Barrymore Definition
bărĭ-môr
proper name
1879-1959; U.S. actress: sister of John.
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1882-1942; U.S. actor.
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1878-1954; U.S. actor: brother of John.
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(born Herbert Blythe) 1847-1905; U.S. actor: father of Ethel, John, & Lionel.
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Family of American actors, including Lionel (1878–1954), who won an Oscar in 1931 for Free Soul; his sister Ethel (1879–1959), who appeared mainly on stage but also won an Academy Award in 1944 for None but the Lonely Heart; and their brother John (1882–1942), known as “the Great Profile,” who appeared on stage as Hamlet and Richard III and in many motion pictures, including Dinner at Eight (1933).
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