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Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blyth (21 September 1849 – 25 March 1905), 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.
Jun 12, 2006 · After presenting the drama Diplomacy in Marshall, Texas, English actor Maurice Barrymore got a real taste of the wild west when he and two other cast members found themselves in deadly company--a hard-drinking hard case named Big Jim Currie.
Maurice Barrymore (born September 21, 1847/49, Fort Agra, India—died March 26, 1905, Amityville, New York, U.S.) was an Indian-born British actor and sometime playwright. He was the founder—with his wife, Georgiana Barrymore—of the renowned Barrymore theatrical family.
Maurice Barrymore (orig. Herbert Blythe; 1847/49–1905) made his stage debut in London before moving to New York City (1875), where he adopted Barrymore as his stage name. He joined Augustin Daly’s company and in 1876 married Georgiana Drew, of the theatrical Drew family.
"Barry" was the great romantic leading man of the 1880s on the American stage. His personality mirrored that of the more dashing roles he played--the Captain in "The Heart of Maryland" for instance--for he was garralous, funny, quick with his fists, adventurous, and irreverent.
After Georgiana Drew Barrymore died in 1893, Maurice Barrymore married Mamie Floyd. Despite erratic, uncontrollable ravings that signaled the late stages of syphilis, he continued his illustrious life on the stage up until his death in 1905.
British actor and sometime playwright Maurice Barrymore was the founder, with his wife, Georgiana Barrymore, of the renowned theatrical Barrymore family. They and their three children ( Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, and John Barrymore) dominated American theater in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Maurice Barrymore. (1847—1905) Quick Reference. (1847–1905), English actor, who took his stage name from an old playbill hanging in the Haymarket Theatre in London. He first appeared on the stage in 1875, and then went ... From: Barrymore, Maurice in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre » Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre.
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Jan 1, 1977 · A master of the bon mots ( "Summer don't nearly as bad as it is painted") a superb athlete, and man about town, Maurice Barrymore was a perfect one man cross section of life in New York and Philadelphia more than a century ago.
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