Diana Barrymore
| Diana Barrymore | ||
 Barrymore in 1942 | ||
| Background information | ||
| Born as: | Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe | |
| Born | Mar 03, 1921 New York City, U.S. | |
| Died | Jan 25, 1960 - age 39 New York City, U.S. | |
| Alma Mater: | American Academy of Dramatic Arts | |
| Spouse(s): | Bramwell Fletcher (1942 - 1946) divorced John Robert Howard II (1947 - 1948) divorced Robert Wilcox (1950 - 1955) died | |
| Parents: | John Barrymore Blanche Oelrichs | |
| Occupation: | Stage and film actress | |
| Years active | 1939–1959 | |
| Family: | Barrymore family | |
Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe (✦March 3, 1921 – †January 25, 1960), known professionally as Diana Barrymore, was an American film and stage actress.
Early Life
Born Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe in New York, New York, Diana Barrymore was the daughter of actor John Barrymore and his second wife, poet Blanche Oelrichs.
Her parents divorced when she was four years old. Educated in Paris and New York City, Barrymore had little contact with her father.
Personal life and death
Barrymore was married three times in eight years. Her first was to actor Bramwell Fletcher, who was 17 years her senior and had appeared with her father in his 1931 classic Svengali. Then she married John Howard, a tennis player. Her last marriage was to actor Robert Wilcox. The marriage to Wilcox ended in June 1955 when he died of a heart attack at the age of 45, while traveling by train.
Barrymore died on January 25, 1960, and she is interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York, next to her mother. Her death has been attributed to a drug overdose, but her autopsy failed to find a cause of death and found no indication of overdose.
Filmography
- Wikipedia article: Diana Barrymore Filmography
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Note: Diana Barrymore was a volunteer at the Hollywood Canteen |
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Note: Diana Barrymore was a volunteer at the Stage Door Canteen |
External links
- Diana Barrymore at the Internet Movie Database
- Diana Barrymore at the Internet Broadway Database
- Diana Barrymore papers, 1865-1959 (bulk 1937-1957), held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- allmovie bio
- interviewed
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- Diana wearing shades after being beaten by guy
- Diana as an infant portrait with her father
- with her father on his 60th birthday, February 1942
- Blanche Oelrichs and daughter Diana on the RMS Berengaria
- Wikipedia article: Diana Barrymore
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