Place of Birth: La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France
Date of Birth: 3 July 1979
Ethnicity: French
Ludivine Sagnier is a French actress and model, who has appeared in films since 1989.
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Annabelle Wallis
Birth name: Annabelle Frances Wallis
Place of Birth: Oxford, England, UK
Date of Birth: 25 September 1984
Ethnicity: English, Irish
Annabelle Wallis is an English actress.
She is the maternal great-niece of Irish actor Richard Harris, who was born in Limerick, Ireland, to a Catholic family.
Annabelle spent much of her childhood in Portugal attending Saint Dominic’s International School. She speaks fluent English, Portuguese, French, and Spanish.
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Mark Margolis
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 26, 1939
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Mark Margolis is an American actor. His father was a Polish Jewish immigrant and his mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
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James Doohan
Birth Name: James Montgomery Doohan
Date of Birth: March 3, 1920
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Death: July 20, 2005
Place of Death: Redmond, Washington
Ethnicity: Irish, Ulster-Scots (Northern Irish)
James Doohan was a Canadian actor. His parents were immigrants from Belfast. He was raised Catholic, but had both Irish Catholic and Ulster-Scots (Northern Irish Protestant) ancestry.
James’s paternal grandparents were Thomas Doohan and Margaret Jane.
James’s maternal grandparents were James Montgomery (the son of James Montgomery and Jane Campbell) and Margaret Pollock (the daughter of James Pollock and Sarah).
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DeForest Kelley
Birth Name: Jackson DeForest Kelley
Date of Birth: January 20, 1920
Place of Birth: Toccoa, Georgia
Date of Death: June 11, 1999
Place of Death: Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Ethnicity: English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish)
DeForest Kelley was an American actor. His father was a Baptist minister.
DeForest’s paternal grandparents were Emory Jackson Kelley (the son of Owen Kelley and Harriet Guest) and Mary Emily Payne (the daughter of John Epps Payne and Lory Emily Shackleford).
DeForest’s maternal grandparents were James T. Casey (the son of Jackson Casey and Cynthia) and Martha Lula Cook.
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Oliver Reed
Birth Name: Robert Oliver Reed
Date of Birth: 13 February, 1938
Place of Birth: Wimbledon, London, England
Date of Death: 2 May, 1999
Place of Death: Valletta, Malta
Ethnicity: English, small amount of German, Lithuanian, Dutch
Oliver Reed was a British actor. He was the only or one of the only major British film stars to have never appeared on stage. Oliver’s uncle was director Carol Reed.
Oliver’s paternal grandparents were Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (an actor, born Herbert Draper Beerbohm, the son of Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm and Constantia Draper) and May Pinney Reed. Hebert was a sibling of author/explorer Julius Beerbohm and author Constance Beerbohm, and a half-sibling of parodist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. Julius was of Dutch, Lithuanian, and German descent. Constantia and May were English.
Oliver’s maternal grandfather was Lancelot Napier Andrews.
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Larry David
Birth Name: Lawrence Gene David
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York
Date of Birth: July 2, 1947
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Larry David is an American comedian, actor, writer, director, and producer.
His parents are both Jewish. On his father’s side, his family came from Germany to the United States, with some of his ancestors having immigrated before the 1850s.
Larry’s paternal grandfather was Frederick Gebhard David (the son of Julius David and Henrietta Bernstein). Julius was born in Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Henrietta was also born in Germany, to Henry Bernstein, from Willanzheim, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, and Bertha Pauline Heidelberger, from Binkosher, Baden, Bavaria.
Larry’s paternal grandmother was Carrie H. Levy (the daughter of Gabriel Levy and Mary Lee Zacharias). Gabriel was the son of Philip Levy, who was from Prussia, and Bertha Mena Solomon. Mary’s parents, Ellias Z. Zacharias and Paulina Sperling, were from Prussia.
Source: Genealogy of Larry David (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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Tony Leung
Birth Name: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Place of Birth: Hong Kong
Date of Birth: 27 June 1962
Ethnicity: Chinese
Family info: Tony Leung is a Hong Kong actor. He collaborated with director Wong Kar Wai for 7 films.
Leung can speak fluent English.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leung_Chiu-Wai
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Nas
Birth Name: Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
Place of Birth: Queensbridge, Queens, New York, United States
Date of Birth: September 14, 1973
Ethnicity: African-American
Nas was born to Olu Dara and Ann Jones. His father Olu was a Jazz musician who converted to Islam. Olu was born Charles Jones but changed his name to Olu Dara which in Yoruba means “God is Good”.
Nas is well known as an influential hip hop artist who with his debut album Illmatic in 1994 was billed as the second coming of Rakim. Known for his lyrical ability and distinctive flow, Nas is highly rated in underground and mainstream circles.
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Ang Lee
Place of Birth: Chaochou, Pingtung, Taiwan
Date of Birth: October 23, 1954
Ethnicity: Chinese
Family info: Ang Lee is a Taiwanese-born American film director. Lee has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, first for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and most recently for Life of Pi (2012). He also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). He is the first person of Asian descent to win an Oscar.
He has stated: “I was never a citizen of any particular place… My parents left China to go to Taiwan. We were outsiders there. We moved to the States. Outsiders. Back to China. Now we were outsiders there, too – outsiders from America.”
Ang Lee is a Buddhist.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Lee
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Simon Baker
Birth Name: Simon Baker
Place of Birth: Launceston, Australia
Date of Birth: July 30, 1969
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Light Brown
Ethnicity: English and possibly other
Family info: Simon Baker is a famous actor most commonly known for the show the Mentalist. He is the son of Barry Baker and Elizabeth Labberton both with English last names.
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David Giuntoli
Birth Name: David C. Giuntoli
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Date of Birth: June 18, 1980
Ethnicity: Italian
David Giuntoli is an American actor. He is best known for the lead role of Detective Nick Burkhardt in the NBC drama Grimm.
His surname is Italian.
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Farley Granger
Birth Name: Farley Earle Granger
Date of Birth: July 1, 1925
Place of Birth: San Jose, California
Date of Death: March 27, 2011
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Ethnicity: English, distant Dutch
Farley Granger was an American actor.
Farley’s paternal grandparents were Clarence A. Granger (the son of Farley Benjamin Granger and Annie Robbins) and Clara Hall (the daughter of Charles C. Hall and Josephine Maria Smith). Annie was born in Shropshire, England.
Farley’s maternal grandparents were William Preston Hopkins and Loretta “Etta” Van Valkenburg.
Source: Genealogy of Farley Granger – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Bruno Kirby
Birth Name: Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu, Jr.
Date of Birth: April 28, 1949
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Death: August 14, 2006
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California
Ethnicity: Italian
Bruno Kirby was an American actor. His father is actor Bruce Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu).
Bruno’s paternal grandparents were John Quidaciolu and Uliana. John and Uliana were both Italian.
Bruno’s maternal grandparents were Cesare Garibaldi (the son of Giorgio B. Garibaldi and Carolina Palma) and Annetta G. Valla (the daughter of Giovanni Valla and Maria Troglio). Cesare and Annetta were both born in New York, both of them to Italian parents.
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Jim Varney
Birth Name: James Albert Varney, Jr.
Date of Birth: June 15, 1949
Place of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky
Date of Death: February 10, 2000
Place of Death: White House, Tennessee
Ethnicity: English, small amount of German, distant Dutch
Jim Varney was an American actor. He was known for his character “Ernest”.
Jim’s paternal grandparents were Andrew Jackson Varney (the son of James C. Varney and Celia Cornett) and Renia/Rena Dean Nickels (the daughter of John S. Nickels and Mary Ann Beverly).
Jim’s maternal grandparents were James Howard (the son of James Isom Howard and Margaret Ann Fluty) and Anna Belle Combs (the daughter of Gideon Combs and Malinda Ellen Scholl).
Sources: Genealogy of Jim Varney – http://famousancestry.info (misidentifies Jim’s paternal grandmother as Fidelia Dilli Dolly Spaulding, who was Jim’s grandfather’s first wife)
Genealogy of Jim’s paternal great-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Varney (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Peter Berg
Birth Name: Peter Winkler Berg
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth: 11 March 1964
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*unknown (mother)
Peter Berg is an American actor, film director, producer, and writer.
Berg’s father was Jewish and his mother Christian. He is a cousin of writer H. G. Bissinger (who is Jewish).
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LL Cool J
Birth Name: James Todd Smith
Place of Birth: Bay Shore, New York, United States
Date of Birth: January 14, 1968
Ethnicity: African-American, Afro-Barbadian
LL Cool J is an American hip hop MC and actor. He was born to James and Ondrea Smith. Some of his family is from Barbados.
LL’s maternal grandparents were Eugene Griffith and Ellen. Eugene’s parents were from Barbados.
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Mandy Patinkin
Birth Name: Mandel Bruce Patinkin
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Birth: November 30, 1952
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Mandy Patinkin is an American actor. His parents were both Jewish (their families were from Russia and Latvia). Mandy was raised in Conservative Judaism.
Mandy’s paternal grandparents were Max Patinkin and Celia Pinkovitz/Pirekovitch (the daughter of Moishe/Morris Elie Pinkowitz and Dena/Dinah Rivka Patinka). Max and Celia were born in Russia.
Mandy’s maternal grandparents were Fred E. Sinton (the son of ? Sinton and ? Schwartz) and Ida B. Fred was born in Illinois, to parents from Russia. Ida was born in Latvia.
Sources: Mandy’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Mandy’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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Kaitlyn Dever
Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona
Date of Birth: December 21, 1996
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish
Kaitlyn Dever is an American actress.
Kaitlyn’s paternal grandparents are Daniel Lynn Dever (the son of Oval Luther Dever and Marnie Marie Fields) and Louise Anne Longacre (the daughter of Richard Arthur Longacre and Mary Agnes Connolly).
Kaitlyn’s maternal grandparents are Fred Denham and Mary Janice.
Sources: Genealogy of Kaitlyn’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com
Obituary of Kaitlyn’s paternal grandfather, Daniel Lynn Dever – http://www.heraldbulletin.com
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Dean Norris
Birth Name: Dean Joseph Norris
Place of Birth: South Bend, Indiana
Date of Birth: April 8, 1963
Ethnicity:
*English, Irish, German (father)
*Hungarian (mother)
Dean Norris is an American actor.
Dean’s paternal grandparents were Ralph John Norris (the son of John B. Norris and Annie E. Harper) and Agnes Collins (the daughter of Tunis Collins and Emma Eilerman). Annie was English.
Dean’s maternal grandparents were Joseph Lacay and Julia Batcho (the daughter of Alexander Batcho and Veronica). Joseph was Hungarian. Julia was born in Illinois, to Hungarian parents.
Sources: Dean’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dean’s paternal grandfather, Ralph John Norris, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dean’s maternal grandmother, Julia Batcho, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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