The Drew / Barrymore Clan at Mount Vernon: Laurel Hill's Next-door Neighbors by Thomas Keels

About this episode

This episode explores the connection between the Drew and Barrymore acting families and their final resting places at Mount Vernon.

ABC:LHS #086-4 Drews and Barrymores... ...are among the best-known acting families in the United States. Although many of them started in an alternate final resting place, Louisa Lane Drew, owner-manager of the Arch Street Theater found a final resting place at Mount Vernon. Several years later she was joined by the ashes of her grandson John Barrymore, aka "The Great Profile." Thomas Keels tells their story.

People in this episode

Host: Joe Lex

Topics covered

• acting families
• burial sites
• theater history
• Mount Vernon
• Drew family
• Barrymore family

Keywords

• Drew family
• Barrymore family
• Mount Vernon
• Louisa Lane Drew
• John Barrymore
• Arch Street Theater
• acting history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arch Street Theater, Drew / Barrymore Clan

Places: Mount Vernon

More episodes of All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

• Rev William Smith: Penn's Forgotten Founder · June 6, 2026 · 28 min
• Hilery Baker: Philadelphia's First "Officer Down" · June 5, 2026 · 26 min
• Alexander Murray: A Forgotten Commodore · June 4, 2026 · 22 min
• Thomas Godfrey: A New Way to See the Horizon · June 3, 2026 · 25 min
• Invitation to an Exhumation · June 2, 2026 · 19 min
• Mobile Corpses from the 18th Century · June 1, 2026 · 2h 22m