What is Lionel Barrymore?
[[File:Lionel Barrymore.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Barrymore in 1923]] '''Lionel Barrymore''' ('''Lionel Herbert Blythe''', April 28, 1878 &ndash; November 15, 1954) was an [[Americans|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 (1935 movie)|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 [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]], aged 76.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Lionel Barrymore Is Dead at 76''. |url= |quote= |work=[[New York Times]] |date=November 16, 1954}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons}} *{{Amg name|4295}} *{{IMDb name|0000859}} *[http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=909 Photographs of Lionel Barrymore] *[http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=31143 Lionel Barrymore] at Internet Broadway Database {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrymore, Lionel}} [[Category:1878 births]] [[Category:1954 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American radio actors]] [[Category:American silent movie actors]] [[Category:Actors from Philadelphia]] [[Category:American Academy Award winning actors]]