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Georgiana Emma Drew (July 11, 1856 – July 2, 1893), a.k.a. Georgie Drew Barrymore, was an American stage actress and comedian and a member of the Barrymore acting family.
Georgiana Barrymore was an actress and, with Maurice Barrymore, founder of the famous stage and screen family Barrymore, which occupied a preeminent position in American theatre in the first half of the 20th century. Georgiana Drew was the daughter of John Drew and Louisa Lane Drew, both.
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Learn about the life and career of Georgiana Drew Barrymore, an American actress and the mother of the famous Barrymore family. Find entries from The Oxford Companion to American Theatre and The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre.
Georgiana Emma Drew (July 11, 1856 – July 2, 1893), a.k.a. Georgie Drew Barrymore, was an American stage actress and comedian and a member of the Barrymore acting family.
About. Remembered for her roles in late nineteenth-century Broadway productions of As You Like It, Pique, and The Senator, she is most well known as a member of the famous Barrymore acting family. Before Fame. In 1872, she made her professional stage debut in a production of The Ladies' Rattle. Trivia.
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- July 11, 1856
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Georgiana Drew, his wife, brought her own prestigious theatrical lineage to the union. She hail from a prolific acting dynasty that included her parents, Louisa Lane Drew and Thomas Haycraft Lane , as well as her siblings John Drew Jr.
Maurice Barrymore (orig. Herbert Blythe; 1847/49–1905) made his stage debut in London before moving to New York City (1875), where he adopted Barrymore as his stage name. He joined Augustin Daly’s company and in 1876 married Georgiana Drew, of the theatrical Drew family.
