Editing Meryl Streep (section)

=== Relationships and family === 
Author Karina Longworth notes that despite her stardom, for decades Streep has managed to maintain a relatively normal personal life.{{sfn|Longworth|2013|p=7}} Streep lived with actor [[John Cazale]] in the 1970s, caring for him after his [[lung cancer]] diagnosis until he died in March 1978.<ref>{{cite web | last=Feinberg | first=Hugh  | title=Meryl Streep and John Cazale: A Love Story | website=Cinema Scholars | date=June 28, 2021 | url=https://cinemascholars.com/meryl-streep-and-john-cazale-a-love-story/ | access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref> Streep said of his death:

{{blockquote|I didn't get over it. I don't want to get over it. No matter what you do, the pain is always there in some recess of your mind, and it affects everything that happens afterwards. I think you can assimilate the pain and go on without making an obsession of it.{{sfn|Longworth|2013|p=46}}}}

Streep married sculptor [[Don Gummer]] six months after Cazale's death.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hw4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pmUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1223,438388&dq=meryl+streep+don+gummer&hl=en The Lewiston Daily Sun, October 3, 1978] "People - What They Are Saying...Doing". p.15. Google News scan p. 26. Retrieved November 24, 2011.</ref> They have four children: musician [[Henry Wolfe|Henry Wolfe Gummer]] (born 1979), and actresses [[Mamie Gummer|Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer]] (born 1983), [[Grace Gummer|Grace Jane Gummer]] (born 1986), and [[Louisa Gummer|Louisa Jacobson Gummer]] (born 1991).<ref>{{cite news|last=Osterhout|first=Jacob E.|title=Almost famous: His mom may be an icon, but musician Henry Wolfe is making a name of his own|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/famous-mom-icon-musician-henry-wolfe-making-article-1.144059|work=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=March 27, 2014|date=May 15, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224205647/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/famous-mom-icon-musician-henry-wolfe-making-article-1.144059|archive-date=December 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Najib |first=Shafiq |last2=Yu |first2=Yi-Jin |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Meryl Streep is a mom of 4: What to know about her kids |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/meryl-streep-kids/story?id=105370642 |access-date=March 23, 2025 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> In 1985, the family moved into a $1.8-million private estate in Connecticut and lived there until they bought a $3-million mansion in [[Brentwood, Los Angeles]], in 1990.{{sfn|Longworth|2013|pp=94, 99, 175}} They later moved back to [[Connecticut]].{{sfn|Abramowitz|2002|p=414}}<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=edMqAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter Incorporated|volume=404|page=cxxxvii|quote=and her husband, sculptor Don Gummer, found a house in Brentwood (they eventually moved back to Connecticut). ...|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507063745/https://books.google.com/books?id=edMqAQAAIAAJ|archive-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref> In 2023, it was reported that Streep and Gummer had been separated for more than six years. They were publicly last seen together at the [[90th Academy Awards]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/meryl-streep-and-husband-don-gummer-separate-8364883|title=Meryl Streep and Husband Don Gummer Have Been Separated for 6 Years|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Angel|last=Saunders|date=October 21, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021145239/https://people.com/meryl-streep-and-husband-don-gummer-separate-8364883|archive-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref> 

Streep is the godmother of [[Billie Lourd]], daughter of fellow actress and close friend [[Carrie Fisher]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nylon.com/articles/billie-lourd-nylon-may-2016/page-2|title=Billie Lourd Is The Best Friend We Wish We Had|work=[[Nylon (magazine)|magazine]]|first=Marissa G.|last=Muller|date=May 12, 2016|access-date=January 4, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104164339/http://www.nylon.com/articles/billie-lourd-nylon-may-2016/page-2|archive-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref> Fisher wrote the screenplay for Streep's 1990 film ''Postcards from the Edge,'' based on [[Postcards from the Edge|Fisher's book]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Postcards from the Edge |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58653-POSTCARDS-FROMTHEEDGE |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=AFI Catalog}}</ref>