1. Dolores Costello was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies.
15 Facts About Dolores Costello
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Dolores Costello was nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen" by her first husband, the actor John Barrymore.
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Dolores Costello was the mother of John Drew Barrymore and grandmother of actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore.
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Dolores Costello was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of actors Maurice Costello and Mae Costello.
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Dolores Costello had a younger sister, Helene, and the two made their early film appearances from 1909 to 1915 as child actresses for the Vitagraph Film Company.
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In 1926, following small parts in feature films, Dolores Costello was selected by John Barrymore to star with him in The Sea Beast, a loose adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, after which Warner soon began starring her in her own vehicles.
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Dolores 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.
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Dolores Costello's acting career became less of 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.
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Dolores Costello's 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.
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Dolores Costello resumed her career a year later and achieved some successes, most notably in Little Lord Fauntleroy, and The Magnificent Ambersons.
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Dolores Costello retired permanently from acting following her appearance in This Is the Army, again under the direction of Michael Curtiz.
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Dolores Costello spent the remaining years of her life in semi-seclusion, managing an avocado farm.
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Dolores Costello has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to motion pictures at 1645 Vine Street.
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Dolores Costello appeared as a child actress in many films made from 1909 to 1915.
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Dolores Costello restarted her movie career in 1923 after spending several years modeling in New York.