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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.
The Drew Barrymore Show host was born in 1975 to two actor parents, John Drew Barrymore and Jaid Barrymore. Her father hails from a long line of actors dating back to about 1872, when Drew's great ...
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), [10] who was born in a displaced persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany, to Hungarian World War II refugees.
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 across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States, members of the family subsequently appeared in motion pictures, beginning with the silent film period of the 1890s to 1929 and then into the modern era of sound film.
Barrymore shared a throwback photo of her parents, John and Jaid Barrymore, out together one night before she was born. Growing up, Barrymore said she was aware her dad was different.
Barrymore was born into an acting legacy thanks to her father, John Drew Barrymore, who was an actor. Her great uncle Lionel Drew famously played Mr. Potter in Frank Capra’s 1946 classic It’s ...
John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) [a] 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.
Drew Barrymore called Steven Spielberg a "big father figure" in her life after he said in a recent interview that working with the actor on "E.T." inspired him to be a parent.