Editing Andie MacDowell (section)

==Early life==
MacDowell was born on April 21, 1958, in [[Gaffney, South Carolina]], to Pauline "Paula" Johnston (née Oswald), a music teacher, and Marion St. Pierre MacDowell, a [[lumber]] executive<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetracyfamilyhistory.net/Cr_76_Great_Beauties.htm |title=Great beauties |access-date=September 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912043411/http://www.thetracyfamilyhistory.net/Cr_76_Great_Beauties.htm |archive-date=September 12, 2012}}</ref> who had studied forestry at the [[Sewanee: The University of the South|University of the South]]. Her parents called her Rose. She has three older sisters<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Marc |date=February 27, 2024 |title=Andie MacDowell on Dropping Her Southern Accent and the Movie That Changed Her Life |url=https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/andie-macdowell-the-way-home-2d442ad5?mod=hp_featst_pos4 |access-date=2024-02-27 |work=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref> and her ancestry includes [[Scottish people|Scottish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2009/03/31/myers-scot-fashion |title=Mike Myers and Andie are 'dressed to kilt' in Scottish fashion show |date=March 30, 2009 |access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> Her mother was an alcoholic, and her parents divorced when she was six.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/03/andie-macdowell-actor-im-kind-of-goofy-interview |title=Andie MacDowell: 'I'm kind of goofy' |first=Candice |last=Pires |date=March 3, 2018 |website=The Guardian |access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref> MacDowell's mother died of a heart attack in 1981 at age 53 after living sober for a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andie MacDowell on childhood and Hollywood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/16/id-ask-my-mum-why-do-you-drink-andie-macdowell-on-childhood-and-hollywood |first=Martha |last=Hayes |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 16, 2019 |access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref> 

When MacDowell was eight, her father remarried; this union lasted until his death. MacDowell graduated from [[Gaffney High School]] in 1976,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.goupstate.com/article/NC/20010725/News/605183922/SJ |title=Andie MacDowell to marry former Gaffney classmate Publicist says that actress is getting married again |date=July 25, 2001 |work=goupstate.com |access-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911111743/https://www.goupstate.com/article/NC/20010725/News/605183922/SJ |url-status=dead }}</ref> then went on to attend [[Winthrop University]] for two years before moving briefly to [[Columbia, South Carolina]].