Dolores Costello


Dolores Costello 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 Barrymores daughter Diana, by his second wife Blanche Oelrichs, the mother of John Drew Barrymore and Dolores Barrymore, and the grandmother of John Barrymore III, Blyth Dolores Barrymore, Brahma Blyth Barrymore, and Drew Barrymore.

Dolores Costello was born in Pittsburgh, the daughter of actors Maurice Costello and Mae Costello . She was of Irish and German descent. She and her younger sister, Helene, made their first film appearances in the years 19091915 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 Costellos earliest listed credit on the IMDb is in the role of a fairy in a 1909 adaptation of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream.

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