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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 ...
Academy Awards, USA. 1931 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. A Free Soul. 1930 Nominee Oscar. Best Director. Madame X. No official nominees had been announced this year.
- April 28, 1878
- November 15, 1954
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.
- January 1, 1
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- January 1, 1
- Van Nuys, California, USA
Lionel Barrymore and Greta Garbo in Mata Hari (1931)- Lionel Barrymore and Alma Rubens in Enemies of Women (1923)
- Lionel Barrymore in The Millionaire's Double (1917)
- Lionel Barrymore and Grace Valentine in The Brand of Cowardice (1916)
- Lionel Barrymore in The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
- Lionel Barrymore, Nancy Carroll, and Phillips Holmes in Broken Lullaby (1932)
- Lionel Barrymore in The Woman in Black (1914)
- Lionel Barrymore in Woman Against Woman (1914)
Apr 24, 2024 · Awards And Honors: Academy Award (1931) Academy Award (1932): Actor in a Leading Role. House / Dynasty: Barrymore family. Notable Family Members: mother Georgiana Barrymore. brother John Barrymore. sister Ethel Barrymore.
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In addition to winning a Best Actor Academy Award (for A Free Soul (1931) ), Lionel also was an Oscar-nominated director (for Madame X (1929)) and a prolific composer of songs as well as an accomplished graphic artist.
- Actor, Director, Writer
- November 15, 1954
- April 28, 1878
[19] [20] He was considered for the Academy Award for Best Director for his 1929 film, Madame X, [a] and won the Best Actor award for his performance in A Free Soul (1931).
Dec 10, 2020 · ESSENTIAL FILMS. GRAND HOTEL (1932), directed by Edmund Goulding. Lionel Barrymore may have won his Oscar for the previous year’s A Free Soul, but his dying bookkeeper in this, the year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, is a stronger and more memorable character.
