Birth Name: Kelli Michelle Berglund
Place of Birth: Moorpark, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 9, 1996
Eye Color: brown
Hair Type/Color: Brown straight
Ethnicity: Swedish, German, Norwegian, Danish
Kelli Berglund is an American actress well known for starring on the Disney Channel Original movie How to Build a Better Boy.
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Birth Name: Stephen James Merchant
Place of Birth: Bristol, England
Date of Birth: 24 November, 1974
Ethnicity: English
Stephen Merchant is an English actor and comedian.
Stephen’s paternal grandparents were John A. Merchant (the son of Ernest Merchant and Eliza Gregory) and Irene Payne (the daughter of George Payne).
Source: Family history of Stephen Merchant – http://www.telegraph.co.uk
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Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon
Date of Birth: September 27, 1991
Thomas Mann is an American actor (not to be confused with the German writer of the same name).
The surname “Mann” can be English, German, or Ashkenazi Jewish, along with possible other options. It is not clear what Thomas’s background is.
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Birth Name: John Arthur Lithgow
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York
Date of Birth: October 19, 1945
Ethnicity: English, as well as French, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Scottish, Welsh
John Lithgow is an American actor. He is the son of Sarah Jane (Price) and Arthur Washington Lithgow. His father was born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, where some of his family had lived for a few generations. His ancestry is English, French, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Scottish, and Welsh.
John’s paternal grandparents were Arthur Washington Lithgow (the daughter of Arthur Washington Lithgow and Ellen Prentiss Pierce) and Ina Berenice Robinson (the daughter of Edwin Bradford Robinson and Amanda Melvina Knowles).
John’s maternal grandparents were Orlo Josiah Price (the son of Thomas Davis Price and Sarah Jane Jones) and Eva Bronson Graves (the daughter of Albert Mattoon Graves and Mary Bronson).
Source: Genealogy of John Lithgow – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: Dennis Lee Hopper
Date of Birth: May 17, 1936
Place of Birth: Dodge City, Kansas
Date of Death: May 29, 2010
Place of Death: Venice, California
Ethnicity: English (mostly), along with distant Scottish, Welsh, remote Italian
Dennis Hopper was an American actor. Most of his ancestry was English. He also had distant Scottish and Welsh roots, and remote Italian ancestry (Dennis was a descendant of Bartolomeo Taliaferro, an Italian, born c. 1562, in Venice, Italy, who moved to England and married an Englishwoman, Joane Lane).
Dennis’s paternal grandparents were James Clarence Hopper (the son of Francis Millard Hopper and Viola Victoria Lawson) and Elizabeth Bertie Bell (the daughter of Jay Mix Bell and Anna Louise Hopkins).
Dennis’s maternal grandparents were William Lonnie Davis (the son of John Crittenden Davis and Sophronia Ann Edwards) and Nellie Bly McInteer (the daughter of Porter Dethridge McInteer and Mattie Lee Masters).
Source: Genealogy of Dennis Hopper – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Place of Birth: West Irvine, Kentucky
Date of Birth: July 14, 1926
Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish)
Harry Dean Stanton is an American actor. He has English, and some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), ancestry. His family has lived in the United States for many generations.
Harry’s paternal grandparents were Solomon Allen Stanton (the son of William M. Stanton and Obedience Stroud) and Hester Jane Tweed (the daughter of Abner Grainger Tweed and Jane S. Pinner).
Harry’s maternal grandparents were Archibald Crawford Moberly (the son of Valentine Crawford Moberly and Agatha Smyth) and Zouie Maude Wilson (the daughter of Harvey Lucas Wilson and Mary Susan Marcum).
Source: Genealogy of Harry Dean Stanton – http://genforum.genealogy.com
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Birth Name: Cornelius Crane Chase
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Birth: October 8, 1943
Ethnicity: English, as well as Scottish, Irish, Danish, distant Dutch
Chevy Chase is an American actor. His parents were both from prominent families. Much of his ancestry is English, with smaller if recent amounts of Scottish, Irish, and Danish, and distant Dutch, roots.
Chevy’s paternal grandparents were Edward Leigh Chase, a painter (the son of Charles Denison Chase and Grace Metcalfe) and Mabel Penrose Tinsley (the daughter of Edward Tinsley and Laura Penrose Thornton).
Chevy’s maternal grandparents were Miles Rutherford Browning, a prominent U.S. Navy officer (the son of Oren Fogle Browning, Jr. and Sarah Louise Smith) and Catherine/Cathalene Isabella Parker (the daughter of Edward Graham Parker and Charlotte Margaret Linné).
Sources: Genealogy of Chevy Chase – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Chevy Chase (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: Dudley Stuart John Moore
Date of Birth: 19 April, 1935
Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England
Date of Death: 27 March, 2002
Place of Death: Plainfield, New Jersey
Ethnicity:
*Scottish (father)
*English, some Welsh (mother)
Dudley Moore was an English actor. His mother, Ada Francis (Hughes), was English, and had mostly English, and some Welsh, ancestry. His father, John Havlin Moore, was Scottish, from Glasgow.
Dudley’s maternal grandfather was William Owen Hughes (the son of William Owen Hughes and Emma Kate Derrett). Dudley’s great-grandfather William was the son of William Hughes and Elizabeth Gilbert. Emma was the daughter of Frederick Derrett and Ann Marks or Mitchell.
Dudley’s maternal grandmother was Ada Ratford (the daughter of George Ratford and Mary Ida Ames). George was the son of William Ratford and Lucy Mortlock. Mary was the daughter of Luke Martin Ames and Sarah/Sally Deeks.
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Birth Name: Christine Ann Lahti
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Michigan
Date of Birth: April 4, 1950
Ethnicity:
*Finnish (father)
*Austro-Hungarian (mother)
Christine Lahti is an American actress. Her father was of Finnish descent. Her mother’s family was from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Christine’s paternal grandparents were Wäinö Lahti (the son of Sophia) and Augusta Wilhelmina Kahara (the daughter of Andrew Kahara). Wäinö was born in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland. Augusta was also Finnish.
Christine’s maternal grandparents were Mathias “Max” Tabar (the son of M. Tabar and Mary Vich) and Barbara Katherine Gotter (the daughter of Ferdinand Gotter and Catherina Schmidt). Barbara was born in Salzburg, Austria, and Mathias was from the same region.
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Place of Birth: New Rochelle, New York
Date of Birth: November 19, 1956
Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*Swedish, Hungarian (mother)
Glynnis O’Connor is an American actress, the daughter of producer Daniel Patrick O’Connor and actress Lenka Peterson (born Betty Ann Isacson). Her father has Irish ancestry. Her mother is of Swedish and Hungarian descent.
Glynnis’s maternal grandparents were Sven Edward Isacson and Magdalina/Lenke Leinweber. Sven was Swedish. Lenke was Hungarian.
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Birth Name: Peter Frederick Weller
Place of Birth: Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Date of Birth: June 24, 1947
Ethnicity: English, German
Peter Weller is an American actor. He has English and German ancestry.
Peter’s paternal grandparents were Garald Paul Weller (the son of Frederick Albert Weller and Theresa K. Elsner) and Gladys Mae Willett (the daughter of Bradford Bradley Willard Willett and Ella Frances Smith).
Peter’s maternal grandparents were Joseph M. Davidson (the son of Absalom Joseph Davidson and Amanda Belle Scott) and Mildred Ward (the daughter of Alfred Marion Ward and Elizabeth E. Robbins).
Source: Genealogy of Peter Weller (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.portagecountywifamily.com
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Birth Name: Tracy Darrell Adkins
Place of Birth: Sarepta, Louisiana
Date of Birth: January 13, 1962
Ethnicity: English, distant Welsh
Trace Adkins is an American country music singer and actor. He has English, and distant Welsh, ancestry.
Trace’s paternal grandparents were Rayford Doyle Adkins (the son of Plains Wash Adkins and Myrtle E.) and Mavis B. Giles (the daughter of Thomas O. Giles and Mattie B.).
Trace’s maternal grandparents were Gentry T. Carraway (the son of James Henry Carraway and Mary Luquinsey Morgan) and Katie Maude Thompson (the daughter of James William Thompson and Alice Gertrude Williams).
Sources: Trace’s paternal grandfather, Rayford Doyle Adkins, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Trace’s maternal grandfather, Gentry T. Carraway – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: Brion Howard James
Date of Birth: February 20, 1945
Place of Birth: Redlands, California
Date of Death: August 7, 1999
Place of Death: Malibu, California
Ethnicity: English
Brion James was an American actor.
Brion’s maternal grandparents were James Walter Berry Buckalew (the son of John Elijah Buckalew and Sarah Jane Haley) and Eula Cathan Ogburn (the daughter of James Buchanan Ogburn and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Davidson).
Sources: Genealogy of Brion James (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://cbradweir.familytreeguide.com
Genealogy of Brion’s maternal great-grandfather, James Buchanan Ogburn (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Place of Birth: San Francisco, California
Date of Birth: April 14, 1930
Ethnicity: English, German
Bradford Dillman is an American actor. He has English and German ancestry.
Bradford’s paternal grandparents were Charles Francis Dillman (the son of William P. Dillman and Sarah J. Rhodes) and Stella Borland Dean (the daughter of Elisha B. Dean and Jannette Wilcox). Sarah was born in Yorkshire, England. Jannette was born in Canada.
Bradford’s maternal grandparents were Charles Cadwell Moore (the son of Lewis William Moore and Mary B.) and Lillian M. Breed (the daughter of Levi Newton Breed and Annie J. Blunt).
Source: Genealogy of Bradford’s paternal grandmother, Stella Borland Dean (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: Bruce Lorne Campbell
Place of Birth: Royal Oak, Michigan
Date of Birth: June 22, 1958
Ethnicity: English, Scottish
Bruce Campbell is an American actor. He has English and Scottish ancestry.
Bruce’s paternal grandparents were Donald McKenzie Campbell (the son of Hugh Campbell and Ellen Mary) and Dorothy Durfee Newton (the daughter of Charles Damon Newton and Nellie A. E. Durfee).
Source: Genealogy of Bruce Campbell (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: Tatum Beatrice O’Neal
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Date of Birth: November 5, 1963
Ethnicity: English, Irish, 1/8th Ashkenazi Jewish
Tatum O’Neal is an American actress. Her parents are actors Ryan O’Neal (born Charles Patrick Ryan O’Neal) and Joanna Moore (born Dorothy Joanne Cook).
Her father has Irish, English, and one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish (from Germany and Poland), ancestry. Her mother had English ancestry.
Tatum’s paternal grandfather was Charles Eldridge O’Neal, a screenwriter (the son of Charles Samuel O’Neal and Elizabeth Maude Duffey). Charles Samuel O’Neal was born in South Carolina, and had Irish and English ancestry. Elizabeth was born in Mallinger, Ireland.
Tatum’s paternal grandmother was Patricia Ruth O’Callaghan, an actress (the daughter of Richard E. O’Callaghan and Mathilde “Tillie” Pius). Richard was born in Ireland. Mathilde was Jewish, and was the daughter of Gustave “George” Pius and Rebecca “Regina” Iglick. Gustave was a German Jewish immigrant, the son of Moses Pius and Esther. Rebecca was born in Schrimm, now Srem, Poland, to a Jewish family. She was the daughter of Simon Iglik (the son of Moses Iglik and Rifka/Rebecca) and Dore Adam (the daughter of Schmul Adam and Reisel).
Tatum’s maternal grandparents were Henry Anderson Cook III (the son of Henry Anderson Cook II and Mamie Lou Tatum) and Dorothy Martha English (the daughter of William Matthew English and Corrie Kendrick Trussell).
Sources: Genealogy of Tatum O’Neal – http://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Tatum’s paternal grandparents, Charles Eldridge O’Neal and Patricia Ruth O’Callaghan – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Tatum’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Tatum’s paternal great-grandmother, Mathilde “Tillie” Pius, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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Birth Name: Anne Mobley
Date of Birth: March 27, 1929
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska
Date of Death: August 11, 1988
Place of Death: Hollywood, California
Ethnicity: English, distant Dutch, French Huguenot
Anne Ramsey was an American actress. Her family had lived in the United States since the 1600s. She had English, and distant Dutch and French Huguenot, roots.
Anne’s paternal grandparents were John William Mobley (the son of Calvin Washington Mobley and Mary Irvin) and Clay Anne Norman (the daughter of Warren Norman and Eliza Esther Martin).
Anne’s maternal grandparents were Floyd Monroe Smith (the son of Monroe Edward Smith and Harriet Calphurnia Crittenden) and Anna Shiverick (the daughter of Charles Shiverick and Mary Ella Crary).
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Birth Name: Alicia Christian Foster
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Date of Birth: November 19, 1962
Ethnicity:
*English, distant Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), remote Italian (father)
*possibly German (mother)
Jodie Foster is an American actress. On her father’s side, she has English, distant Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and remote Italian, ancestry (Jodie is a descendant of Bartolomeo Taliaferro, an Italian, born c. 1562, in Venice, Italy, who moved to England and married an Englishwoman, Joane Lane).
Jodie’s mother is sometimes cited as being of German or part German ancestry.
Jodie’s paternal grandparents were Lucius Fisher Foster (the son of Alexis Caldwell Foster and Alice Eddy Fisher) and Constance Marie Robertson (the daughter of Samuel Richard Robertson and Elizabeth Martha Hughes).
Jodie’s maternal grandmother was Josie Almond.
Source: Genealogy of Jodie Foster (focusing on her father’s side) – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Date of Birth: December 18, 1972
Place of Birth: Nahant, Massachusetts
Ethnicity: Greek
Jason Mantzoukas is an American comedian, actor, and writer. His parents are both of Greek descent.
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Ethnicity: Polish, English
Liz Cackowski is an American comedy writer and actress. Her father has Polish ancestry. Her mother has English ancestry.
Liz’s maternal grandparents were H. Bradford Benson and Phyllis Tate (the daughter of Clarence Garren Tate and Lillie Turner).
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