Past Broadway Stars Ethel Barrymore: Born in Philadelphia 1879. She was daughter of Maurice and Georgianna Drew Barrymore, sister of John and Lionel, and niece of John Drew. Her first performance on the stage was with her grandmother, Louis Drew in 'The Rivals' starring Joseph Jefferson, in Montreal, Canada. Later in New York she played with her uncle, John Drew. Her first staring Vehicles were Ibsen's 'Doll House' in 1905, and in Barrie's 'Alice Sit by the Fire', in 1906.