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She was the grandmother through Georgie of John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore. Her other grandchildren were Georgie Drew Mendum, Edmund Mendum, Louise Drew, and S. Rankin Drew. She is the great-great-grandmother of Drew Barrymore. In May 1895, the aged Mrs Drew appeared in an all-star revival of Sheridan's The Rivals.
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul. He is well known for the role of the villainous Henry Potter in Frank Capra’s 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life. Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of actors ...
Mar 30, 2023 · Drew Barrymore. Drew Barrymore was born in Culver City, Calif., into a revered acting family that includes, among many others, her grandfather John Barrymore. She started performing in commercials before her first birthday. At age 6, she was chosen by director Steven Spielberg to co-star as Gertie in “E.T.: The Extraterrestrial.”.
Jul 7, 2022 · Drew Barrymore comes from a family of actors that not only includes her famous relatives—her great-aunt Ethel Barrymore, her great-uncle Lionel Barrymore and her grandfather John Barrymore—but stretches back at least 400 years to her fourth great-grandfather Thomas Haycraft Lane and fourth great-grandmother Louisa …
Apr 24, 2024 · Lionel Barrymore (born April 28, 1878, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died November 15, 1954, Van Nuys, California) was an American stage, film, and radio actor who forged a career as one of the most important character actors of the early 20th century. Perhaps the least flamboyant member of the Barrymore acting family, he was best known to ...
Barrymore. Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blyth (21 September 1849 [1] – 25 March 1905), [2] known professionally by his stage name Maurice Barrymore, was an Indian-born British stage actor. He is the patriarch of the Barrymore acting family, and the father of John, Lionel and Ethel. [3]
Born in Culver City, California to John Drew Barrymore and Jaid Barrymore, the clutches of fame were near inescapable for young Drew, her father being a member of the esteemed showbiz dynasty fronted by stage star Maurice Barrymore, his thespian wife Georgiana and their three children: Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, and John Barrymore.
