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John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( Filadélfia, 14 de fevereiro de 1882 — Los Angeles, 29 de maio de 1942) foi um ator americano. Inicialmente ganhou fama como ator teatral em comédias ligeiras, depois em papéis dramáticos, acabando por tornar-se grande intérprete de personagens shakespearianos ( Ricardo III, 1920 e Hamlet, 1922 ).
Barrymore was born into an acting family. All of her paternal great-grandparents, Maurice and Georgie Drew Barrymore, Maurice and Mae Costello (née Altschuk), and her paternal grandparents, John Barrymore and Dolores Costello, were actors, with John being arguably the most acclaimed actor of his generation.
John Barrymore was an American actor on stage, screen, and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly attempted a career as an artist, but appeared on stage together with his father Maurice in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following year. He began his career in 1903 and first gained attention as a stage actor in light ...
John Barrymore. John Barrymore, właśc. John Sidney Blyth [1] (ur. 15 lutego 1882 [2] w Filadelfii, zm. 29 maja 1942 w Los Angeles [3]) – amerykański aktor, występujący w repertuarze szekspirowskim, który wsławił się rolą Hamleta .
John Barrymore's journey to Shakespearean distinction had been neither sudden nor easy. He was born in Philadelphia on February 15, 1882 into an illustrious theatrical family. His grandmother, Louisa Lane Drew, served for three decades as manager of Philadelphia's Arch Street Theatre. His father, Maurice Barrymore, was a dashing leading man.
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His best-known Broadway role for many years was as an inebriated wireless operator in the Dick Davis farce The Dictator. On stage and in silent films (including a 1915 version of The Dictator), John was most at home in comedies. His one chance for greatness occurred in 1922, when he played Hamlet; even British audiences hailed Barrymore's ...
