Birth Name: Eli David Marienthal
Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California
Date of Birth: March 6, 1986
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Eli Marienthal is an American actor. His parents, Joseph Cross and Penny Marienthal, are both Jewish.
Eli’s maternal grandfather was Helmut “Harold”/”Hal” S. Marienthal (born Helmut Schoemann, the son of Oskar Schoemann/Schumann and Antoinette “Tonie” Kahn. Harold was born in Frankfurt, Germany, to a Jewish family.
Eli’s maternal grandmother is Elaine H. Wittert (the daughter of Alfred Wittert and Dorothy). Elaine was born in Illinois, of Russian Jewish descent.
Sources: Genealogy of Eli’s maternal grandfather, Helmut “Harold”/”Hal” S. Marienthal – http://ahnenreich.de
Eli’s maternal grandmother, Elaine H. Wittert, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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