Editing Drew Barrymore (section)

==Early life==
===Ancestry===
{{See also|Barrymore family}}
[[File:Anne Helm John Drew Barrymore 1964.JPG|right|thumb|[[Anne Helm]] and Drew's father, [[John Drew Barrymore]], in ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', 1964]]

Drew Blythe Barrymore was born on February 22, 1975, in [[Culver City, California]], to actor [[John Drew Barrymore]] and aspiring actress Jaid Barrymore (born Ildikó Jaid Makó),<ref>{{cite news|title=Actor John D. Barrymore dies at 72|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-11-29-barrymore-obit_x.htm|access-date=September 7, 2008|date=November 29, 2004|work=USA Today|archive-date=January 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122202857/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-11-29-barrymore-obit_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> who was born in a [[Displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe|displaced persons camp]] in [[Brannenburg]], [[West Germany]], to Hungarian [[World War II]] refugees.<ref name="wildflower203">{{cite book|last1=Barrymore|first1=Drew|title=Wildflower|date=2015|publisher=Dutton|location=New York|isbn=978-1-101-98379-9|oclc=904421431|page=[https://archive.org/details/wildflower0000barr/page/203 203]|url=https://archive.org/details/wildflower0000barr/page/203}}</ref><ref>Encyclopedia.com, [https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/barrymore-jaid-1946 "Barrymore, Jaid"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414192654/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/barrymore-jaid-1946 |date=April 14, 2021 }}</ref> Through her father, Barrymore has three older half-siblings, including actor [[John Blyth Barrymore]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Actor Barrymore attacked at home|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1970567.stm|access-date=September 7, 2008|date=May 6, 2002|publisher=BBC|location=London|archive-date=October 17, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017224058/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1970567.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Her parents divorced in 1984.<ref name="Hello-Profile"/>

In 2023, Barrymore displayed an [[AncestryDNA]] test onscreen on [[The Drew Barrymore Show|her talk show]], which assessed her genetic ancestry as primarily European, with 6% [[North India|Northern Indian]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 11, 2023 |title=Drew Barrymore & Ross Mathews React to AncestryDNA® Test (See video at 1:48) |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tYoR_dLHo0A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520002741/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-admits-to-suffering-freak-245166 |archive-date=May 20, 2014 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=The Drew Barrymore Show.}}</ref>

Barrymore was born into an acting family. All of her paternal great-grandparents, [[Maurice Barrymore|Maurice]] and [[Georgiana Drew|Georgie Drew Barrymore]], [[Maurice Costello|Maurice]] and [[Mae Costello]] (née Altschuk), and her paternal grandparents, [[John Barrymore]] and [[Dolores Costello]], were actors,<ref name="family">Stein Hoffman, Carol. ''The Barrymores: Hollywood's First Family''. University Press of Kentucky, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8131-2213-9}}</ref> with John being arguably the most acclaimed actor of his generation.<ref name="Hello-Profile"/><ref name="People-Bio"/> Barrymore is a niece of [[Diana Barrymore]], a grandniece of [[Lionel Barrymore]], [[Ethel Barrymore]] and [[Helene Costello]],<ref>[http://www.barrymorefamily.com/costello.html "The Costello Family."] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120719052734/http://www.barrymorefamily.com/costello.html |date=July 19, 2012 }} ''BarrymoreFamily.com''</ref> and a great-great-granddaughter of Irish-born [[John Drew (actor)|John]] and English-born [[Louisa Lane Drew]], all of whom were also actors. She is a great-grandniece of Broadway idol [[John Drew Jr.]] and [[silent film]] actor, writer and director [[Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew|Sidney Drew]].<ref>[http://www.barrymorefamily.com/fr_index.html?/drew.html "The Drew family."] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120718191524/http://www.barrymorefamily.com/fr_index.html?/drew.html |date=July 18, 2012 }} ''BarrymoreFamily.com''</ref>

Barrymore's [[Godparent|godmothers]] are actress [[Sophia Loren]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7919486/Drew-Barrymore-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7919486/Drew-Barrymore-interview.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Drew Barrymore interview|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=January 27, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Lee Strasberg]]'s widow, Anna Strasberg; Barrymore described her relationship with the latter as one that "would become so important to me as a kid because she was so kind and nurturing."<ref>{{harvnb|Barrymore|2015|page=103}}</ref> Her godfather is filmmaker [[Steven Spielberg]].<ref name="ActorsStudio" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Trachta|first=Ali|url=https://www.laweekly.com/q-a-with-drew-barrymore-l-a-cravings-dying-art-forms-barrymore-wines/|title=Q & A With Drew Barrymore: L.A. Cravings, Dying Art Forms & Barrymore Wines|publisher=LA Weekly|date=April 17, 2012|access-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128091539/http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2012/04/drew_barrymore_wine.php|archive-date=January 28, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-admits-to-suffering-freak-245166|title=Drew Barrymore admits to suffering 'freak outs' over her long-distance relationship with Justin Long|work=Daily Mirror|date=September 2, 2010|access-date=January 27, 2013|archive-date=May 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520002741/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-admits-to-suffering-freak-245166|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-interviews/Drew-Barrymore-seeks-advice-from-godfather-Spielberg/articleshow/18207142.cms |title=Drew Barrymore seeks advice from 'godfather' Spielberg|work=The Times of India |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128073148/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-interviews/Drew-Barrymore-seeks-advice-from-godfather-Spielberg/articleshow/18207142.cms |archive-date=January 28, 2013 }}</ref>

Barrymore's first name, Drew, was the maiden name of her paternal great-grandmother Georgie Drew, and her middle name, Blythe, was derived from the birth surname (Blyth) of her great-grandfather who later took the stage name of Maurice Barrymore.<ref name="ActorsStudio"/> In her 1991 autobiography ''Little Girl Lost'', Barrymore recounted early memories of her abusive father, who left the family when she was six months old. She and her father never had a significant relationship and seldom spoke.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Newsmakers, The People Behind Today's Headlines|last1=Collins|first1=Louise Mooney|last2=Speace|first2=Geri J.|publisher=Gale Research Inc.|year=1995|isbn=0-8103-5745-3|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newsmakerspeople0000unse_t2w0/page/28 28–31]|url=https://archive.org/details/newsmakerspeople0000unse_t2w0/page/28}}</ref>

===Childhood===
[[File:Drew Barrymore 1987 photo.jpg|thumb|upright|Barrymore in 1987]]
Barrymore grew up on Poinsettia Place in [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]], until she moved to [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles|Sherman Oaks]] at the age of seven. In her 2015 memoir ''Wildflower'', she says she spoke "like a [[valley girl]]" because she grew up in Sherman Oaks. She moved back to [[West Hollywood]] on becoming [[Emancipation of minors|emancipated]] at age 14.<ref>{{harvnb|Barrymore|2015|pages=2; 7}}</ref> She attended elementary school at Fountain Day School in West Hollywood and Country School.<ref>{{harvnb|Barrymore|2015|page=156}}</ref> In the wake of her sudden stardom, Barrymore endured a notoriously troubled childhood. She was a regular at [[Studio 54]] as a young girl, and her nightlife and constant partying became a popular subject with the media. She was placed in [[Drug rehabilitation|rehab]] at 13,<ref name="Hello-Profile"/><ref name="ActorsStudio"/> and spent eighteen months in an institution for the mentally ill.<ref name=GuardianBoohoo>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/oct/25/drew-barrymore-mother-locked-up-in-institution-interview |title=Drew Barrymore: 'My mother locked me up in an institution at 13. Boo hoo! I needed it' |first=Simon |last=Hattenstone |author-link=Simon Hattenstone |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 October 2015 |access-date=25 October 2015 |archive-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025170227/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/oct/25/drew-barrymore-mother-locked-up-in-institution-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> A suicide attempt at 14 put her back in rehab, followed by a three-month stay with singer [[David Crosby]] and his wife. The stay was precipitated, Crosby said, because she "needed to be around some people that were committed to sobriety." Barrymore described this period of her life for ''Little Girl Lost.'' After a successful [[juvenile court]] petition for emancipation, she moved into her own apartment at the age of 15.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="People-Bio"/>