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Maurice Barrymore

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The Resume

    (September 21, 1849-March 26, 1905)
    Born in Amritsar, India
    Birth name was Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe
    Appeared on Broadway in the plays 'Pique' (1875), 'A Woman of No Importance' (1893), 'The Transgressor' (1894), 'Roaring Dick and Company' (1896), 'A Ward of France' (1897) and 'Becky Sharp' (1899)
    Father of John, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore

Why he might be annoying:

    He scandalized his family by abandoning law for acting.
    He had several affairs with his leading ladies.
    He remarried exactly one year after the death of his first wife.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was patriarch of one of the greatest acting dynasties.
    He was amateur middleweight boxing champion of England (1872).
    He was shot by intoxicated railroad engineer Jim Currie, who was found not guilty of assault thanks to the influence of Currie's brother, the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana.
    As he was being laid to rest, the straps supporting his coffin became twisted and the coffin had to be raised again. As it reappeared, Lionel whispered to John, 'How like father -- a curtain call.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 90 Votes: 64.44% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying