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  • NAME: Lionel Barrymore
  • OCCUPATION: Actor
  • BIRTH DATE: April 28, 1878
  • DEATH DATE: November 15, 1954
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Van Nuys, California
  • Originally: Lionel Blythe
  • Full Name: Lionel Barrymore

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Head of the famous Barrymore acting family, Lionel Barrymore was one of the most important character actors of the early 29th century.

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In 1926, Lionel Barrymore left Broadway for Hollywood and began a long line of outstanding screen roles in such films as The Mysterious Island and A Free Soul, for which he won an Academy Award, and went on to appear in Grand Hotel, Captains Courageous, Duel in the Sun and Key Largo. Barrymore was also a radio actor, and was noted for his annual radio performance as Scrooge in Charles Dickens's Christmas Carol. He died in Van Nuys, California, on November 15, 1954.

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