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| Birthname | William Eugene Burrows |
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| Birth date | September 18, 1946 |
| Birth place | Hugoton, Kansas, U.S.A. |
| Othername | Bill Drago |
| Yearsactive | 1979–present |
| Spouse | Silvana Gallardo (1980-present) |
Drago is the father of actor Darren E. Burrows. His wife is actress Silvana Gallardo.
Drago is perhaps best known for the role of Al Capone's henchman Frank Nitti in Brian De Palma's 1987 film The Untouchables. Since that point he has appeared in numerous films and television roles; his more recent television résumé includes The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and The X-Files.
In 1998 he played the demon Barbas in the WB series Charmed. His character was supposed to appear in only one episode, but due to popularity with fans he was brought back for many other episodes.
His ongoing film resume includes: , and Pale Rider, as a hired hitman. He also was featured in Michael Jackson's 2001 short film/music video "You Rock My World." Drago also played a mysterious stranger who gave a boy a special key in the Mike and the Mechanics music video for "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" in 1985. Drago's latest movie roles were in Gregg Araki's 2004 film Mysterious Skin, the horror remake The Hills Have Eyes, and a rare leading role in Takashi Miike's Masters of Horror episode Imprint, which Showtime pulled from the air due to "disturbing content." The episode has been released on DVD.
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| Caption | Drew Barrymore at the Tribeca Film Festival, May 2007 |
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| Birth name | Drew Blyth Barrymore |
| Birth date | February 22, 1975 |
| Birth place | Culver City, California, U.S. |
| Parents | John Drew Barrymore Jaid Barrymore |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Occupation | Actress, producer, director, model |
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| Relations | John Barrymore (grandfather) |
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Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, film producer and film director. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered States in 1980. Afterwards, she starred in her breakout role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. She quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actors, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.
Following a turbulent childhood which was marked by drug and alcohol abuse and two stints in rehab, with its first production the 1999 Barrymore film Never Been Kissed. Flower Films has gone on to produce the Barrymore vehicle films Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates, and Music and Lyrics, as well as the cult film Donnie Darko. Barrymore's more recent projects include He's Just Not That into You, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Everybody's Fine and Going the Distance. A recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Barrymore appeared on the cover of the 2007 People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful issue.
Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Since then, she has donated over $1 million to the program. In 2007, she became both CoverGirl's newest model and spokeswoman for the cosmetic and the face for Gucci's newest jewelry line. In 2010, she was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens.
Barrymore was born into acting: her great-grandparents Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore, Maurice Costello and Mae Costello ( Altschuk) and her grandparents John Barrymore and Dolores Costello, were all actors; the great-great-granddaughter of John Drew and actress Louisa Lane Drew, and the great grandniece of silent film actor/writer/director Sidney Drew. She is also the god-daughter of director Steven Spielberg,
Her first name, Drew, was the maiden name of her paternal great-grandmother, Georgie Drew Barrymore; her middle name, Blyth, was the original surname of the dynasty founded by her great-grandfather, Maurice Barrymore. In a review in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert states: "Barrymore is the right actress for this role precisely because she approaches it with such grave calm." He concludes with saying that "The Drew Barrymore character sees right through all of this. She doesn't care about careers, she wants to be given a happy home and her minimum daily requirement of love, and, in a way, the movie is about how Hollywood (and American success in general) tends to cut adults off from the natural functions of parents."
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Besides a number of appearances in films produced by her company, Flower Films, including Charlie's Angels, Barrymore had a dramatic role in the comedy/drama Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), playing a teenage mother in a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father (based on the real-life story of Beverly D'Onofrio).
50 First Dates was followed by Fever Pitch (2005), and in 2007, Music and Lyrics and Lucky You. Barrymore's more recent projects include Beverly Hills Chihuahua in 2008, and 2009's He's Just Not That into You, Grey Gardens and Everybody's Fine.
Barrymore's directorial debut film Whip It, was released in October 2009. Whip It starred Ellen Page and Marcia Gay Harden and centered on an obsession with beauty pageants and the Austin, Texas, Hurl Scouts roller derby team. Barrymore also co-starred in the film.
On February 3, 2004, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Barrymore's films have a worldwide box office gross that stands at over $2.3 billion. According to The Hollywood Reporter
On February 3, 2007, Barrymore hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the fifth time,
Barrymore became a CoverGirl Cosmetics' model and spokeswoman in 2007, and was No. 1 in People's annual 100 Most Beautiful People list. In 2007, she was named the new face for the Gucci jewelry line. Barrymore is signed to IMG Models New York City.
In May 2007, Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme and later donated $1 million to the cause.
In September 2010, Barrymore was confirmed to play the role of Ganga in the Indian Bollywood film The Lifestyle – In Generation Next to be directed by Santosh Kumar Jain, to be released in 2012.
Several articles and interviews reported Barrymore's taste for photography. As a guest photographer for a magazine series called "They Shoot New York", she appeared on the cover holding a Pentax K1000 film camera. She hopes to expose her work in a gallery one day, as she documented the last decade of her life with a Pentax camera.
In 1991, at the age of 16, Barrymore became engaged to Leland Hayward, grandson of Hollywood producer Leland Hayward. After a few months, however, this engagement was called off. Soon afterward, Barrymore was engaged to and lived with musician/actor Jamie Walters in 1992–93. She was married to Welsh bartender turned bar owner Jeremy Thomas from March 20 to April 28, 1994. Green filed for divorce in December 2001. She most recently dated Justin Long, but they confirmed their split in July 2008. The couple reunited in 2009 and co-starred in the 2010 film Going the Distance.
Since the 1990s, Barrymore has been frequently mentioned as one of the few openly bisexual Hollywood personalities In 2004, she was quoted as saying "A woman and a woman together are beautiful, just as a man and a woman together are beautiful. Being with a woman is like exploring your own body, but through someone else. When I was younger I used to go with lots of women. Totally. I love it". In March 2007, former magazine editor Jane Pratt claimed on her Sirius Satellite Radio show that she had a romance with Barrymore in the mid-1990s.
Barrymore was formerly a vegetarian, but has since begun to eat meat.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Director |- ! Year ! Film ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2004 | Choose or Lose Presents: The Best Place to Start | Director; Documentary |- | 2009 | Whip It | Directorial debut |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Producer credits |- ! Year ! Film ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1999 | Never Been Kissed | Executive producer |- | 2000 | Charlie's Angels | Producer |- | 2001 | Donnie Darko | Executive producer |- | 2003 | | Producer |- | 2003 | Duplex | Producer |- | 2005 | Fever Pitch | Producer |- | 2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | Executive producer |- | 2009 | Whip It | Executive producerNominated—Bronze Horse |}
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