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Anne Helm and Drew's father, John Drew Barrymore, in Gunsmoke, 1964. Drew Blythe Barrymore was born on February 22, 1975, in Culver City, California, to actor John Drew Barrymore and aspiring actress Jaid Barrymore (born Ildikó Jaid Makó), who was born in a displaced persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany, to Hungarian World War II refugees.
Apr 26, 2019 · John Barrymore is sometimes passed over in the lists of great Shakespeare actors. He was a light comedian and matinee idol who made a serious bid for respect with Broadway productions of Richard III in 1920 and Hamlet in 1922.
John Drew Barrymore (born John Blyth Barrymore Jr.; June 4, 1932 – November 29, 2004) was an American film actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel. He was the father of four children, including actor John Blyth Barrymore and actress Drew Barrymore.
Barrymore was the son of the great Maurice Barrymore (born Herbert Blythe) and Georgia Drew, daughter of the immortal John Drew, an Irish actor in pre-Civil War Days. John was the youngest of their three children.
John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III.
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.
Jan 1, 2024 · In 1975, John's wife Jaid Barrymore gave birth to their daughter Drew, who remains the most well-known member of the Barrymore family. For his contributions to television, John Drew Barrymore has his own Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Notably, despite being estranged from her father, Drew Barrymore took care of John in his last years until ...
