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Maurice Barrymore. (1847-1905) "Barry" was the great romantic leading man of the 1880s on the American stage. His personality mirrored that of the more dashing roles he played--the Captain in "The Heart of Maryland" for instance--for he was garralous, funny, quick with his fists, adventurous, and irreverent. Married to the talented and tolerant ...
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7706565. Source citation. Actor. Born at Fort Agra, India, he studied at Harrow and Oxford in England before first appearing on the stage in London in The London Assurance in 1872. He made his United States debut in Boston in Under the Gaslight in 1875. He married the actress Georgiana Drew, daughter of actors John and ...
The Barrymore family, and the related Drew family, form a British-American acting dynasty which traces its acting roots to the mid-19th century London stage.After migrating to the United States, members of the family appeared in motion pictures. The surname Barrymore originated from an actor named William Barrymore.The Drew family traces to the Irish actor John Drew Sr.
In 1879, Barrymore and a troupe of New York actors were on tour in Texas. Midway through their successful run of Sardou's political-intrigue drama Diplomacy, he and his fellow company-member Ben Porter found themselves in a stand-off with Big Jim Currie, a drunken trouble-maker. After insulting Porter's fiancé, Currie shot both unarmed men ...
11 de feb. de 2022 · Although the Drew and Barrymore families had been treading the boards for decades, it was Ethel (1879–1959) and her brothers, Lionel (1878–1954) and John (1882–1942), who would propel their ...
12 de feb. de 2024 · Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe (September 21, 1849 – March 25, 1905)—stage name Maurice Barrymore —was a British-born stage actor. He was the patriarch of the Barrymore acting family, father of John, Lionel and Ethel, and great-grandfather of actress Drew. Spouse (s) Georgiana Drew Barrymore. Mamie Floyd.
"Maurice Barrymore began life as Herbert Blyth, amid the jumbled bazaars and golden temples of East India. Sent to England for proper schooling, he was expelled from Harrow, quit Oxford, became Britain's middle-weight boxing champion, then turned to acting. When his hyper-Victorian family of civil servants, soldiers, and clergymen disowned him, he took the name "Barrymore," and sailed for ...
