referring to the Barrymore family, American actors of English-Irish descent, one of the most famous families in the history of the Americanstage: Maurice Barrymore (1847 - 1905) and his three children—Lionel (1878 - 1954), Ethel (1879 - 1959) and John (1892 - 1942). —DMSMH Glossary (app. 14.7.90)