Lionel Barrymore American Actor Singer Director And Screenwriter Born 1878 - November 15 in History | This Day Story

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November 15, 1954

Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1878)

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.

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