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===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"/>
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