| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jaid Barrymore |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | May 8, 1946. As of 2024, she is around 78 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 1 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | Mixed |
| Nationality | German |
| What is Jaid Barrymore famous for? | Jaid Barrymore is an actress, ex-wife of John Drew Barrymore, the daughter-in-law of John Barrymore, and the mother of actress Drew Barrymore. |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Jaid Barrymore, an older woman with brown hair and a thin figure, is a former actress in the film industry.
- She left the acting profession when she gave birth to her daughter, Drew Barrymore, and helped her become a child actor. Drew went on to become a big Hollywood star.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Jaid was born on May 8, 1946, with the actual name Ildiko Jaid Mako.
- Her life began in a refugee camp just outside of Munich, Germany, along with her Hungarian parents. The family was forced to flee from political unrest in their home country of Hungary.
- Eventually, she made her way to the United States and began acting under the name Jade.
- During her time acting, she eventually met John Drew Barrymore an actor, who came from a long lineage of actors, including father John Barrymore, his uncles Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, and his stage-play ancestors William Edward Blythe and Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe.
- Jaid wed John Drew on March 6, 1971. The couple eventually got divorced more than a decade later, in 1984.
Life as Drew Barrymore Mom :
- In 1975, four years after marrying John Drew, Jaid gave birth to her daughter Drew.
- As Drew grew up, Jaid pushed her further and further into the entertainment industry, eventually even allowing her daughter to get hooked on drugs and alcohol at the young age of 12.
- Jaid sent Drew to rehab for over a year, and when Drew finally emerged, she filed for emancipation from Barrymore at age 14. The two have had little contact even since, but Drew says she holds no animosity toward her mother and supports her financially.
Job, Acting Career and Net Worth :
- Jaid began working in the industry with the R-rated comedy Night Shift, a 1982 film about a morgue attendant that begins running a brothel out of his workplace. In it, she played Joyce.
- Two years later, after having Drew, Barrymore appeared in the comedy-drama Irreconcilable Differences, which starred Drew as a young girl who sues her parents for emancipation.
- From 1992 to 1994, Jaid completed several more films, including Me Myself and I, Guncrazy, Doppelganger, and Inevitable Grace. She even went on to be a voice actor for the TV series Eek!stravaganza.
- She continued acting throughout the late 90s, where she was usually cast in cameo appearances or minor roles, until eventually appearing in the 1998 film Enchanted, where she had a larger role.
- In 2001, she starred in the short film Directing Eddie, a comedy about sibling rivalry. In it, she played Carla Bass.
- After a few more years of minor acting roles, she returned to the role of Carla Bass in the full-length film Redirecting Eddie. This remains her last role to date.
Work as a Producer :
- Jaid has also co-produced one film to date, a politically-charged thriller called This Revolution.
- Released in 2005, This Revolution used the photography of Medium Cool and made a film that covered New York’s urban warfare during the RNC.
- She has yet to act in or produce any more films.
This is a very informative and interesting article as I was curious as to where Drew Barrymore came from and this article tells a person all about her mother and how she fit in Drew’s life and also about her father and his famous relatives that I don’t remember as they were before my time, although I had a teacher in speech class that always mentioned them and their style of acting being superb! Thank you for the detailed info.