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The Barrymore family is a famous theatrical and movie family in the United States. Its most recent famous member is actress Drew Barrymore. The family has gained a reputation for both its acting talent and its tendencies for drug and alcohol abuse.

Actor Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blyth (1849-1905), who was born in India and educated in England, took the stage name of Maurice Barrymore. He married actress Georgianna "Georgie" Emma Drew (1856-1893), herself from a stage family: her brother (John Drew Jr. "the younger" (1853-1927)) and her parents John Drew "the elder" and Louisa Lane Drew (best known as an adult as Mrs. John Drew (1820-1897)), were all actors. Louisa, born in Britain, had toured the United States as a child star and was herself the child of actors.

Maurice and Georgie had three famous children, all renowned actors:

Lionel Barrymore
- (April 28, 1878 - November 15, 1954)
Ethel Barrymore
- (August 15, 1879 - June 18, 1959)
John Barrymore
- (February 14, 1882 - May 29, 1942)
*John Barrymore and his second wife, Blanche Oelrichs
, were the parents of actress:
**Diana Blanche Barrymore
(March 3, 1921 - January 25, 1960)
*John Barrymore and his third wife, Dolores Costello
, were the parents of actor:
** John Drew Barrymore
(June 4, 1929 - November 29, 2004)

John Drew Barrymore and his first wife, actress Cara Williams, had one son together:

John Blyth Barrymore - (May 15, 1954 - ) who is himself an actor

John Drew Barrymore and his third wife, Ildiko Jaid Mako (aka actress Jaid Barrymore), had one daughter together:

Drew Barrymore
- (February 22, 1975 - ) one of Hollywood's biggest current actresses.

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For TV Presenter and Comic Michael Barrymore
(No Relation)

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