Birth Name: Joseph James Dante, Jr.
Place of Birth: November 28, 1946
Date of Birth: Morristown, New Jersey, US
Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*English (mother)
Family Background: Joe Dante is an American film director, producer, editor and actor.
Joe was born to James J. “Jim” Dante Jr. and Jane Enslee.
Joe’s paternal grandparents were James J. Dante, Sr. and Loretta A. Ross. James was born in New Jersey, to Italian parents, Generoso/Joseph Dante and Michelina. Loretta was born in New York, to a father also from New York and an Italian mother.
Joe’s maternal grandparents were Leon Enslee and Dorothy Greer.
Source: http://www.legacy.com/
Joe’s father on 1920 U.S. Census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4TY-TTS
Record of Joe’s maternal grandmother: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGDQ-7WB
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