John Barrymore
John Barrymore (John Sidney Blyth, February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American movie, television, stage, and radio actor. He was known for his roles in Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1920), Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Twentieth Century (1934), and Don Juan (1926). His brother is Academy Award-winning actor Lionel Barrymore. His granddaughter is actress Drew Barrymore.
Barrymore was born on February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] He was married to Katherine Corri Harris from 1910 until they divorced in 1917. Then he was married to Blanche Oelrichs from 1920 until they divorced in 1925. Then he was married to Dolores Costello from 1928 until they divorced in 1934. Then he was last married to Elaine Barrie from 1936 until they divorced in 1940. Barrymore had three children. Barrymore died on May 29, 1942 in Los Angeles, California from cirrhosis, aged 60.
John Barrymore Media
Ethel in Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines; Barrymore appeared with his sister in the 1901 play.
Barrymore with his first wife, actress Katherine Corri Harris, in 1911
Barrymore's drawing of himself and Ethel in A Slice of Life, 1912
Barrymore in the 1914 romantic comedy An American Citizen, his first feature film
Blanche Oelrichs, Barrymore's second wife (and mother of Diana Barrymore), who published poetry under the pseudonym Michael Strange
Portrait by Adolph de Meyer for Vanity Fair (1920)
Barrymore as Hamlet (1922). Said Hollis Alpert, "too bad John's Hamlet came during the silent film period else a record of it might have been preserved"
Barrymore, as Captain Ahab Ceeley in The Sea Beast (1926)
References
- ↑ North American Theatre Online: John Barrymore
- ↑ Alpert 1965, pp. 76–78.
Other websites
Media related to John Barrymore at Wikimedia Commons
- John Barrymore on IMDb
- John Barrymore at the TCM Movie Database
- John Barrymore at the Internet Broadway Database
- John Barrymore at Allmovie
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