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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. [1] 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 ...
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. After migrating across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States, members of the family subsequently appeared in motion pictures, beginning with the silent film period of the 1890s to 1929 and then into the modern era of sound film.
Born in New York City, Rankin was the daughter of actor McKee Rankin and Mabel Bert. [2] She was married to actor Lionel Barrymore from 1904 to 1922. Doris had two older half-sisters from her father's marriage to Kitty Blanchard: Gladys Rankin who was married to Lionel's uncle Sidney Drew and Phyllis Rankin who was married to Harry Davenport of the Davenport theatrical family.
In 1931, Lionel became the first Barrymore to receive an Oscar for his work in A Free Soul. The next year, he appeared alongside his siblings John and Ethel in Rasputin and the Empress.
She was the sister of actors John and Lionel Barrymore, the aunt of actor John Drew Barrymore and great-aunt of actress Drew Barrymore. She was a granddaughter of actress and theater manager Louisa Lane Drew and niece of Broadway matinée idol John Drew, Jr. and Vitagraph Studios stage and screen star Sidney Drew.
The Barrymore Family. ... her great-uncle Lionel, and her grandfather John. ... (“The White Shadow,” “St. Elsewhere”), and the sister to screenwriter/director Jake Paltrow. The Academy ...
John Drew Barrymore (born John Blyth Barrymore Jr.; June 4, 1932 – November 29, 2004) was an American film actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel. He was the father of four children, including actor John Blyth Barrymore and actress Drew Barrymore.
Drew Barrymore, 47, comes from a long line of Hollywood royalty. ... She is also a grandniece of actor Lionel Barrymore, and has several other relatives who were actors. ... like Lottie Moss, the ...