Colt, Ethel Barrymore (1912–1977)

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Colt, Ethel Barrymore (1912–1977)

American actress and singer. Name variations: Ethel Miglietta. Born April 30, 1912; died May 22, 1977, in New York, NY; dau. of Ethel Barrymore (actress) and Russell Griswold Colt; m. Romeo Miglietta (petroleum executive); children: John Drew Miglietta (actor).

Made professional debut at 18 in a supporting role opposite her mother in Scarlet Sister Mary (1930); also appeared in George White's Scandals, Under Glass, Laura Garnett, L'Aiglon, London Assurance, Orchids Preferred, Whiteoaks, Come of Age, Curtains Up!, Take It from the Top, A Madrigal of Shakespeare and was featured as Christine Crane in Stephen Sondheim's long-running Follies (1971).

See also Women in World History.

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