Doris Rankin

The couple lived for an extended period in Paris, France returning to the United States about 1910. Barrymore studied music and painting while he was there. Doris bore Lionel two daughters, Ethel and Mary. Both girls died in infancy though Mary lived a number of months. Lionel was deeply affected by the loss of his two daughters and never truly got over it. Most likely the girls' deaths played a part in the eventual end of Lionel and Doris's marriage.

In 1925 Rankin played in the vaudeville production of Harry Wagstaff Gribble's How Do You Know?

Rankin's film debut came as Mrs. Shanks in The Copperhead (1920) with her husband in the title role. The Copperhead had been a great success for Lionel and Doris as a play on the Broadway stage. She followed this role with performances in The Devil's Garden (1920), The Great Adventure (1921), Jim the Penman (1921), and Lena Rivers (1925). She continued in motion pictures into the era of sound films. Her last credited role came in Society Smugglers (1939). Read Less