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Lionel Barrymore

Born 28 April 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, as Lionel Herbert Blythe.
Died 15 November 1954 in Van Nuys, California, USA, of heart failure.

Son of actor Maurice Barrymore (Maurice Blythe) and actress Georgie Drew;
brother of actor John Barrymore and actress Ethel Barrymore.

Married actress Doris Marie Rankin (screen name Doris Rankin), 19 June 1904;
divorced, 21 December 1922; two children.
Married actress Irene Frizelle (screen name Irene Fenwick), 16 July 1923; until Irene’s death, 24 December 1936.

Lionel Barrymore began working in films for Biograph Company in 1911.

References: Slide-FineArts p. 28 : Website-IMDb.