Mother of actor John Drew Barrymore and Delores Ethyl Mae (DeeDee) Barrymore.
Spoke with a severe lisp until about 1930. When talkies replaced silent
films, she worked with a speech pathologist for almost two years to get
rid of her lisp.
WAMPAS Baby Star award winner for 1926
Grandmother of Blyth Dolores Barrymore and Jessica Barrymore (John's daughters), and Tony Barrymore (DeeDee's child).