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unusual facts about Barrymore


Michael Barrymore

Although Strike It Rich and Strike It Lucky have been repeated on the digital channel Challenge, his entertainment shows such as Barrymore and My Kind of People are never repeated anywhere and his work is never included on clip shows, such as those marking ITV's 50th anniversary or the 100th anniversary of the London Palladium.


Abbeymahon Abbey

In 1568 the property was leased to the Viscount Barrymore and in 1584 the lease was transferred to Nicholas Walsh, Justice of Munster.

Charles Gilbert, Jr.

Gilbert earned a Barrymore nomination for his score to "Gemini the Musical," which premiered at the Prince Music Theater and was produced in the 2007 New York Musical Theater Festival.

Diana Barrymore

While in her teens, Barrymore decided to study acting and enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

However, alcohol and drug problems soon emerged and negative publicity from major media sources dampened her prospects with widely read magazines such as Collier's Weekly, writing about her conduct in an October 1942 article titled "The Barrymore Brat".

Elaine Barrie

She claimed to have fallen in love with Barrymore in 1931, when she was 16, after seeing his film, the classic Svengali.

Gerold Frank

Too Much, Too Soon (1958) Full title: "Too Much, Too Soon: The Daring Story of Diana Barrymore"

Grace Gummer

In the spring of 2011 she performed the role of Chloe Coverly in the revival of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York.

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

MGM delayed production of this film several years, because Chaney had already appeared as a clown character in the 1924 film He Who Gets Slapped and due to speculation that Lionel Barrymore might reprise his role from the stage production.

Les Parents terribles

The same production, under the new title Indiscretions, was presented in New York in 1995 at the Barrymore Theater, again with Jude Law but with different actors in the other roles: Kathleen Turner (Yvonne), Eileen Atkins (Leo), Roger Rees, and Cynthia Nixon.

Michael Barrymore

In January 2008, Barrymore took the role of comedian and writer Spike Milligan in the stage play Surviving Spike.


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