BARRYMORE, GEORGIANA DREW

(1856-1893)

The daughter ofJohnandLouisa Lane(Mrs. John)Drew, Georgiana Drew spent her formative years as an actress at her mother's Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia. When she made her New York debut at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in 1876 inArnoldDaly'sPique, she costarred withMaurice Barrymoreand married him later that year. Admired for her charm in comedy roles, she played oppositeWilliam H. CraneinThe Senator(1889) and appeared with Frohman's Comedians inMr. Wilkinson's Widows(1891),Settled out of Court(1892), andThe Sportsman(1893). Barrymore also acted in her husband's play,Nadjezda(1884), and appeared inJack(1887),Balloon(1890), andThe Woman of the World(1890). Her early death ended a promising career, but she gave birth to three dynamic stage personalities of the next generation,Lionel, Ethel, andJohn Barrymore.