Drew Blythe Barrymore is an American actress, producer, director, author, talk show host and entrepreneur. She achieved fame as a child actress with her role in E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial. She was placed in rehab at the age of 13, and spent 18 months in an institution for the mentally ill. A suicide attempt at 14 put her back in rehab, followed by a three-month stay with singer David Crosby and his wife. Her godmothers are actress Sophia Loren and Lee Strasberg’s widow, Anna Strasberg.
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Drew Blythe Barrymore is an American actress, producer, director, author, talk show host and entrepreneur. She achieved fame as a child actress with her role in E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Barrymore released an autobiography, Little Girl Lost, when she was 16 in 1991. She is the granddaughter of John Barrymore and the great-grandniece of Lionel Barrymore. She was placed in rehab at the age of 13, and spent 18 months in an institution for the mentally ill. A suicide attempt at 14 put her back in rehab, followed by a three-month stay with singer David Crosby and his wife. In 2015, she released her memoir, Wildflower. Her godmothers are actress Sophia Loren and Lee Strasberg’s widow, Anna Strasberg. She and Nancy Juvonen formed the production company Flower Films in 1995. In 2013, Barrymore launched a range of cosmetics under the Flower banner, which has grown to include lines in makeup, perfume and eyewear. She starred in the Netflix series, Santa Clarita Diet, since September 2020, and hosts The Drew Barrymore Show, a syndicated talk show. She has a half-brother, John, who is also an actor. Her father, Jaid Barrymore, was born in a displaced persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany, to Hungarian World War II refugees. All of her paternal great- grandparents were actors, with her paternal grandparents, John Barry more and Dolores Costello, also being actors.
She grew up on Poinsettia Place in West Hollywood until she moved to Sherman Oaks. In her 2015 memoir, she says she talks ‘like a valley girl’ because she grew up in a valley. In the wake of her sudden stardom, she said she was a regular at racy Studio 54 as a young girl, and her nightlife and nightlife became a popular subject with the media. She moved back to West Hollywood upon becoming emancipated at 14. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. She made her directorial debut film Whip It, in which she also starred. Barrymore received a SAG Award and a Golden Globe for her performance in Grey Gardens. She is a great-great-granddaughter of Irish-born John and English-born Louisa Lane Drew, all of whom were also actors. Her uncle is Broadway idol John Drew Jr. and silent film actor, writer, and director Sidney Drew. She also has a niece, Diana Barrymore,. grandniece, and great-Great-grandmother of Lionel and Ethel Barrymore; her godfather is director Steven Spielberg. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. She currently lives with her mother and three stepfathers in Santa Monica, California. She works as a personal trainer and runs a personal care company called The Barrymore Method. She recently released a book about her troubled childhood, entitled, ‘Little Girl Lost’
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