; Too Much Burglar

• 1915: The Evil Men Do

Adult roles

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References

1. ^ Motion Picture Performers. A bibliography of magazine and periodical articles, 1900-1969. Compiled by Mel Schuster. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1971.

External links

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