Lionel Barrymore was born April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Maurice Barrymore, and his mother, Georgiana Drew, were both famous stage actors.…more
Lionel Barrymore made his film debut in 1908, in the filmThe Paris Hat for the Biograph Company. However, it appears that any copy of that film has been lost and Lionel's next film in 1911, Fighting Blood, is his first surviving screen appearance.