Lionel Barrymore
Actor, Film actor
1878 – 1954
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Who was Lionel Barrymore?
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul, and remains perhaps best known for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
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- Born
- Apr 28, 1878
Philadelphia - Also known as
- Lionel Herbert Blythe
- Lionel Blythe
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Doris Rankin
(1904/06/19 - 1923) - Irene Fenwick
(1923/07/14 - 1936/12/24)
- Doris Rankin
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Episcopal Academy
- Lived in
- Hempstead
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Nov 15, 1954
Van Nuys - Resting place
- Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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