Editing David Arquette (section)

==Early life==
Arquette was born in a [[Subud]] [[Commune (intentional community)|commune]] in [[Bentonville, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Wolff Peterson | first=Maggie | title=Peace, Love and Subud | website=VirginiaLiving.com | date=2016-06-17 | url=https://virginialiving.com/culture/peace-love-and-subud/ |quote =  Arquette's youngest son, David,&nbsp;... was born at the commune. |access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=David Arquette Archives | website=Us Weekly | url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/david-arquette/ | access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/David-Arquettes-Life-After-Rehab/3|title=David Arquette's Life After Rehab|publisher=Oprah.com|date=2011-02-24|access-date=2015-10-31}}</ref> He is the youngest child of Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actress, [[burlesque]] dancer, poet, theater operator, activist, acting-teacher, and therapist, and [[Lewis Arquette]], a puppeteer and actor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baum |first=Gary |date=2012-07-11 |title=David Arquette Celebrates Late Mother's Burlesque Past at His New Nightspot |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/david-arquette-bootsy-bellows-naked-mother-pictures-347261/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/36/Patricia-Arquette.html|title=Patricia Arquette Biography (1968–)|publisher=Film Reference|access-date=2015-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/David-Arquette.html|title=David Arquette Biography (1971–)|publisher=Film Reference|access-date=2015-10-31}}</ref> Arquette's paternal grandfather was comedian [[Cliff Arquette]]. Arquette's mother was [[Jewish]] (from a family that emigrated from [[Poland]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/david-arquette-bar-mitzvah-trip-israel-tweets-finally-man-article-1.1093601|title=David Arquette has bar mitzvah during first trip to Israel, tweets: 'Finally I'm a man' |date=June 11, 2012|work=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts_in_la/76709/|title=David Arquette: The Females of My Life|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=February 17, 2010|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/patricia-arquette-the-not-so-dippy-hippie-412274.html|title=Patricia Arquette: The not-so-dippy hippie|last=Hoggard|first=Liz|date=August 18, 2006|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/6855/|title=Arquette Reconnects|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=October 17, 2002|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]|access-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref> while his father was a convert from [[Roman Catholicism]] to [[Islam]]; through him, David is distantly related to explorer [[Meriwether Lewis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-13-me-24843-story.html|title=Lewis Arquette; Actor, Comic Continued Family Trade |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1986-07-10|access-date=2015-10-31}}</ref> His father, whose family's surname was originally Arcouet, was partly of [[French Canadian|French-Canadian]] descent.<ref>''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', February 9, 2016, PBS.</ref> Arquette's four siblings, [[Rosanna Arquette|Rosanna]], Richmond, [[Patricia Arquette|Patricia]], and [[Alexis Arquette|Alexis]], all became actors as well.<ref>{{cite news|title=David Arquette – About This Person|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/2421/David-Arquette|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216084253/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/2421/David-Arquette|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2013|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2013|access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref> The Arquettes had an unusual upbringing, with a father who occasionally had issues with [[substance abuse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/David-Arquettes-Life-After-Rehab/4|title=David Arquette's Life After Rehab|publisher=Oprah.com|date=2011-02-24|access-date=2015-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.life.com/gallery/59171/image/ugc1201171/david-arquette-his-life-now#index/12|title=David Arquette: His Life Now |magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]] |access-date=2015-10-31 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110420192027/http://www.life.com/gallery/59171/image/ugc1201171/david-arquette-his-life-now%23index/12 |archive-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref> Their mother died of [[breast cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brenda 'Mardi' Olivia Nowak (1939–1997) – Genealogy|url=http://www.geni.com/people/Mardi-Arquette-Nowak/6000000004561226291|website=Geni|date=August 21, 1939 |access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Byron|first1=Ellen|title=David Arquette Turns His Grief Into Action|url=http://www.healthmonitor.com/breast-cancer/celebrity-stories-breast-cancer/written-article/david-arquette-turns-his-grief-action|website=Healthmonitor|access-date=26 September 2015|archive-date=September 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927141015/http://www.healthmonitor.com/breast-cancer/celebrity-stories-breast-cancer/written-article/david-arquette-turns-his-grief-action|url-status=dead}}</ref>