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Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra 's 1946 film It's ...
Lionel Barrymore. Actor: You Can't Take It with You. Famed actor, composer, artist, author and director. His talents extended to the authoring of the novel "Mr. Cartonwine: A Moral Tale" as well as his autobiography.
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- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Van Nuys, California, USA
The legendary Lionel Barrymore, one of the great cinema character actors, was the oldest of the three Barrymmore siblings. Along with Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore, he shares a prominent place in American acting in the first half of the 20th century.
- Actor, Director, Writer
- November 15, 1954
- April 28, 1878
Lionel (1878–1954), Ethel (1879–1959), and John (1882–1942) performed on stage, screen, radio. Their grandparents, the Drews, managed the Arch St. Theatre here. The Barrymore family, and the related Drew family, form a British-American acting dynasty which traces its acting roots to the mid-19th century London stage.
6 days ago · 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.
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Jan 1, 2024 · Drew Barrymore's grand uncle, Lionel Barrymore, is considered one of the greatest Hollywood actors from the 1930s and ‘40s. Lionel was in the first set of Barrymores to come to wide acclaim along with his brother John and sister Ethel.
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Lionel Barrymore. Actor. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Lionel Herbert Blythe. He was the oldest child of stage perfomer Maurice Blythe who had gained fame as Maurice Barrymore and his wife Georgina Drew the daughter of celebrated actor John Drew.
