Drew Barrymore
- Born: 22 Feb, 1975
An adorable child star who overcame an out-of-control adolescence and reclaimed her post as America's mischievous but pure-hearted sweetheart, Drew Barrymore rode a career rollercoaster spanning two decades before the age of 25. The product of an acting dynasty that runs from great-great-grandmother Louisa Lane Drew through grandfather John Barrymore, the youngest Barrymore showed promise right erom the start and appeared in TV commercials before reaching the age of one. While her lineage was responsible for some notice, the saccharine-free sweetness of her performance as little Gertie in the 1982 classic "ET, The Extra-Terrestrial" won Barrymore acclaim reserved for the truly talented. Her watchability propelled many a subsequent film, including the otherwise unremarkable Stephe...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- great-great-grandmother Louisa Lane Drew: first woman theater manager in USA
- great-great-grandfather John Drew:
- great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore: born in 1847; popular stage actor and matinee idol; died of syphilis in 1905
- great-grandmother Georgianna Drew: famed light comedy actress; born in 1855; died in 1893
- aunt Diana Barrymore: born in 1920; died in 1960
- great-grandfather Maurice Costello: known as 'The Dimpled Darling', Costello was one of the first matinee idols of the screen (beginning c. 1908)
- father John Barrymore: separated from Barrymore's mother before her birth
- grandfather John Barrymore: highly acclaimed matinee idol of stage and screen in the 1920s and 30s; known as 'The Great Profile'; born in 1882; died in 1942
- mother Ildiko Jaid: separated from Barrymore's father before her birth dedicated her book, "Secrets of World Class Lovers", to Barrymore
- grandmother Dolores Costello: popular star of silent films who made memorable comeback in "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942)
- half-brother John Blyth Barrymore: experienced own struggles with addictions; born in 1954; mother, Cara Williams
- great-uncle Lionel Barrymore: famed, prolific actor who worked primarily in Hollywood over the course of his lengthy career; Oscar winner as Best Actor for "A Free Soul" (1931); born in 1878; died in 1954
- half-sister Blyth Dolores Barrymore: born in 1962; mother, Gabriella Palazzoli
- great-aunt Ethel Barrymore: legendary stage performer who in her later years played character roles in Hollywood films; Oscar winner as Best Supporting Actress for "None But the Lonely Heart" (1944)
- half-sister Jessica Barrymore: older; mother, Nina Wayne
- great-aunt Helene Costello: sister of Dolores Costello, also a silent screen star
- godmother Anna Strasberg:
- James Walters: born in July 1969; announced one-year engagement in August 1992; separated in January 1993
- Phedon Papamichael: together c. 1992; no longer together
- husband Jeremy Thomas: Welsh-born; married on March 20, 1994 after five-week courtship; together for 19 days; filed for divorce on May 10, 1994; divorced 11 months later
- Val Kilmer: involved c. 1995; Barrymore has said they were only friends
- Eric Erlandson: born c. 1963; guitarist with the rock group Hole (featuring Courtney Love); Barrymore nicknamed him 'String Bean' (he stands 6'4"); no longer together
- Fabrizio Moretti: dated May 2002; no longer together as of September 2002; reconciled in October 2002; rumored to be engaged as of January 2003
- Luke Wilson: born c. 1971; worked with Barrymore in "Best Men" and "Home Fries"; together from 1996 to 1999
- Joel Shearer: dating as of September 2002
- Jeremy Davies: briefly dated in early 1999
- husband Tom Green: dating as of March 2000; announced engagement in July 2000; reportedly eloped to the South Pacific in March 2001; remarried in ceremony before friends and family on July 6, 2001; Green filed for divorce on December 17, 2001; divorced finalized in 2002; Barrymore keeps the Los Angeles house and Greene pays $307,000 to Barrymore
- Alec Pure: born c. 1976
- Brandon Davis: dated April 2002
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