1. Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blyth, known professionally by his stage name Maurice Barrymore, was an Indian-born British stage actor.
17 Facts About Maurice Barrymore
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Maurice Barrymore is the patriarch of the Barrymore acting family, and the father of John, Lionel and Ethel.
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Maurice Barrymore wanted his first name to be pronounced in the French manner instead of the English.
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Maurice Barrymore's friends avoided that altogether by simply calling him "Barry".
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On 29 December 1874, Barrymore emigrated to the United States, sailing aboard the SS America to Boston, and joined Augustin Daly's troupe, making his debut in Under the Gaslight.
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Maurice Barrymore made his Broadway debut in December 1875 in Pique opposite Emily Rigl; in the cast was a young actress, Georgiana Drew, known as Georgie.
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Maurice Barrymore had a lifelong love of animals and in the 1890s bought a farm on Staten Island to keep his collection of exotic animals.
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Exactly one year after Georgie's death Maurice Barrymore married Mamie Floyd, much to Ethel's consternation.
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Porter was killed, while doctors spent the night operating on Maurice Barrymore to save his life.
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Maurice Barrymore made a full recovery, and returned to Marshall for the legal procedures that followed.
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In 1884, Maurice Barrymore wrote a play titled Nadjezda.
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Maurice Barrymore claimed that Bernhardt had given his play to Sardou and that La Tosca plagiarized it, and sought an injunction to stop Fanny Davenport from putting on further performances.
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In 1900, Maurice Barrymore toured the US with a play called The Battle of the Strong co-starring a young Holbrook Blinn.
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Maurice Barrymore called Lionel a "goddamned liar" and stated that San Francisco had been destroyed by fire and earthquake.
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Maurice Barrymore died at Amityville in his sleep, and Ethel, after seeking permission from her uncle John Drew, had him buried in the family plot at Glenwood Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Maurice Barrymore was fondly remembered, and his death was widely reported in the country's newspapers.
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Maurice Barrymore had lived long enough to see all three of his children enter the family business of acting.