Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello is the grandmother of actress Drew Barrymore. She died from ovarian cancer in Westport, Connecticut. Dolores Costello has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1645 Vine Street. Her last significant film role was in Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). Her interview scenes were broadcast posthumously in 1980. An advocate of method acting Dennis was often described as neurotic and mannered in her performances, with many critics stating her style was better suited for the stage rather than the screen. Dennis also placed a higher priority on her stage work. She died from emphysema in Fallbrook, California in 1979. She followed this with well-received performances in Up the Down Staircase (1967), The Fox (1967), Sweet November (1968) and The Out-of-Towners (1970).

Shortly before her death, she agreed to be interviewed for the documentary series Hollywood discussing her film career. Born in Hastings, Nebraska, Dennis made her television debut in 1956 in The Guiding Light and her film debut in Splendor in the Grass (1961), however she was more committed to following a career in theater. She won consecutive Tony Awards for her performances in A Thousand Clowns and Any Wednesday, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). She retired in 1943. Sandra (Sandy) Dale Dennis (April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an American theater and film actress. Costello attempted to resume her career and achieved some successes, most notably in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). Her acting career became less of a priority for her following the birth of her children, however her marriage to Barrymore proved to be a difficult one due to his increasing alcoholism, and they were divorced in 1935.

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. In 1926 she starred along with John Barrymore in The Sea Beast and after a two year affair, the couple married in 1928. By the mid twenties, she had become a successful and highly regarded film personality in her own right, and as a young adult her career developed to the degree that in 1926 she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star, and had acquired the name "The Goddess of the Silver Screen". The two sisters appeared on Broadway together and their success resulted in contracts with Warner Brothers Studios.

She made her first film appearances, along with her sister Helene, as a child in her father's films. Costello was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of actors Maurice and Mae Costello. Dolores Costello (September 17, 1903 - March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies.