<P> Her godmothers are actress Sophia Loren 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 ." Her godfather is director Steven Spielberg . </P> <P> Her first name, "Drew", was the maiden name of her paternal great - grandmother, Georgie Drew, and her middle name, "Blythe," was the original surname of the dynasty founded by her great - grandfather, Maurice Barrymore . Barrymore recounted in her 1989 autobiography, Little Girl Lost, early memories of her abusive father, who left the family when Barrymore was six months old . They never had anything resembling a significant relationship and seldom spoke to each other . </P> <P> Barrymore grew up on Poinsetta Place in West Hollywood until the age of 7, when she moved to Sherman Oaks . In her 2015 memoir Wildflower, she says she talks "like a valley girl" because she grew up in Sherman Oaks . She moved back to West Hollywood, upon becoming emancipated at 14 . Barrymore attended elementary school at Fountain Day School in West Hollywood and Country School . </P> <P> In the wake of her sudden stardom, Barrymore endured a notoriously troubled childhood . She was already a regular at the racy Studio 54 as a young girl, smoking cigarettes at the age of nine, drinking alcohol at age eleven, smoking marijuana at age twelve and snorting cocaine at age thirteen . Her nightlife and constant partying became a popular subject with the media . She was in rehab at the age of fourteen, and spent eighteen months in an institution for the mentally ill . A suicide attempt, also at 14, put her back in rehab, followed by a three - month stay with singer David Crosby (of rock group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) and his wife . The stay was precipitated, Crosby said, because she "needed to be around some people that were committed to sobriety ." Barrymore later described this period of her life in her autobiography, Little Girl Lost . After a successful juvenile court petition for emancipation, she moved into her own apartment at the age of fifteen . </P>

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