Ethel Mae (Blythe) Barrymore (1879 - 1959)

Born 15 Aug 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Russell Griswold Colt — married 14 Mar 1909 (to 1923) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died 18 Jun 1959 at age 79 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Scott Fulkerson [send private message]

Biography

Ethel (Blythe) Barrymore is Notable.

Ethel Barrymore, once regarded as the "First Lady of the American Theatre," was an actress whose career spanned six decades.

Born in 1879 in Philadelphia, she was the second child of actors Maurice Blythe and Georgiana Drew. In 1909 she married Russell Griswold Colt. They had three children, Samuel, Ethel and John, before divorcing in 1923.

She died in 1959 at her home in Hollywood.

Sources

• Ethel Barrymore article on Wikipedia
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N48K-2VD : 10 March 2021), Russell Griswold Colt and Ethel Blyth, 14 Mar 1909; citing Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,510.
• "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WZQ-77Z : 11 February 2018), Ethel Barrymore Colt in entry for Samuel Colt, 28 Nov 1909; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 59004 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,992,847.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M532-8HZ : accessed 12 December 2021), Ethel Colt in household of Russell G Colt, Manhattan Ward 21, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1265, sheet 3A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1037; FHL microfilm 1,375,050.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJBG-T49 : 2 February 2021), Ethel Colt in entry for Russell Colt, 1920.
• National Postal Museum https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-4-theatre-and-dance-a-family-affair/ethel-barrymore

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.