# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lionel-barrymore
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:35.677Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/lionel-barrymore"
name: "Lionel Barrymore"
slug: "lionel-barrymore"
description: "Lionel Barrymore 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."
tagline: "American actor, director, screenwriter (1878–1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lionel_Barrymore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1878-04-28"
deathDate: "1954-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump