Lionel Barrymore Birthday, Date of Birth

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.

He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He is also known for playing Dr Leonard Gillespie in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's nine Dr Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series titled The Story of Dr Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.

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Birthday, Date of Birth
Sunday, April 28, 1878
Place of Birth
Philadelphia
Age
147
Star Sign

The April 28, 1878 was a Sunday under the star sign of . It was the 117 day of the year. President of the United States was Rutherford B. Hayes.

If you were born on this day, you are 147 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, April 28, 2025, 187 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in 177 days. You have lived for 53,878 days, or about 1,293,094 hours, or about 77,585,660 minutes, or about 4,655,139,600 seconds.

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28th of April 1878 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 28, 1878

ON THE SHORE OF THE SOUND.; A WALK FROM PELHAM NECK TO NEW-ROCHELLE. CHOOSING A ROUTE WHAT A GOOD MAP IS THE ATTRACTIONS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS.

Date: 28 April 1878

"C. H. F's" Walk from Pelham to New-Rochelle

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WAR ON BRITISH COMMERCE.; A SCHEME SAID TO BE ON FOOT TO FIT OUT PRIVATEERS AN UNAUTHENTICATED STORY FROM CALIFORNIA.

Date: 28 April 1878

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MARRIAGE OF HON. DEMAS BARNES.

Date: 28 April 1878

Marriage

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A ROMANCE BY RUM-LIGHT.; A PAYMENT IN RHYME.

Date: 28 April 1878

"To-Day and To-Morrow;" Good Words

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EX-GOV. MOSES, OF SOUTH CAROLINA; WHY THE EXPEDITION TO CAPTURE AND TAKE HIM BACK FAILED TO REMOVE HIM FROM THIS CITY.

Date: 28 April 1878

From the Charleston (S.C.) News, April 25

Details of Arrest in New-York City

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