Birth Name: Anthony Howard Goldwyn
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Date of Birth: May 20, 1960
Ethnicity: Polish Jewish (paternal grandfather), English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, German
Tony Goldwyn is an American actor. He is the son of producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. and actress Jennifer Howard.
Tony’s paternal grandfather, famous early Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn, was a Polish Jewish immigrant. Tony’s other ancestry is English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, and German. Tony has said that he did not know that his grandfather was Jewish until he attended his funeral (Samuel Goldwyn died in 1974, when Tony was fourteen).
Tony’s paternal grandparents were Samuel Goldwyn, a producer (born Szmuel Gelbfisz, the son of Aaron David Gelbfisz and Hannah Reban Jarecka), and Frances Howard (the daughter of James Howard and Maureen). Samuel was a Polish Jew, born in Warsaw. Frances was Catholic, born in Nebraska.
Tony’s maternal grandparents were Sidney Howard, a playwright (born Sidney Coe Howard, the son of John Lawrence Howard and Helen Louise Coe), and Clare Jeness Eames (the daughter of Hayden Eames and Clare Hamilton). Clare’s father was William Thomas Hamilton, a Governor of Maryland and also a Senator from that state.
Source: Genealogy of Tony Goldwyn – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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