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John Barrymore

John Barrymore

Acting
15 Feb 1882
29 May 1942
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III. His success continued with motion pictures in various genres in both the silent and sound eras. Barrymore's personal life has been the subject of much writing before and since his passing in 1942. Today John Barrymore is mostly know...

Also Known As

John Sidney Blyth, Jack Barrymore, John Sidney Blythe Barrymore

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