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Dolores Costello is a Actor American born on 17 september 1903 at Pittsburgh (USA)

Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello
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Nationality USA
Birth 17 september 1903 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 1 march 1979 (at 75 years) at Fallbrook (USA)

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.

Biography

Fille du couple d'acteurs Mae et Maurice Costello, elle apparaît dans de nombreux films tout au long des années 1910 et au début des années 1920, surtout aux côtés de son père et de sa sœur Helene. Elle monte sur les planches avec sa sœur en 1924 à New York, dans la pièce George White Scandals. Les deux actrices sont remarquées par la Warner Bros. qui les prend sous contrat. L'acteur maison John Barrymore la choisit comme partenaire dans The Sea Beast en 1926. Ils se marient en 1928 et ont deux enfants, DeDe en 1931 et John Drew, l'année suivante. Dolores se retire alors des écrans pour élever ses enfants. Sa sœur et son mari, l'acteur Lowell Sherman, finissent pourtant par la convaincre de divorcer de son mari, alcoolique, en 1935.

Après son divorce, l'actrice participe à quelques grosses productions comme Le Petit Lord Fauntleroy en 1936, mais elle s'arrête rapidement à cause des ravages que le maquillage utilisé au début de sa carrière a causé à sa peau.

Elle se remarie en 1939 avec John Vruwink dont elle divorce en 1950 et vit dans son ranch californien où elle vit en recluse jusqu'à sa mort.

Best films

This Is the Army (1943)
(Actress)

Usually with

Hal Mohr
Hal Mohr
(6 films)
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dolores Costello (34 films)

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Actress

This Is the Army, 2h1
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Charles Butterworth, Alan Hale, Dolores Costello
Roles Mrs. Davidson
Rating58% 2.901232.901232.901232.901232.90123
In World War I song-and-dance man Jerry Jones (George Murphy) is drafted into the US Army, where he stages a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank. It is a rousing success, but one night during the show orders are received to leave immediately for France: instead of the finale, the troops march up the aisles through the audience, out the theater's main entrance and into a convoy of waiting trucks. Among the teary, last minute goodbyes Jones kisses his newlywed bride Ethel (Rosemary DeCamp) farewell.
The Magnificent Ambersons, 1h28
Directed by Orson Welles, Robert Wise, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins
Roles Isabel Amberson Minafer
Rating75% 3.7972953.7972953.7972953.7972953.797295
The Ambersons are by far the wealthiest family in the small midwestern city of Indianapolis. It is the turn of the 20th century, and life is peaceful. Eugene Morgan as a young man courts Isabel Amberson, but she rejects him even though she loves him. Isabel instead marries Wilbur Minafer, a passionless man she does not love. They have a child, George, whom she spoils and who becomes the terror of the town.
Outside These Walls, 1h
Directed by Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films
Actors Dolores Costello, Virginia Weidler, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, Selmer Jackson, Don Beddoe, Mary Forbes
Roles Margaret Bronson
Rating73% 3.6879853.6879853.6879853.6879853.687985
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.
King of the Turf
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Dolores Costello, Walter Abel, William Demarest, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Harold Huber
Roles Eve Barnes
Rating50% 2.5405752.5405752.5405752.5405752.540575
Jim Mason was once a distinguished figure in the sport of horse racing, but his reputation was ruined by a crooked race that caused the death of a horse and a jockey. He becomes an alcoholic and a drifter, forgotten by all.
Breaking the Ice, 1h21
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre
Actors Bobby Breen, Charles Ruggles, Dolores Costello, Robert Barrat, John King, Billy Gilbert
Roles Martha Martin
Rating51% 2.584862.584862.584862.584862.58486
Breaking The Ice begins while Tommy Martin ( Bobby Breen ) and his mother, Martha Martin (Dolores Costello) say goodbye to Henry and Reuben Johnson ( John 'Dusty' King and Delmar Watson ). After having stopped by the Mennonite farm, where Tommy and Martha stay with the William and Annie Decker ( Robert Barrat and Dorothy Peterson ), the Johnsons are headed back to their hometown of Goshen. That night over dinner, Tommy, Martha and the Decker’s discuss the possibility of Tommy and Martha returning to their home in Kansas to work their farm, having fully recovered from the death of Mr. Marti. William Decker does not wish to allow them to return without the help of a man on the farm. Tommy suggests that Henry Johnson would be happy to assist. Mrs. Decker agrees that Henry had displayed affections for Martha while he was at the farm. It is decided that in order to get both Tommy and Martha home, $92 would be needed in order to pay the train fare home. To Martha’s dismay, William writes Henry for the $92 if he wishes to marry Martha and send her home. Henry is to respond with a letter detailing his answer. William gives the letter to Tommy, who is to mail it when he is through with his chores. Instead, Tommy tears the letter up and does not send it.
Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1h38
Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, C. Aubrey Smith, Henry Stephenson, Mickey Rooney, Constance Collier
Roles 'Dearest' Erroll
Rating72% 3.6430453.6430453.6430453.6430453.643045
Young Cedric "Ceddie" Errol (Freddie Bartholomew) and his widowed mother, whom he calls "Dearest" (Dolores Costello), live frugally in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's prejudiced English grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt (C. Aubrey Smith), had long ago disowned his son for marrying an American.
Expensive Women
Directed by Hobart Henley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dolores Costello, H. B. Warner, Warren William, Anthony Bushell, George Irving, Billy House
Roles Constance 'Connie' Newton
Rating54% 2.714272.714272.714272.714272.71427
Second Choice, 1h7
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dolores Costello, Chester Morris, Jack Mulhall, Edna Murphy, Ethlyne Clair, Charlotte Merriam
Roles Vallery Grove

Vallery Grove (Costello) is in love with Don Warren (Morris), but her mother opposes the match because he is poor and has no social standing. Don decides to terminate his engagement to Vallery after attending a party where he meets a spoiled rich girl who is interested in him.