Lionel Barrymore
actor, director, writer
- Birth name:
- Lionel Herbert Blythe
- Born:
- 1878-04-28, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died:
- 1954-11-15, Van Nuys, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
Famed actor, composer, artist, author and director. His talents extended to the authoring of the novel "Mr. Cartonwine: A Moral Tale" as well as his autobiography. In 1944, he joined ASCAP, and composed "Russian Dances", "Partita", "Ballet Viennois", "The Woodman and the Elves", "Behind the Horizon", "Fugue Fantasia", "In Memorium", "Hallowe'en", "Preludium & Fugue", "Elegie for Oboe, Orch.", "Farewell Symphony (1-act opera)", "Elegie (piano pieces)", "Rondo for Piano" and "Scherzo Grotesque".
