Actors you didn't know were the progeny of famous parents.

Who knew that Edward Norton was the son of Ed Norton from The Honeymooners

Paul Dano is not related to Royal Dano.

More Jason Miller trivia: Jason Miller was the father of actors Jason Patric (by first wife Linda Gleason, daughter of Jackie Gleason) and Joshua John Miller (by second wife Susan Bernard).

My grandma takes big shits

Matthew Broderick is the son of James Broderick ( The father on the drama Family)

Thora Birch is the daughter of 70s porn stars Carol Connors (Candy from "Candy Goes To Hollywood") and Jack Birch.

This is some rabbit hole of family connections: Screenwriter Jenny Lumet, known for her award-winning screenplay Rachel Getting Married, is Lena Horne's granddaughter. Jenny is the daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet and Horne's daughter Gail.

Lena Horne's other grandchildren include Gail's other daughter, Amy Lumet, and her son's four children, Thomas, William, Samadhi, and Lena. Her great-grandchildren include actor Jake Cannavale.

Jake Cannavale is the son of actor Bobby Cannavale and screenwriter Jenny Lumet. I had no idea Bobby was involved with Jenny Lumet.

R6- Carroll O'Conner was a PORN STAR?

Edith would say- Ohhhhhh my!

Singer Crystal Waters great-aunt was Ethel Waters. Ethel was one of the first Black American vocalists to appear in mainstream Hollywood musicals.

Some people actually don't know that actress Lily Collins is the daughter of rock drummer Phil Collins.

Kate Burton (Barbara Hallowes of Veep) is Richard Burton’s daughter with his then wife Sybil Burton. Elizabeth Taylor was her step-mother.

My mother is Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli is my half sister, but you all knew that.

[quote] great-aunt was Ethel Waters

Also known as "Topsy".

I like blue.

I wouldn't have known the untalented dishrag of an actress playing the lead in 'The Gilded Age' was M's daughter if I hadn't read it here. I'll never say Mamie isn't talented again!

[quote]Paul Dano is not related to Royal Dano.

But he is, however, the son of Linda Dano!

R9- Cristal Conners was NOT a WHORE darlin.

Here's a reverse example: I only recently discovered that Kurt Russell's father was an actor. His name was Bing Russell and though he never made it big, he has nearly 180 acting credits and was in The Magnificent Seven.

My little baby!

Speaking of Kurt Russell. He is the nephew of NBA legend Bill Russell.

Jennifer Jason Leigh daughter of actor Vic Morrow who was killed onset of twilight zone the movie. I found that out a while back

Christian Camargo, the Ice Truck Killer on Dexter, is Victoria Wyndham’s (Another World) son.

I could not believe some fashionistas I work with had no idea the designer Stella McCartney was the daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney.

Some of these airheads didn't even know who The Beatles were!

Actress Riley Keough is the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley, Lisa Marie is the daughter of Elvis Presley.

Actress/comedienne/singer Maya Rudolph is the daughter of the late singer Minnie Riperton.

Nicole Richie is the adopted daughter of Lionel Richie.

Nicole's biological father, Peter Michael Escovedo, was the former musical director on Wayne Brady's show. He could not afford to raise Nicole. Not sure who her mother is.

"As he could not afford to provide for her financially at that time, they let her move in with Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey at the age of three. In 2003, Nicole told People "My parents were friends with Lionel," and "They trusted that they would be better able to provide for me."

Collin Hanks, found out he is Tom Hanks' son after watching Fargo.

I knew who Isabella Rossellini was long before I realized she is Ingrid Bergman's daughter.

Norah Jones is the daughter of famous Indian sitar master the late Ravi Shankar.

Norah's American mom Sue Jones had an affair with Ravi while working with him, she was a concert producer. Nora was born in Manhattan, she moved to Texas as a small child.

Sue Jones and Ravi's affair lasted for nearly 8 years.

Terrible GIRLS actress Allison Williams is the daughter of former MSNBC newscaster Brian Williams.

Nut-job actress Emma Roberts is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and the niece of Julia Roberts. Pretty sure most people already knew that, but who knows.

R26 you must have heard the name Sheila E. from Prince, E. standards for Escovedo, yes Sheila E. is Peter's sister, Nicole Richie's aunt.

Lily Rabe is the daughter of Jill Clayburgh…I didn’t know that until looking up her bio while watching “The Undoing” a few years ago.

Yes, R32, I realize Sheila E is Nicole's aunt, I stated I didn't know who her MOTHER is.

[quote]I wouldn't have known the untalented dishrag of an actress playing the lead in 'The Gilded Age' was M's daughter if I hadn't read it here. I'll never say Mamie isn't talented again!

You must be kidding, Meryl's daughters look exactly like her, same bird nose, close together eyes etc.

Carole King, Gayle King, and Billie Jean King are all children of BB King

These fake progency connections are getting fucking tedious, I'm talking to YOU @ R36.

Robert Earl Jones, who played Luther in " The Sting" fathered James Earl Jones.

Tyler Posey, yes that Tyler Posey is the son of the Original Danny Tanner, John Posey from the Full Holes sitcom.

Actor Timothy Olyphant is a descendant of the Vanderbilt family of New York.

His paternal fourth great-grandfather was family patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt; his third great-grandfather was William Henry Vanderbilt, who doubled the family's railroad fortune; his great-grandmother was socialite Emily Vanderbilt Sloane; and his great-uncle was music producer John Hammond.

The surname Olyphant is of Scottish origin. Another paternal fourth great-grandfather, Dr. David Olyphant, was born in Scotland and served as director-general of the Southern hospitals during the American Revolutionary War. His third great-grandfather, David Olyphant, and great-great-grandfather, Robert Morrison Olyphant, were both prominent businessmen

Apparently “Emily in Paris” is a nepotism friendly set. The stars are well-cast, but in addition to Lily Collins (daughter of Phil), Lucas Bravo (Gabriel) is the son of a French soccer star, and Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Sylvie) is the daughter of a famous French actor.

Also, the guy who played Nate Archibald’s dad on Gossip Girl, Sam Robards, is the son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall.

Hollywood nepotism has always existed, but in the past decade it's actually become a promotional gimmick.

When GIRLS premiered on HBO a decade ago, the media thought it was not merely acceptable but downright adorable that the female leads were all daughters of notable/famous parents. Never mind that none of them are particularly good actors (or that the unconnected Adam Driver became the sole breakout star from the show).

It's not adorable. It's obscene.

I had no idea that singer Mabel is the daughter of singer Neneh Cherry, who was popular in the late 1980s (Buffalo Stance was Neneh's hit song).

Oops, I just realized that OP only wanted actors. Sorry.

Writer John Hill, who created Locke & Key, is the son of Stephen King, of course if you see a picture of him you know that instantly. He is perhaps maybe even a clone.

R45 here, ditto to R44.

The Kate Burton one R11 mentioned is the only trivia in this thread I never knew. Kate Burton is a pretty good character actress too so I think she's done well for herself.

Jonah Hill came from a musical background his father was a tour accountant for prominent bands like Guns and Roses, his mother was a costume stylist, his late eldest brother was the band manager for Robin Thicke and Maroon 5 and his younger sister is also an actress.

[quote]I had no idea that singer Mabel is the daughter of singer Neneh Cherry, who was popular in the late 1980s (Buffalo Stance was Neneh's hit song).

Neneh's late father was the beloved avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry.

[quote]Oops, I just realized that OP only wanted actors. Sorry.

Not the OP, but it's always OK to veer off topic on DL. That has always been the case.

There are way too many control freak posters here these days.

Posting about any famous family connections is just fine.

Actress Anne Baxter, who played the title role in All About Eve, was the granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Sir John Gielgud was a member of the Terry family, a theatrical dynasty of the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Specifically, he was a great-nephew of Dame Ellen Terry, who was considered one of the greatest actresses of that period.

I don't have the strength to get into the multigenerational relationships among the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families.

The twice-mentioned Kate Burton was a recurring guest-star on SCANDAL in which Jeff Perry played the gay villain Cyrus and where his daughter Zoe Perry appeared for a few episodes as a really frightening killer. Zoe Perry is now playing the mother in YOUNG SHELDON, Mary Cooper, while her mother Laurie Metcalf was seen as the adult version of the same character in THE BIG BANG THEORY. Zoe Perry also played a young version of Metcalf's Jackie in ROSEANNE as a child actress.

Zoe Perry's stepmother Linda Lowy was the casting director of SCANDAL and is still working for GREY'S ANATOMY. Her husband, his daughter and his ex-wife all had guest-roles on GREY'S.

Note that Don Cherry was not Neneh Cherry's bio father. Her bio father is the Sierra Leone percussionist Ahmadu Jah. Also, noting a previous poster; it is quite alright to not notice that Mabel is Neneh Cherry's daughter. She hasn't one hundreth of her mother's pizazz.

Illeana Douglas is the granddaughter of Melvyn Douglas, a fine, underrated actor who was often cast in support of female stars like Crawford and Garbo. They're so dissimilar; he was urban, she is urban.

R54, he was URBANE.

I didn’t know Jack Quaid was the son of Dennis and whatsername.

I didn't know until relatively recently that Tracee Ellis Ross was Diana Ross's daughter.

The thrice-mentioned Kate Burton it’s now tetra-mentioned.

R6 I wonder if she was conceived during the filming of "Deep Throat."

I was surprised when I found out that Campbell Scott's parents were George C Scott and Colleen Dewhurst - both of whom look pretty rough for having such a handsome son.

Jessica Simpson, Bart Simpson and OJ Simpson are all distantly related.

[quote]Note that Don Cherry was not Neneh Cherry's bio father. Her bio father is the Sierra Leone percussionist Ahmadu Jah. Also, noting a previous poster; it is quite alright to not notice that Mabel is Neneh Cherry's daughter. She hasn't one hundreth of her mother's pizazz.

Wow, I had NO idea, it was always mentioned in articles that Don Cherry was Neneh's dad.

I do know that singer Eagle Eye Cherry is Neneh's half-brother, he is definitely Don Cherry's son.

Sam McCarthy who plays Christina Applegate's son on Dead to Me is the son of 80's heart throb Andrew McCarthy

Maude Apatow - Lexi on Euphoria - is the daughter of Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann.

Noah Hutton who directed the 2020 sci-fi drama Lapsis is the son of Timothy Hutton and Debra Winger.

Melora Hardin sexy crazy Candle Making Jan from “The Office” is the daughter of veteran character actor Jerry Hardin. Google him and you’ll say “Oh yah- THAT guy!” If you watch Decades or MeTv you will see him as a guest star in multiple shows. He was one of the bad old lawyers in “The Firm” - he was in X Files, Rockford files - you’ll know him the minute you see him.

The late comedian and actor Bob Einstein, also known as Super Dave Osborne, was the brother of comedian/actor/director Albert Brooks.

Actor Samuel West is the son of Fawlty Towers Prunella Scales and the actor Timothy West.

Rashida Jones is the daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton.

[quote] Here's a reverse example: I only recently discovered that Kurt Russell's father was an actor.

Almost every child (and adult) tv Star in the 1950s and 1960s was related to someone in the studio system. Not necessarily a star - the Corcoran kids father was head of security at one of the studios. Jay North’s mother was a secretary & later and agent for a child talent agency. But the list is endless.

18 year old Sally Field was daughter of an actress & stepdaughter of Jock Mahoney;

Micky Dolenz was son of actor George Dolenz.

Elizabeth Montgomery was daughter of Robert Montgomery.

Marlo Thomas —> you know who.

Meredith Baxter —> Whitney Blake

Sean & David Cassidy —> Jack

Tony Dow — mother was Miguel stunt woman and stand-in for actresses such as Clara Bow

Ronnie & Clint Howard — father was an actor

Bryce Dallas Howard — see above reference

I did not know that Lily Collins is Phil Collin's daughter until well after I started watching "Emily in Paris."

Actress Mickey Sumner, who is now currently on the Snowpiercer TV series, is the daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler.

Whitney Houston be cousin to a charity scammer!

Troy Garity from "Ballers" and whatever else is Jane Fonda's son from her one marriage with the late Tom Hayden.

Reeve Carney from Spiderman and Hadestown on Broadway and Penny Dreadful on Showtime is the great nephew of Art Carney.

American actor Oliver Platt shares a great great grandmother (Frances Work) with Princes William and Harry.

Jake Hays is the son of actor, Robert Hays and Ex-Runaways, Cherie Currie.

Maya Rudolph's mother is singer Minnie Riperton.

Kate Burton is so underated. I loved her in that SVU Episode where she was an abusive boss from hell.

When the video came out she blew her brains out and the woman that exposed her was killed by having a wine bottle shoved up her butt.

Actors David (Kung Fu, Bound for Glory), Robert (Revenge of the Nerds), and Keith (Nashville, Deadwood, Choose Me) Carradine are sons of actor John Carradine. John Carradine's grandchildren are actors Martha Plimpton and Ever, Cade, Sorel, Calista, and Kansas Carradine. Bruce Carradine is the adopted son of John Carradine. There's a baseball team here.

I had no clue Anne Baxter was the granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright until recently.

Toby Stephen's mother is Maggie Smith.

[quote]American actor Oliver Platt shares a great great grandmother (Frances Work) with Princes William and Harry.

Yes, Oliver Platt is a second cousin once removed of Diana, Princess of Wales, and of her brother Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, through his great-great-grandparents, MP James Roche and heiress Frances Ellen Work. When asked about Diana, Platt has said, "I never met her. It's a non-story. I'd love to tell you we were confidantes. The truth is I don't know much more about it than you do."

Oliver is also a descendent of the industrialist Burden family.

Oliver's older brother, Adam Platt, is NEW YORK magazine's restaurant critic.

Jennifer Coolidge is the sixth cousin twice removed of Calvin Coolidge.

Some of these are interesting. I'll add one that everyone probably knows: Snoop Dog is a second cousin of Brandy Norwood and her brother Ray J.

Anson Williams is the cousin of Brian Williams

R84-She made those AWFUL Pocket Books on that episode of Sex And The City

R36- You forgot to mention MABEL King

Mariska Hargitay is the daughter of Jane Mansfield

There's good evidence that Barbara Bush was the daughter of Aleister Crowley.

Olivia Newton John is the granddaughter of Nobel Prize Winner Max Born.

The English actor Harry Lloyd (Viserys Targaryen on Game of Thrones) is the great-great-great-great grandson of Charles Dickens.

Kate Hudson is Goldie Hawn's daughter by Bill Hudson of The Hudson Brothers

Betty Gilpin of GLOW is the daughter of Jack Gilpin and Ann McDonough. She's an almost pretty blonde, and then you see she's connected and say "aha!" Like Blake, Lily or Gwyneth.

Family Affair's Brian Keith was the stepson of Peg Entwistle, who famously committed suicide in 1932 by throwing herself off the Hollywood sign. Keith and his daughter both ended up committing suicide years later.

R95 At the time she committed suicide it was the Hollywoodland sign and she jumped from the 13th letter.

This isn't strictly on topic but it's a weird but well documented coincidence about actor brothers.

Robert Todd Lincoln was the only one of Abraham Lincoln's sons who survived into adulthood. As a young man in the early 1860s he was traveling alone and was accidentally pushed off a crowded train platform into the space between the train and the platform. He was stuck there and in danger of being crushed to death. A stranger leaned down and pulled him up by his coat.

Robert immediately recognized his rescuer as the famous actor Booth. Just two or three years later, 's brother, the equally famous actor John Wilkes Booth, assassinated Robert's father.

^ Robert's rescuer was Booth. I don't know how his first name got deleted twice from my post.

^ Wow, is E-D-W-I-N a banned word on DL?!!

The Haim spawn are the daughters of a rich Israeli actor/model/footballer Moti Haim.

Olivia Wilde is the daughter of TV producer/journalist/filmmaker Leslie Cockburn and a high-profile national journalist.

Anya Taylor-Joy is the daughter of a billionaire banker, don't know if he counts as famous.

Oliver Jackson-Cohen is the son of British fashion designer Betty Jackson.

Benedict Cumberbatch is the son of British actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham.

The equally talentless Mara sisters, Kate and Rooney, are the daughters of the owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants.

Actress Annabelle Wallis is the second cousin of actors Jared Harris and Richard Harris.

Keira Knightley is the daughter of British stage and TV actors Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald.

Actress Eva Amurri is Susan Sarandon's daughter. Joely Richardson was spawned by Vanessa Redgrave.

Sosie Bacon whose giant facial mole made its debut on Mare of Easttown as Kate Winslet's crackhead daughter is IRL the daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.

Adria Arjona is the daughter of Latin music sensation Ricardo Arjona.

Lupita Nyong'o is the daughter of Kenyan career politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o.

Joss Whedon isn't an actor, but a writer, and is the son and grandson of famous television and film writers.

Nepotism is how it's done these days and has been for a while. Virtually no one that's famous right now came from nothing, unless they fucked their way to the top.

Anne Archer is the daughter of Marjorie "Make Room for Daddy" Lord.

R101 Her father was actor John Archer.

R77 There are also nude photos of him floating around the internet.

Nepotism is better than sleeping your way to the top.

Is Full Holes streaming R39? Might be worth a look.

“Mad Men” Brit Lane Pryce who hanged himself in the office after he embezzled money was played by Jared Harris. He was the son of Richard Harris and Elizabeth Rees. Rees later married Rex Harrison. Jared Harris grew up with Richard Harris as father and Rex Harrison as step father.

Jason Sudeikis is the nephew of George Wendt.

[quote] Joshua Miller, the trans looking kid from 80s films, is the son of Jason MIller (from the Exorcist)

Didn't Joshua accuse his father of sexually abusing him? I think he wrote an autobiographical novel about it or something.

Before he was known for his 1970's photos of naked men, Roy Dean was a stage actor that transitioned to character rolls in films appearing in small parts in Midnight Lace and My Fair Lady. He was also a featured townsperson in The Music Man - in the clip below he is the man with the moustache that sings "You are in Io-way" At 2:22 he briefly shares the screen with his real life mother, Hermoine Gingold.

R108, Joshua Miller was great in the movie River’s Edge.I had no idea he was gay and has a partner.

[quote]Here's a reverse example: I only recently discovered that Kurt Russell's father was an actor. His name was Bing Russell and though he never made it big, he has nearly 180 acting credits and was in The Magnificent Seven.

I have always found him quite sexy, in a hulking dirty-scruffy way. Kurt was pretty; his Dad was hot.

imho.

Kurt Russell's son Wyatt isn't anywhere near as hot or talented as his old man and has a terribly prominent underbite, but he's got a role in the MCU now so I guess that's a thing that's happening.

[quote]Jason Sudeikis is the nephew of George Wendt

This tweet is right - now that I know this, I can't unsee it. They look a lot alike.

I think we are missing some more.

I think the singer Minnie Ripperton has a daughter that some of you may know. Maya Rudolf!

Tea Leoni’s great uncle was Arnold Ziffel’s dad in Green Acres.

r26 Nicole Richie is Shelia E's niece.

Crispin Glover’s dad is character actor Bruce Glover who is best known as the assassin Mr. Wint in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever.

Joshua Jackson is the son of a Hollywood casting director.

Aussie actor Jesse Spencer is the son of two far-right-wing white supremacist Australian politicians.

Blake Lively is the daughter of actor Ernie Lively, and sister of actors Eric, Lori and Robyn Lively.

How can Joshua Miller and Jason Patric possibly be related? One is gorgeous and the other is fug.

How can Jason Patric be related to Jackie Gleason?!

For years there was a popular misconception that Tony award winning actress Johanna Gleason is Jackie Gleason's daughter. She's not.

But she is Monty Hall's daughter!

R120, Josh looks exactly like his mother Susan Bernard whose father is a famous photographer Bruno Bernard aka Bernard of Hollywood he took glamorous and pinups pics of Marilyn Manroe and others.

Lucas Hedges’ father, Peter, was a writer who wrote the novel and then screenplay for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and then became a film director.

^ Joanna, not Johanna. Sorry.

Laura Dern is the daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd.

Broadway and occasional film & TV actor Brian d'Arcy James is the nephew of Flipper's hunky dad Brian Kelly.

Lily Rabe's mother was Jill Clayburgh but not mentioned is her father Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright David Rabe (Hurlyburly, Streamers, Stcks and Bones).

For you Broadway babies, Laura Benanti is Martin Vidnovic's daughter.

Randolph Livingston is the son of Helen Lawson.

R127, Laura has treated him like shit for years.

Also for Broadway fans: Kelli O'Hara is the daughter-in-law of James Naughton who is the older brother of David Naughton.

William Zabka(karate kid/cobra Kai) father is Stan Zabka he was the associate director/director of NBC's Johnny Carson "Tonight Show" and Perry Como, he also was an assistant director of various movies including Romancing of the Stone. He received an Emmy for the daytime serial, "The Doctors".

Singer Bonnie Raitt is the daughter of actor John Raiit.

Seabiscuit, Black Beauty and Mr. Ed are all distant relatives of Sarah Jessica Parker.

Meredith Baxter (Birney) is the daughter of Whitney Blake from the TV series Hazel.

Bruno Kirby (Clemenza in Godfather II) was the son of character actor Bruce Kirby

Laura Dern with Bruce and Diane.. really? Goldie Hawn and Hudson? Tell us something we don’t know, geez. What about Gwynnie? Who’s her mom??? I knew all of these listed except Anne Baxter and Oliver Platt, kind of weird… Katherine Moennig butch babe Shane of L word is first cousins of Gwyn… Bonnie Bedelia is maternal aunt of Culkin brothers…

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Now the Haim sisters’ father was both wealthy and a MODEL? Now how in the fuck that happen and how was he famous? Some of you other people just say weird shit… oh wait, same person. Lupita’s father huh? Real famous. And I doubt that Anya Taylor has billions.

The guy who played the mayor on Schitts Creek was the son of an olde timey actor, maybe dating back to vaudeville. Hard to believe, but even before my time.

Alison Arngrim (aka Nellie Oleson):

Her mother, Norma MacMillan was an actress who provided the voices as Casper on Casper the Friendly Ghost, as Gumby on Gumby, as Davey on Davey and Goliath, and Sweet Polly Purebred on Underdog, as well as other animated children's programs.

Didn't Lana Turner divorce former Tarzan Lex Barker after daughter Cheryl told Lana that he had raped her? This before the later murder.

Max von Essen's father was a long serving Commissioner of The Fire Department of New York, including on September 11, 2001. The family is descended from both German and Swedish nobility.

Not really “modern,” but Bill Kenny deserves one. I’d love to know his story.

Jenny Lumet Is the daughter of director Sidney Lumet and Gail Lumet Buckley who is the daughter of the actress Lena Horne. Jenny was married to actor Bobby Cannavale and they have a son Jake Cannavale who is also an actor.

Oops, wrong thread!

[quote]Actress Annabelle Wallis is the second cousin of actors Jared Harris and Richard Harris.

How can she be a second cousin to both Jared and Richard Harris? Annabelle would be a THIRD cousin to Jared, as the late Richard Harris was Jared's [bold]father. [/bold]

Jared was married to actress Emilia Fox, from the Fox family acting dynasty.

Emila Fox is the daughter of actors Edward Fox and Joanna David. Emila's uncle is actor James Fox and her cousins Jack, Laurence and Lydia are also actors. Laurence Fox is best known for the INSPECTOR LEWIS TV series, his racism and anti-vaccination views.

The late Richard Harris' other two sons, Jamie and Jared Harris are also actors.

WHY are there so many repeated Lena Horne and Minnie Riperton posts?

I already posted about both up thread.

Meant to post, the late Richard Harris' other two sons, Jamie and Damien Harris are also actors.

People just chime in and post to feel good about themselves without bothering to read the threads, r147.

No one believes R26 ever. It’s been widely known Lionel knocked up Nicole’s bio mum so he paid his then friend to concoct this story.

Fiona Apple's mother was minor singer and actress Diane McAfee, sometimes called Ma Apple. Her father was minor actor and painter Brandon Maggart, who for awhile was a hot bear.

Lewis Arquette was the father of David, Rosanna, Patricia and Alexis. He was a character actor who was mainly known for playing Erin's boss, J.D. Pickett, on The Waltons. His father was the comedian, Cliff Arquette who was better known as the character, Charlie Weaver, on the Jack Paar show.

English actor Tom Sturridge is the son of actress Phoebe Nicholls(Brideshead Revisited,Maurice,Elephant man) and English director and screenwriter Charles Sturridge. Phoebe’s parents were also actors, his father Anthony Nicholls is best known in the movie A Man For All Seasons and the television series The Champions.

On a recent episode of Finding Your Roots Pamela Aldon found out that she and Regina King share a very distant European relative. Someone else fond they were distantly related to M.

For those keeping track, this is the sixth mention of Kate Burton.

Jamie Lee curtis!!!!

I hadn't heard of Tony Curtis until I was about 15, But Jamie Lee was popular when I was still a child.

June Lockhart was the daughter of Gene Lockhart

"Inside Edition" correspondent Jim Moret's father is actor James Darren.

Rebecca Miller, daughter of Arthur Miller and Inge Morath.

Joan Copeland, who died earlier this month, was a New York actress who had a long and successful career, primarily in theater and on TV. She was the sister of playwright Arthur Miller.

^ Sorry, Joan Copeland died in January, last month.

Matthew Perry’s dad is John Bennett Perry. In one episode of Friends he plays Tate Donovan’s father and Patricia Crowley plays his wife. In his scene his speech and mannerisms are distinctly like his son Matthew - actually you realize that Matthew has been doing a dead on impression of his father’s acting. …… Matthew Perry’s mother Suzanne has been married to Dateline’s Keith Morrison for 40 years now.

I worked with John Bennett Perry in the early 1990s and he was super hot and sweet. I could never make sense of that father-son combo once Matthew was introduced to the world.

Where did Matthew Perry got his looks from? His father was so handsome and he also didn’t look like his mother. Same with scott Caan and his parents.

Rebecca DeMornay's father was radio and television commentator Wally George.

Did you know, r155, that Kate Burton is the daughter of Richard Burton and Sybil Christopher?

Kate Burton from Scandal, The Closer, various Law and Orders? THAT Kate Burton? Wow!

I did not.

We all know Chris Pine’s father is an actor and that his mom Gwynne Gilford is an actress and her parents Anne Gwynne one of the original scream queens and Max M. Gilford (Breakdown and Mustang) were also actors.

And you know who else she played, r167? Meredith Grey's mother on Grey's Anatomy, Dr. Ellis Grey, the neuro god to end all neuro gods. DR. ELLIS GREY!!!

You go, Kate Burton!

Sean Penn’s current / most recent wife is the daughter of Vincent D’Onofrio and Greta Scaachi. Sean is himself the son of Leo Penn, actor and writer whose career was hit by the Communist scares of the 1950. Zoe Kazan is the granddaughter of Elia Kazan, cooperating witness with those McCarthyite witch hunts.

English actress Venetia Stevenson is the daughter of film director Robert Stevenson(Jane Eyre) and actress Anna Lee. She married Russ Tamblyn an actor and dancer but got divorced after a year, Russ later married again to Bonnie Murray Tamblyn a Film score composer and had a daughter actress Amber Tamblyn who is married to actor/comedian David Cross. Venetia Stevenson married the second time to musician Don Everly and they produce a daughter model Erin Everly who used to be married to Axl Rose.

Brian Forster from the Partridge Family is the GREAT GREAT GREAT Grandson of Charles Dickens.

R173 His grandmother was the great grand daughter of Dickens. His grandfather was Alan Napier who played Alfred the butler on the old Batman series.

For some reason I always thought Albert Brooks was the son of Mel Brooks.

Now I learn he's the brother of Bob Einstein.

My mind is blown.

Now I couldn’t even tell you how many times Kate Burton has been mentioned. I’ve literally lost count!

James Patrick Stuart is the son of Chad Stuart of the 60's British singing duo Chad & Jeremy.

John Voight’s brother is Chip Taylor a musician who wrote “Angel of the Morning” and “Wild Thing” Russ Tamblyn’s(West Side story, seven brides for seven brothers, Peyton’s place) brother Larry Tamblyn is in a band The Standells and one of the members is Dickie Dodd who is one of the original mousketeer of the Mickey Mouse Club.

R177 Doesn't Patsy Stone go on and on about them? I didn’t think they were a real thing?

[quote]Rebecca Miller, daughter of Arthur Miller and Inge Morath.

How did you forget, Rebecca Miller is married to Daniel Day-Lewis.

"Miller first met her future husband, actor Daniel Day-Lewis, at a screening of the film adaptation of her father's play The Crucible. Miller and Day-Lewis were married on November 13, 1996. They have two sons together: Ronan (b. 1998) and Cashel (b. 2002).

Miller is stepmother to Day-Lewis's eldest son, Gabriel Kane Day-Lewis (b. 1995) from his previous relationship with Isabelle Adjani."

If we include godparents . . .

Joan Crawford was godmother to singer Jack Jones.

Loretta Young was godmother to Marlo Thomas.

Barbara Stanwyck was godmother to Nancy Sinatra.

Chiara Mastroianni is the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni & Catherine Deneuve

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi is the sister of Carla Bruni who is married to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Julian McMahon is the son of former Australian Prime Minster Billy McMahon (but rumour has it that his real father is another former now deceased Australian politician called Billy Snedden as Billy McMahon was an FOD)

Jake Gyllenhaal & Maggie Gyllenhaal's parents are bother filmmakers: Stephen Gyllenhaal & Naomi Foner

Louis Garrell is the son of film director Philippe Garrell

Joely Richardson & the late Natasha Richardson are the daughters of film director Tony Richardson & Vanessa Redgrave

The actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux is first cousin of Louis Theroux the British documentary filmmaker. Louis’s father is a novelist who wrote The Mosquito Coast which was adapted in a movie starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix.Justin and Louise uncle Alexander Theroux is also a novelist who is known for the novel Darconville's Cat

I forgot to add that there is now a television series of the The Mosquito Coast and Justin Theroux stars in it.

R184, Does he go commando?

Re: godparents (hold your breath for this one)...

Tori Spelling's godparents were Dean Martin and Barbie Stanwyck. Ironically, Barbie quit Aaron Spelling's show 'The Colbys' because--in her words--"The writing is shit!" Meanwhile, Dino never even guested on 'The Love Boat'. Go figure.

Stacy Galina is the daughter of Sally Jessie Raphael.

R140 Her brother is Stefan Arngrim

R179 Chad and Jeremy were part of the British Invasion and even appeared on The Patty Duke Show. Chad is the one with the glasses and floppier hair.

R189, They also appeared on an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show".

Actor Joseph Gordon Levitt’s grandfather was the Director Michael Gordon. He directed lots of DL faves including Pillow Talk, Move Over, Darling, Boys Night Out, I Can Get It For You Wholesale ….

A person on IMDB did a list once about nepotism. The list of actors was a mile long. Revolting .

Hart Bochner ( War and Remembrance and Dir Hard) is the son of suave handsome character actor Lloyd Bochner - He was in Dynasty and was a guest on a million tv show in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

I didn't know that Oz Perkins is the son of Anthony Perkins. I also didn't know that Anthony was the son of actor Osgood Perkins.

Osgood Perkins played Johnny Lovo in Scarface. His scene starts at 0:53, seated to the left.

Helena Bonham Carter is the great granddaughter of H.H. Asquith, British prime minister in the early 20th century.

Sylvester Stallone is Queen Elizabeth's handbag.

A handbag, Mr. Worthing?

[quote]I doubt that Anya Taylor has billions.

She doesn't, but her parents do. There's a reason she was a Getty's maid of honor recently - they grew up together. This thread has lots of details about her family connections. Just because you didn't know doesn't mean it's bullshit.

R187, that's hilarious but untrue.

Lucie Arnaz is the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

G. as Camila Parker Bowles

I wouldn't be considered for the role as I am too attractive.

not parent, Jason Sudeikis' uncle is George Wendt (from Cheers).

I was reading an old article about the film "Double Indemnity", it mentioned the story was partially inspired by Ruth Snyder, a wife murdered her husband for insurance money in 1920s, her case became notorious after New York Daily News published a notorious frontpage - a hidden camera photo of her sitting on the electric chair in the middle of her execution and a headline "Dead!". The photographer who took the photo was Tom Howard, grandfather of Wendt, and great grandfather of Sudeikis.

I didn’t know Jamie Lee Curtis had movie star parents until a few years ago. I had never heard of them and too young to have seen their films.

Angelina Jolie is Jon Voigt's daughter

lol R203 what's more shocking is how could the beautiful Janet Leigh and equally beautiful Tony Curtis produced a draught Jamie Lee Curtis, she is not ugly, but she got nothing from her parents' good looking genes.

How could the OP not know that Amanda Plummer is the daughter of Christopher Plummer? They looked exactly alike, only his features on him were handsome and his on her are plug ugly.

[quote]Jamie Lee Curtis, she is not ugly, but she got nothing from her parents' good looking genes.

Apparently, she got a penis.

Christian Bale is Gloria Steinem's stepson.

[quote]lol [R203] what's more shocking is how could the beautiful Janet Leigh and equally beautiful Tony Curtis produced a draught Jamie Lee Curtis, she is not ugly, but she got nothing from her parents' good looking genes.

Jamie has her mother's shaped face and thin lips.

R203 was this a joke post? You've never heard of Tony Curtis or Janet Leigh? I agree she got nothing from either parent in the looks department.

R207,Hmmm You have to wonder if Jamie was a popular girl in the 1950’s when she was born or they thought she was he at first.

*Girl name

Is the hermit rumor true. She very obviously married a gay man. No way I ever believed Chistopher Guest could possibly be straight.

Hermie*

[quote][R207],Hmmm You have to wonder if Jamie was a popular girl in the 1950’s when she was born or they thought she was he at first.

WTF are you talking about? Jamie Lee is 63, she would have been a baby then a toddler in the late 1950s! She was born in 1958.

Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis and her older sister Kelly Lee Curtis

Three of them in 1991, both parents still looked gorgeous, and I think Jamie looks better now than her younger days, her face softened when she aged.

No - the rumor is not that Jamie Lee Curtis had a penis, but that she has X,Y chromosomes but there was a malfunction along the way.

There's a name for this condition - I can't remember the name, but I learned about it in a college biology class. Basically, the human body is default female (which is why men have nipples) and if certain conditions aren't met, then you can have 'women' who were technically men.

They tend to be tall, have larger breasts, and some other features. It happens. They're also infertile. And Jamie Lee is infertile and adopted children.

Not sure if this is 100% true, but the rumor has been there for decades. There was always something a bit masculine about her facial structure - but then she had THE female body of the 1980's.

This condition is not made up fantasy. It exists. There's another genetic condition in the Carribean where girls become boys at the age of 12 - they're called guevedoces. It's the opposite - but basically there are 4 or 5 chemical reactions that have to happen to make someone a boy or a girl. And sometimes it doesn't happen.

Why would she marry Christopher Guest who is like eldergay personified?

R97 And the actor John Wilkes Booth was the son of well-known British Shakespearean actor, Junius Brutus Booth, born to his mistress, Mary Ann Holmes, who later became his second wife.

[quote]They tend to be tall, have larger breasts, and some other features. It happens. They're also infertile. And Jamie Lee is infertile and adopted children.

In case you are not aware, Jamie's breasts are implants.

Jamie has really bad diarrhea.

[quote] Why would she marry Christopher Guest who is like eldergay personified?

They've been married since 1984. They're both old.

She just did it for the title, like Fergie.

[quote] Jamie has her mother's shaped face and thin lips.

She also sounds like her.

[quote] Same with scott Caan and his parents.

He looks like a short, less-attractive version of his dad.

Clone gone wrong?

Tracy ELLIS Ross

[quote]Actress/comedienne/singer Maya Rudolph is the daughter of the late singer Minnie Riperton.

Veering off a little from this: Maya was also the goddaughter to the late blue-eyed soul singer Teena Marie (Maya's father co-produced Teena's albums), and appears on the Teena b-side "Too Many Colors"

[quote] Nicole Richie is the adopted daughter of Lionel Richie.

And the biological niece of Sheila E

And the former best friend of Paris Hilton.

And a whore.

Nicholas Braun, Cousin Greg from "Succession", is the son of Craig Braun, who designed the Stones' legendary "Sticky Fingers" album cover.

Actor Jack Huston of course is from the Huston acting dynasty (great-grandson of Walter, grandson of John, nephew of Danny and Anjelica, son of Tony), but through his aristocrat mother, he is the nephew of David, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, which means his aunt through marriage is Rose Cholmondeley, aka Prince William's alleged goomah.

[quote]Nicholas Braun, Cousin Greg from "Succession", is the son of Craig Braun, who designed the Stones' legendary "Sticky Fingers" album cover.

More info re that controversial album cover, which most Stones fans already know: "While the artwork was conceived by Warhol, photography was by Billy Name and design was by Craig Braun.

Braun and his team had other ideas, such as wrapping the album in rolling paper – a concept later used by Cheech & Chong in Big Bambu – but Jagger was enthused by Warhol's cover with a zipper. Execution was then handled as Warhol sent Braun Polaroid pictures of a model in tight jeans.

The cover photo of a male model's crotch clad in tight blue jeans was assumed by many fans to be an image of Mick Jagger, but the people actually involved at the time of the photo shoot claim that Warhol had several different men photographed (Jagger was not among them) and never revealed which shots he used.

Among the candidates, Jed Johnson, Warhol's lover at the time, denied it was his likeness, although his twin brother Jay is a possibility. Those closest to the shoot, and subsequent design, name Factory artist and designer Corey Tippin as the likeliest candidate. Warhol "superstar" Joe Dallesandro claims to have been the model."

Apparently it's still a mystery whose crotch photo was used for Sticky Fingers.

The Rolling Stones should have done an album called Frothy Piss and used one of Warhol’s oxidation paintings as a cover with a scratch and sniff element.

Courtney Love’s mother who was adopted found out her biological mother is the famous author Paula Fox. Courtney Love is convinced her grandfather is Marlon Brando because her grandmother lived with Marlon when her mother was conceived.

[quote] Her brother is Stefan Arngrim

who sexually molested her throughout her childhood.

I have never heard that Jamie Lee had implants. Her breasts are naturally big. Her mother was also very busty.

Those are Jamie's real boobs.

R237, She said that he not only admits to it but said it was the greatest experiences of his life. That is one sick motherfucker.

Miley Cyrus is daughter of Achey Breaky Heart crooner, Billy Ray Cyrus. Keifer

Wonder why Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh broke up. They look very happy together at R216.

Possibly his propensity to bang anything with a pulse, r242.

Billy Ray Cyrus himself is a product of a famous parent: his father was 11-term United States Congressman Ron Cyrus.

On C-Span.

I was today years old when I learned that Miley’s grandpa was a congressman.

R224, What’s interesting is that his estrange lovechild who was born the same year as Miley graduated from Law school and is a Litigation Associate.

Miley's sister was still working the cash register at Bed Bath and Beyond well into the 'Hannah Montana' phenomenon. Poor girl...she and Tish tried to have a home makeover show, but that didn't last.

Miley’s half brother Trace cyrus was in a band called Metro Station for a few years and had a hit called “shake it” and her sister Noah seems to be a very popular singer on sm with millions of views on yt and followers on instagram.

[quote] Those are Jamie's real boobs

ROFL!

Tell me you’ve never seen breast implants without telling me you’ve never seen breast implants.

She is male with XY chromosomes. She has androgen insensitivity syndrome, which prevents androgen from binding with androgen receptors. It’s a weird genetic quirk. In order to develop male characteristics the hormone androgen must be accepted by the receptors. Babies born with AIS look female. It’s usually discovered around puberty when they don’t get a period. That’s when a gynecologist discovers they don’t have a uterus or ovaries. They also sometimes have undescended testicles. . From what I understand it was when Jamie Lee Curtis went into a hospital to have the undescended testicles removed that somebody from the hospital squealed. The hospital person obviously didn’t know what AIS was (the drs may not have fully understood either, it was 1970s) and spread the word that she was “a hermaphrodite.”

She had small to medium sized breasts, but she got implants. Lots of w9men with breasts get imp,and to improve shape and size. Dolly Parton got implants. She said she lost 40 lbs and her breasts got smaller and droopy, so she had implants put in because she was famous for having big breasts.

Well, I knew Jamie's tits were fake. It's so obvious!

Samuel West is son of Prunella Scales (Sybil in Fawlty Towers) and Timothy West (Edward VII in miniseries Edward the King and has appeared in hundreds of plays, tv shows & movies)

Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein were the son of a comedian who appeared under the name Parkyakarkus. He was a regular character on the Eddie Cantor radio show, had his own radio show in the 1940s . made at least 11 films as the Parkyakarkus character. His real name was Harry Einstein and he went to court to legally change his name to Parkyakarkus, but the judge didn’t let him. After delivering his monologue at a Friars Club Roast for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, he sat down and promptly died of a heart attack.

“Einstein was carried backstage, where five physicians worked to revive him. One surgeon used his pen knife to make an incision for open heart massage; another used the ends of an electric cord as a makeshift defibrillator. With the remaining comedians on the bill reluctant to continue under the circumstances, Linkletter asked Tony Martin to sing a song; Martin's unfortunate choice was "There's No Tomorrow".[22] Ball then came to the microphone and managed only, "I can say nothing," through tears. Arnaz, the closing speaker, said, "This is one of those moments that Lucy and I have waited a lifetime for, but it's meaningless now. They say the show must go on, but why must it? Let's close the show now by praying for this wonderful man backstage who has made a world laugh."

Albert Brooks was deeply offended when Milton Berle and Georgie Jessel performed their comedy routines at his father’s funeral.

[quote]Samuel West is son of Prunella Scales (Sybil in Fawlty Towers) and Timothy West (Edward VII in miniseries Edward the King and has appeared in hundreds of plays, tv shows & movies)

How many times has this been mentioned in this thread?

Prunella is now suffering from Alzheimers.

Jamie is pretty open about everything. If she had Breast implants I’m sure she’d have mentioned it. I think they’re real. They had a teardrop shape in trading places and looked real imo. They looked wonderful in prom night.

Kelsey Grammet’s eldest daughter Spencer Grammer is a voice actress who appeared as Summer Smith in Rick and Morty she also guest stars numerous tv roles including Greek. Kelsey’s other daughter Greer Grammer is an actress and played Grace in the hit netflix movie Deadly Illusions.

Young actress Alexa Swinton, recently seen in the crappy SATC re-boot, is a distant cousin of Tilda Swinton.

"Mellow Yellow" singer Donovan spawned two actors: Donovan Leitch and sister Ione Skye.

R257, what did they call it?

R258, quite rightly.

I'm just imagining some British couple gazing at their wrinkled newborn daughter 89 years ago and going "We don't have a name for her but she looks like a Prune... hey, wait."