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Lionel Barrymore

(1878–1954) Film Director United States

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Lionel Barrymore was a film director from the United States, best known for We Barrymores.

Quick Facts About Lionel Barrymore

Born: April 28, 1878
Died: November 15, 1954
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: We Barrymores
Spouse: Irene Fenwick

About Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Actor star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Lionel Barrymore

Lincoln said, 'With malice toward none, with charity to all.' Nowadays they say, 'Think the way I do or I'll bomb the…

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Bombs

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Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world.

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Artificiality

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The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness

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Drifting

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Maybe it'll stop you trying to be so desperate about making more money than you can ever use? You can't take it…

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Desperate

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I've got a lot of ham in me.

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Ham

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To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store...To me it is astonishing and miraculous…

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Beautiful

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Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.

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Dying

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If a man doesn't know death, he doesn't know life.

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Death

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I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed.

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Actors

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I've played everything but the harp.

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Death

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This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal…

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Age

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For the first time in my life, I have tasted life. Life is wonderful but very dangerous. If you have the courage…

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Courage

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