The Resume

(July 16, 1915-March 1, 2003)
Born in New York City, New York
Birth name was Elaine Jacobs
Married John Barrymore (1936-40)
Appeared in the short films 'How to Take a Bath' (1937) and 'How to Undress in Front of Your Husband' (1937) and the feature 'Midnight' (1939)
Appeared in the play 'My Dear Children'
Wrote the autobiography 'All My Sins Remembered' (1964)

Why she might be annoying:

When she was 16, she saw John Barrymore in the film 'Svengali' and became obsessed with him, even changing her name to sound more like his.
She married Barrymore when she was 19 and he was 53.
They got divorced and remarried.
The rest of the Barrymore family disdained her, feeling she was using John's fame to advance her career.
She was the first of John's wives to use the name 'Barrymore' professionally.

Why she might not be annoying:

She beat Drew by five decades as the first Barrymore to take it all off in public.
She reported that John 'roughed me up a bit' during their first post-marital fight.
She was the only one of John's ex-wives to attend his funeral.
She never remarried, saying that after Barrymore marrying anyone else would be 'anticlimactic.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Barrymore Family
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 20]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Marie Antoinette' [1938]
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 87)
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• I Probably Banged Errol Flynn
• I Remarried the Same Person [I Do! I Don't! I Changed My Mind!]
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Older than Me
• Profiles 25751-26000 (Ranked: 25923)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 76 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying