Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (Lionel Herbert Blythe, April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American movie, television, stage, and radio actor who won an Academy Award in 1931. He is known for his roles in A Free Soul, The Little Colonel, It's a Wonderful Life, Young Dr. Kildare, and in David Copperfield. His brother was actor John Barrymore and his grandniece is actress Drew Barrymore.
Barrymore was born on April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Episcopal Academy. Barrymore was married to Doris Rankin from 1904 until they divorced in 1923. Then he was married to Irene Fenwick from 1923 until they divorced in 1936. He had two daughters with Rankin, both died early. He had a fatherly love with Jean Harlow and treated her as if she was his own daughter. Barrymore died on November 15, 1954 in Van Nuys, California from a heart attack, aged 76.[1]
Lionel Barrymore Media
Portrait of actor Lionel Barrymore
Lionel and first wife Doris (in rocking chair) in the 1920 silent film The Devil's Garden.
Lionel Barrymore in Enemies of Women (1923)
With second wife Irene Fenwick, 1923
Portraying Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Hosting "Concert Hall" for Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II, c. 1942
Lionel Barrymore's 61st birthday in 1939, standing: Mickey Rooney, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, Louis B. Mayer, William Powell, Robert Taylor, seated: Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, and Rosalind Russell
Barrymore's crypt at Calvary Cemetery
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References
- ↑ "Lionel Barrymore Is Dead at 76.". New York Times. November 16, 1954.
Other websites
- Lionel Barrymore at Allmovie
- Lionel Barrymore on IMDb
- Photographs of Lionel Barrymore
- Lionel Barrymore at Internet Broadway Database
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