Obscure relationships in Hollywood (2024)

Dana Andrews and Steve Forrest are brothers.

James Arness and Peter Graves are brothers.

Hey, OP....Jack Bannon is also John Travolta's brother-in-law! I remember thinking that Bannon had BDF.

R19, are you trying to say that Larry Hagman is adopted? I could be wrong, but I would swear he is MM's bio-son.

Tyrone Power and Laurence Olivier were distant cousins, as were Evelyn Waugh, Power, and Olivier, all distant cousins through Tyrone's grandmother marrying into the Mori family for her second marriage. And Tyrone Guthrie of the Guthrie Theater was Tyrone Power's cousin.

Rip Torn and Sissy Spacek are cousins.

And - I love this - the grandfathers of Taryn Power's children, except for her youngest, are Soupy Sales and Tyrone Power.

Ralph Fiennes and Prince Charles are eighth cousins.

Nicholas Cage is Francis Ford Coppola's nephew. Coppola's sister is Talia Shire.

Brad Pitt descends on his mother's side from King Henry II as do the Hilton sisters.

many others

Daniel Day-Lewis' grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, a huge British producer and his father of course was poet C.S. Lewis, played by Anthony Hopkins in Shadowlands, which went into Lewis' relationship with Joy Davidman. Joy Davidman was originally married to William Gresham, who wrote the novel "Nightmare Alley," which was turned into a film in 1947.

Franchot Tone and Cornel Wilde were married to Jean Wallace, so Wilde was stepfather to Tone's kids.

This is why I stick with Datalounge -- great riches here.

Ginger Rogers was a cousin of Phyllis Cerf, wife of DL fave Bennett Cerf. Widowed, Phyllis married Robert Wagner, Jr., former New York City mayor.

I loved Bea Benaderet, especially on Burns & Allen. She was very funny. Doesn't she seem as if she would be a good mom?

Screenwriter/producer Frank Ross was married to Jean Arthur and then Joan Caulfield, actresses who died the same day. I saw both obituaries on the same page in the Times. Like Adams and Jefferson but more interesting.

[quote]Barbara Hale, who played secretary Della Street, on that same series is the mother of William Katt, who starred in "The Greatest American Hero."

And Katt's father (and Hale's husband) was Bill Williams, who starred in "The Adventures of Kit Carson" on TV and opposite Betty White in one of her early series, "A Date with the Angels."

[quote]Nazimova was Nancy Reagan's godmother

She was also Val Lewton's aunt.

Game show hosts Tom Kennedy and Jack Narz were brothers.

Game show host Monty Hall is Joanna Gleason's father.

[quote]Brad Pitt descends on his mother's side from King Henry II as do the Hilton sisters.

That was a long, rough descent.

[quote]Actors George Sanders and Tom Conway were brothers.

Am I the only one who read that as "Tim" and immediately googled because I was so shocked by this one?

R36, Daniel Day-Lewis' father was Cecil Day-Lewis, who was a Poet Laureate in England, not C.S. Lewis.

Daniel Day-Lewis is married to Rebecca Miller so his father-in-law is playwright Arthur Miller.

My Aunt dated Elvis off and on over at Hume's High School in Memphis. They kept in close contact until his death chastely. My aunt, her husband, and their kids were invited to Elvis' funeral by Vernon Presley.

My aunt never asked Elvis for anything and he respected that about her.

SNL's Jason Sudeikis is the nephew of George "Norm!" Wendt.

I was surprised that tiny, brunette Julia Louis-Dreyfus is sister to buxom blond Lauren Bowles, the witch/waitress from True Blood. Different fathers.

"Mary Martin gave birth to Larry Hagman."

Yes. But she was a kid and didn't yet know she was a lesbian.

[quote] Fat Albert is the second son of Eddie Albert, brother of Edward Albert

Fat Albert is actually the elder brother of Prince Albert of Monaco.

Tim Robbins' dad was a folk singer. He was a member of The Highwaymen, starting in 1962. Before that, he was with other singers.

Alan Arkin was a member of the hitmaking group, The Tarriers, in 1956-57.

John Megna, the smallest brother in "To Kill A Mockingbird" was the half-brother of Connie Stevens.

Telly Savalas was the godfather of Jennifer Aniston.

My God, talk about a thread for the eldergheys!

Who the f*ck are most of these people?!?

[quote]Telly Savalas was the godfather of Jennifer Aniston.

And the stepfather of Nicollette Sheridan.

Mark Harmon is married to Pam Dawber (Mindy, from Mork & Mindy) and is the (ex) brother in law of Ricky Nelson (son of Ozzie & Harriet Nelson) and of auto magnate John DeLorean.

IMDB has no connection between Victoria Wyndham and Beth Howland. I think the poster just sees a resemblance and is guessing, or just f*cking with us.

However, Beth was married to Michael J. Pollard (Bonnie & Clyde) and Charles Kimbrough (Murphy Brown), with whom she also played in the original Broadway cast of Company, along with beloved DL icon Elaine Stritch.

Joanna Gleason is Monty Hall's daughter.

Kate Moennig is Blythe Danner's niece and Gwyneth Paltrow's cousin.

Allison Williams is Brian Williams's daughter.

Betty Grable's first husband was Jackie Coogan, Uncle Fester from the Adam's family.

Victoria Wyndham's son is Christian Camargo, the ice truck killer from Dexter.

Tim Van Patten (played Salami on The White Shadow, now producer/director of Boardwalk Empire) is half-brother to Dick Van Patten.

I always thought he was Dick's son. Maybe because of the 30 year age difference.

Joan Blondell would have been the step-mother of Carrie Fisher if Joan had stayed married to Mike Todd and he had lived.

No...wait! That can't be right.

Same here, R99. I did not know until I read your post that they were [italic]brothers.[/italic]

Vincent Van Patten (Dick Van Patten's son) was born in 1957. Timothy Van Patten (Dick Van Patten's brother) was born in 1959. The uncle was two years younger than his nephew.

Acting greats Meryl Streep and Brooke Shields are second cousins once removed.

Stanley Tucci is married to Emily Blunt's sister.

Sasha Alexander is married to Sophia Loren's son Edoardo Ponti.

Christian Bale is Gloria Steinem's stepson.

Michael Pollan (author Omnivore's Dilemma) is brother-in-law to Michael J Fox.

Aimee Mann is Sean Penn's sister-in-law.

Jacqueline Bisset is Angelina Jolie's godmother.

"Nevermind. It was Joan Blondell and Marilyn Maxwell who were sisters"

Sorry, Joan Blondell's sister was Gloria Blondell, also an actress.

Fans of "I Love Lucy" would know Gloria from the episode where Ricky wants to surprise Lucy with some pearls for their anniversary and asks Gloria's character to assist him.

"Jack Wrangler was the son of Broadway Star Dolores Gray."

Hardly.

[quote] "Jack Wrangler was the son of Broadway Star Dolores Gray."

[quote] Hardly.

That's what he told me at Northwestern. His name then was Stillman.

Per Wikipedia:

[quote]Wrangler was born John Robert Stillman in Beverly Hills, California. His father was Hollywood film and television producer Robert Thurston Stillman,who produced such films as Champion, Second Chorus, and Home of the Brave and produced television series such as Boots and Saddles, Rawhide, and Bonanza. His mother, Ruth Clark Stillman, was a former dancer in Busby Berkeley musicals.

Let's try the opposite: People that some assume are related but are really not--

Lillian and Annabeth Gish

Soap actress Catherine Hickland married David Hasselhoff, who played Michael Knight on Night Rider. Then she married soap actor Michael Knight.

Now she is married to Todd Fisher, brother of Carrie Fisher, and son of Debbie Reynolds. The last part isn't relevant to this topic. Just an update.

"Peter Marshall, host of the Hollywood Squares is the brother of 40's movie femme fatale Joanne Dru. His real name is, get this, Peter La co*ck."

His son played professional baseball using the true family name.

Just imagine the game's play by play announcer having to say things like, "Two balls on Laco*ck."

[quote]SJP is the grand-niece of Trigger.

Speaking of Trigger, his first screen appearance was in Adventures of Robin Hood when he played Maid Marian's (Olivia de Havilland) horse.

And another fun fact: When Trigger died and Roy sent him off to be stuffed, his flesh was sold to restaurants around the Southwest, a crime for which the butcher was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

[quote]R142: And I must take exception to the DL practice of calling Erika Davies Slezack "Sleestack."

Since you're in the know, R142, I'm going to "Oh, dear" your spelling of "Slezack." It's "Slezak." No "c."

[quote](ps I think Brian would have made a much better Clint than Jerry - sorry Jer.)

On this, I am not in the know. Who is Brian? (I thought Ross Marler was brilliant as Clint, btw.)

Where are the British obscure relationships?

Stephen Dillane is the father of biracial son Frank Dillane,who was in the Harry Potter movies

OP, as I read your post and saw "Jack Bannon..." I wondered if you knew he played the guy who stole Val's babies.

He was so good in that short, but pivotal role.

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Telly fathered a boy with Nicollette's mother. When that relationship ended, he cut off all contact with Nicollette. His Kojak costar was Kevin Dobson, who later played Nicollette's father on Knots Landing.

Loetta Young was the sister-in-law of Ricardo Montalban

Susan Saint James is the wife of NBC executive Dick Ebersole and the aunt of Christa Miller. When the son of Ebersole and Saint James died in a plane crash, a lot of news accounts mentioned bersole in the lede, but didn't mention Saint James until the eighth paragraph

OK, you said obscure: Ginger Rogers' first husband, Jack Pepper, was the father of '60s actress Cynthia Pepper ("Margie"). Ginger wasn't her mother; Jack's second wife was.

But neither was related to Barbara Pepper (frequent "Lucy" guest and also Doris Ziffel on "Green Acres.")

"Chico and the Man", "Willy Wonka" actor Jack Albertson was the uncle of George Englund who was married to Cloris Leachman. George and Cloris have five children.

George's mom was actress Cloris Leachman, Jack's sister.

Chris Noth's mom, Jeanne Parr, was a European TV news correspondent for CBS.

Yiiikes, WTF did I just write?

Jack Albertson's sister was Mabel Albertson, a well known TV actress during the 1960s and 70s!

Maya Rudolph is the daughter of the later singer Minnie Riperton.

Actor/comedian/pianist/songwriter Cliff Arquette AKA Charley Weaver was the grandfather of the Arquette acting dynasty.

Director Nick Cassavetes is the son of Gena Rowlands.

Singer Rosemary Clooney was married to actor José Ferrer, who was previously married to actress/acting teacher Uta Hagen. Clooney and Ferrer were the parents of actor Miguel Ferrer and Gabriel Ferrer...who is married to Debbie Boone!

Actresses Olivia and Maryam d'Abo are first cousins once removed; Olivia's father (Maryam's first cousin) is composer/singer/songwriter Mike d'Abo who was the lead singer in Manfred Mann, the 1960s pop version of the band.

Sting, Phil Collins, Andy Summers, Meatloaf and Steven Tyler, to name a few musicians...all have daughters who are working actresses. Sting has two daughters who act.

Julie Louis-Dreyfus is a descendant from the uber wealthy Dreyfus Fund family!

How's this for obscure: English actor Peter Davison and his ex-wife, American actress Sandra Dickinson, are the parents of English actress Georgia Moffett.

Both Davison and his daughter have played Time Lords in Doctor Who: Davison played the Fifth Doctor and Moffett played Jenny, the cloned daughter of the Tenth Doctor...portrayed by Georgia's real-life husband David Tennant!

Actors Matt and Kevin Dillon are the great-nephews of cartoonist Alex Raymond, who created Flash Gordon.

Actor Roy Dotrice is the father of actresses Karen Dotrice and Michele Dotrice, the latter was married to the late actor Edward Woodward.

Author Charles Dickens was the great-great-great-grandfather of actors Harry Lloyd and Gerald Dickens. Dickens' great-granddaughter Aileen Dickens Hawksley, who went by Gypsy, was the wife of British actor Alan Napier.

Italian-born Slovenian film actor George Dolenz and his wife, stage actress and singer Janelle Johnson, were the parents of musician and actor Micky Dolenz, best known as a member of The Monkees. As a child, Mickey was on an American TV show called "Circus Boy".

Micky and his former wife, British model and TV presenter Samantha Juste, are the parents of actress Ami Dolenz (IIRC, Ami was on a daytime soap), who is married to kickboxer-actor Jerry Trimble.

(I always thought Mickey Dolenz looked Hispanic, who knew he was Slovenian!)

Child actress Mary Badham (Scout in [italic]To Kill a Mockingbird[/italic]) is the younger sister of director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, WarGames)

I suppose that should have been obvious, but I had no idea until recently. But I was also the last Buffy fan to learn that Juliet Landau is the daughter of Martin Landau.

Writer John Gregory Dunne was husband of writer Joan Didion and brother of journalist Dominick Dunne; Dominick was father to actor-director Griffin Dunne and the murdered actress Dominique Dunne.

The husband-and-wife classical clarinetists Stanley and Naomi Drucker are the parents of rockabilly double bassist Leon Drucker, better known as Lee Rocker from the band Stray Cats.

Danny Elfman, musician and film composer is married to actress Bridget Fonda, his brother is film director Richard Elfman. Richard is the father of actor Bodhi Elfman, who is married to actress Jenna Elfman. Jenna is niece of singer Tony Butala of the vocal group The Lettermen.

[quote] Kaye Ballard is first cousin of former Ohio governor Dick Celeste.

That's the closest a dick has ever been to Kaye, no doubt.

Bob and Ray writer Raymond Knight died in 1953. In 1954, Bob Elliott married Knight's widow, Lee, creating a comedic lineage that spans three centuries and four generations, from Raymond Knight and Bob Elliott to Chris Elliott and his daughter, Abby Elliott (formerly on SNL).

Ralph Fiennes was married to actress Alex Kingston, his long-time partner is the actress Francesca Annis.

Loudon Wainwright III (son of Time magazine columnist Loudon Wainwright, Jr.), his sister Sloan Wainwright, son Rufus Wainwright and daughter Martha Wainwright are all singer-songwriters.

Rufus and Martha are the children of Loudon's former late wife Kate McGarrigle, of the singing sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Loudon's second daughter, Lucy Wainwright Roche, whose mother is Suzzy Roche of singing sisters The Roches, is another singer-songwriter.

The late George C. Scott and actress Colleen Dewhurst were the parents of actor Campbell Scott, who is currently on "Royal Pains".

World famous sitar player. the late Ravi Shankar was the father of singer/composer Norah Jones.

Actor Casey Siemaszko has a younger sister actress Nina Siemaszko, their brother Corky Siemaszko is a reporter for The New York Daily News.

Singer Beck is married to actress Marissa Ribisi, who is the twin sister of actor Giovanni Ribisi.

Killer Gary Gilmore's brother Mikal Gilmore used to be a journalist for Rolling Stone.

Nina Siemaszko was most recently in "The Bling Ring" and was also in "Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City", she's also done a ton of TV work.

You might not know her by name, but you might recognize her.

IMDb her.

Perhaps the most prominent member of Helena Bonham-Carter's aristocratic family was H.H. Asquith, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1908-1916). Helena's first cousin, the Hon. Grizelda Jane Grimond "lived for many years" with Tony Richardson (not that this stopped Tony from preferring men, of course), and Helena and Grizelda are second cousins of British actress Anna Chancellor.

Rebecca DeMornay is the daughter of formerly-famous rightwing TV-talker Wally George.

David Boreanaz is the son of longtime TV weatherman Dave Roberts, most famously of WPVI, the ABC station for Philadelphia. Roberts, who was with the station from 1976 until his 2009 retirement, was originally a morning show host; he assumed weather duties in 1983 when the incumbent "wacky" weatherman, Jim O'Brien, died in a skydiving accident. O'Brien's daughter is Peri Gilpin (Roz from "Frasier").

Now all somebody has to do is write a fic where Seeley Booth and Roz are rival weathercasters in Philadelphia and…

In 1954, Constance Ford joined the CBS soap, "Woman with a Past", replacing Lee Grant. Ford's on-screen daughter was played by Felice Camargo. Years later, in 1967, Ford joined Another World, where her on-screen daughter, Rachel, was originally played by Robin Strasser, but five years later Rachel was recast as Victoria Wyndham…who is the real-life sister of Felice Camargo.

Some that are not really obscure, but here goes anyway:

Penny and Garry Marshall are siblings.

Character actors Jean and Rance Howard were the parents of Ron Howard, who is the father of Bryce Dallas Howard.

Katey Sagal is the elder sister of twin actresses Liz and Jean Sagal ("Double Trouble") and all three are the children of the late director Boris Sagal.

Kevin James and Gary Valentine are brothers.

French singer Sylvie Vartan is the aunt of of French-American actor Michael Vartan.

Kimberly Stewart, daughter of Rod Stewart and Alana Hamilton has a daughter with actor Benicio del Toro.

British model and author Sophie Dahl, is the maternal granddaughter of children's author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal.

Actor/director Danny Huston was married to actress Virginia Madsen, sister of actor Michael Madsen.

Wow, this is a mess, pay attention.

Jean Michel Jarre, French composer and musician, son of famous film score composer Maurice Jarre was married to Charlotte Rampling. He later married French actress Anne Parillaud. Before Anne Parillaud, he had a short-lived relationship with Isabelle Adjani.

Anne Parillaud was married to director Luc Besson, who directed her in "Nikita".

Besson was briefly married to model/actress/ singer Milla Jovovich, Milla is now married to director Paul W. S. Anderson.

Julian McMahon's father, Sir William McMahon, was the Prime Minister of Australia.

Daniel Day-Lewis's father Cecil was Britain's Poet Laurete.

Brook Shields grandfather was Francis X Shields snr, champion tennis player of the 1930s and 1940s. Brooke obviously got her looks and height from her dad and grandfather, who were 6'7 and 6'5 respectively.

John Bennett Perry, a tv commerical actor of the 70's, is the father of Matthew.

The Harmon/Dawber/Nelson connection is unreal: Mark Harmon's sister Kelly (she used to do some breath mint commercial in the 80's) was married to that DeLorean guy before he married Christina Ferrare. Mark's sister Kris was married to Ricky Nelson, father of Tracy, who was married to Billy Moses, who used to be on Falcon Crest and is the brother of Rick Moses, who used to be on General Hospital.

[quote]... son Rufus Wainwright and daughter Martha Wainwright are all singer-songwriters.

Hah! Only if you're deaf.

[quote] Peter "Y&R" Bergman and Christine Ebersole also used to be married.

As was Bold and Beautiful's John McCook (Eric Forrester) and the late Juliet Prowse.

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And...?

I read years ago that David Duchovny is related to a Hollywood big shot, but I don't remember who?

Anyone on DL know? TIA.

[quote]Eva LaRue

Any relation to Hedy?

The Dana Wynter post reminded me that her Body Snatchers co-star Kevin McCarthy was married to soap actress Augusta Dabney (Isabel Alden, Loving) for many years.

Political commentator Eleanor Clift was the sister-in-law of Montgomery Clift.

Kevin McCarthy was the brother of writer Mary McCarthy, who wrote "The Group."

Carly Simon is no longer an heir to Simon Schuster. Daddy sold off his business interest.

The family of actresses Kate and Rooney Mara are the Maras that own the New York Giants football team. Their cousin is U.S. Rep. Tim Rooney (R-Florida). The actresses and the congressman are members of the Rooney family that own/owned the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The NFL disapproved of the Rooney family having gambling interests (jai lai, horse racing) as well as an NFL franchise. The Pittsburgh Rooneys kept the football team; the Florida and New York Rooneys got the horse racing and jai lai.

Spike Jones Jr., the son of comedic musician Spike Jones (NO relation to the director Spike Jonze) is the producer of a childrens nature show, "Animal Atlas".

Not really an obscure relationship per se, but all of these celebs first major exposure started during their stints working on MTV, as either VJs or MTV TV show hosts or participants in shows such as MTV's "Remote Control": Adam Sandler, Colin Quinn, Lisa Edelstein, Dennis Leary, Ken Ober, Kari Wuhrer, Jenny McCarthy, Tyreese Gibson, Jon Stewart, Carson Daly, Donal Logue, Moon Zappa, Dan Cortese, Daisy Fuentes, Vanessa Minnillo, Bill Bellamy, Tom Green and Mario Joyner.

Novelist Barbara Cartland ("Permitted only two Barbara Cartland's a day!") was the step grandmother to Princess Diana.

Diana's father married Cartland's daughter at some point.

Yeah, I know it isn't Hollywood. Don't judge me!

The two terrible actresses who played the young college girls in "Four Seasons" with Carol Burnett and Alan Alda were the real life daughters of Alda.

I don't think they did anything else unless dad got them some extra work in some of his later films.

Jane Fonda is the daughter of Henry Fonda and the sister of Peter Fonda and the aunt of Bridget Fonda.

Bryce Howard is the daughter of Ron Howard.

Tori Spelling is the daughter of Aaron Spelling.

Oh, these are supposed to be obscure relationships. Never mind.

Chris Sarandon and Susan Sarandon were married; he later married Joanna Hall Gleason, daughter of Monty Hall and 1st wife of the late actor Paul Gleason.

Ann B. Davis is a third cousin of Nancy Davis Reagan, by marriage.

Laurence Luckinbill is the uncle of Andy and Lana Wachowski. That would make Lucie Arnaz their aunt by marriage.

Matthew Perry's stepfather is Keith Morrison of Dateline.

This was a shocker, as Elvis Costello and Sting were enemies for many years, Sting's son bassist Joe Sumner has joined Costello's touring band.

I guess Costello and Sting became friends when the reunited Police appeared on Costello's Sundance TV show "Spectacle".

Years ago, Sting was also mortal enemies with Bruce Springsteen, I guess because Sting thought for some odd reason that Springsteen was a Republican! Now they are the best of friends.

[quote]Moon Unit Zappa became famous for being part a novelty hit "Valley Girl" and her MTV hosting stint came years later when work was already slow for her. Oh boo-hoo, excuse me R299 for getting that wrong.

Former MTV VJs Alison Stewart went on to work as a TV reporter for, IIRC, CNN and and Jancee Dunn is currently a magazine journalist.

Alexa Chung for some odd reason has become a style icon, Chris Hardwick now hosts a BBC America TV show and worked for G4$ for many years, Idalis DeLeon went on to act and was actually in a few episodes of 'Six Feet Under", Karyn Bryant (who was chubby, is now very slim) she hosts late night beauty infomercials, La La Vasquez is married to a very famous athlete Carmelo Anthony and Tim Sommer, Kurt Loder and Chris Connelly were already a well known music journalists before they were on MTV.

China Kantner the daughter of Paul Kantner and Grace Slick was also a VJ. Eric Palladino, who seemed to despiseDave Navarro and spent a lot of airtime trashing DN, went on to become an actor.

There are too many others to list, many have moved on to have steady work in other fields.

It's clear, for most of these people, MTV exposure was a stepping stone to other careers.

[quote]Courtney Love is the granddaughter of author Paula Fox.

That's the one that really seems over-the-top to me.

I just read in some fashion magazine that nutzoid groupie Bebe Buell's mom is an upper crust etiquette writer!

Though the angle of the article mentioned the old woman being Liv Tyler's grandmother. There wasn't much emphasis on Bebe.

Bebe Buell came from money?!! She's always seemed like white trash to me.

"waiting for her social security check"

Which, for her, is a pretty healthy amount of money every month.

"Carly Simon lost her entire fortune in the Bernie Madoff scandal and now has to live year round in her summer house on Martha's Vineyard clipping coupons and waiting for her social security check."

That summer house on Martha's Vineyard is worth at least $1,000,000.00.

Pat Buttram, who played Mr. Haney in the television series "Green Acres," was married to actress Sheila Ryan, who was Buttram's second wife.

Butttram was Ryan's third husband. Her second was western movie star Allan Lane, who later voiced Mr. Ed. Allan Lane was rumored to be gay. If so, Ryan only lasted a few months as a beard.

Allan Lane himself deserves his own thread. Having what Alan Young described as "the lovely actor's ego," Lane would get into fistfights (real) on the set during his Republic Pictures years. After Lane made trouble on one set during the 1940s, the director instructed Gene Roth to slug Lane for real. But Lane fell through a $100,000 back projection screen. Oh, well....

Character actor Jessie White who became famous as the lonely Maytag repairman in a series of commercials a long time ago was the father of Carol Ita White aka Big Rosie Greenbaum on "Laverne and Shirley."

Phil Silvers, better known as Sgt Bilko from long ago, was the father of Cathy Silvers aka Jennie Piccalo on "Happy Days."

Celeste Holm's son, Ted Nelson, is a pioneer in information technology who coined the term "hyptertext"

Elaine Stritch is the niece of Cardinal Samuel Stritch, who was archbishop of Chicago.

John Pugh ("One Day at a Time", "Jaws 3D) is Jean Stapleton's son.

Kate Burton who plays the vice-president on "Scandal" is Richard Burton's daughter.

Patrick Wilson and Scott Foley are brothers-in-law.

Bonnie Bedelia is Macauley Culkin's aunt. Her brother is his father.

Incidentally, they both made their feature film debuts in movies starring Burt Lancaster. The Gypsy Moths in 1969 for Bonnie and Rocket Gibraltar for Macaulay.

Dick Contino, an ultra-talented accordianist, has a daughter, Mary, who won the title of Miss Nevada USA, 1977. She competed in the Miss USA contest, and looked like she would win. She later related that one of the judges was Greg Morris, of the tv series, Mission Impossible. Morris told her she would have had his vote but for her father, Dick. She finished as the 1st runner up.

Dick Contino had been falsely accused of being a "draft dodger", and it damaged his career. He had to serve jail time for a few months. He later proudly served in the armed forces, and was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant.

[quote]Martin Scorcese was married to Isabella Rossellini from '79 to '82, so Ingrid Bergman was his Mother-in-law.

Isabella has bizarre taste in men, she was involved with David Lynch for years, rumor was, he used to beat her.

NYC's ABC news anchor Lori Stokes is the niece of Carl B. Stokes, he was Cleveland's 51st Mayor and America's First Black Mayor.

Hermione Baddely, who played Mrs Naugatuck on Maude was the sister of Angela Baddely who played the cook Mrs Bridges on Upstairs, Downstairs

June Cross, a producer for Frontline, was the secret black stepdaughter of Larry Storch. Storch married a white woman named Norma Greve, who had had a daughter from a relationship with black entertainer Jimmy Cross. Cross became abusive, Greve left him and married Larry Storch whose career was up and coming. Fearing that Storch's career would be adversely affected if it was known his wife had had an illegitimate child with a black man, Greve sent her daughter June to live with a black family in Atlantic City.

[quote] Fearing that Storch's career would be adversely affected if it was known his wife had had an illegitimate child with a black man, Greve sent her daughter June to live with a black family in Atlantic City.

What a sh*tty thing to do.

Newscaster Pia Lindstrom's mother was Ingrid Bergman.

Francis Heflin, best known as Erica Kane's mother on All My Children, was the sister of Academy Award winning actor, Van Heflin.

[quote]Rebecca DeMornay is the daughter of formerly-famous rightwing TV-talker Wally George.

She is also married to Patrick O'Neal, son of Ryan and Leigh Taylor-Young. At one time prior to her marriage was lover/muse to Leonard Cohen, and (supposedly) Tom Cruise her Risky Business co-star.

Courtney Cox was step-cousin to the famous Copeland brothers, via her stepfather: Stewart who was the drummer for The Police, Ian who was an agent, and Miles who founded IRS records. She had a romantic relationship with Miles, even though he was older and her step-relative, and followed him out to LA. He's the one who supposedly got her her first breaks out there.

Maeve Kinkead, who was on Guiding Light for years, is Meryl Streep's sister-in-law.

Dylan McDermott, not David Duchovny, is playwright Eve Ensler stepson. As previously mentioned Christian Bale is Gloria Steinem's stepson.

Not only is Courtney Love Paula Fox's biological grand-daughter, there's some controversy that she's related to Douglas Fairbanks via this relation. Think about that one.

Spencer Dryden the late drummer for the Jefferson Airplane was some kind of nephew or half-nephew to Charlie Chaplin.

Ringo Starr's late ex-wife Maureen later married the founder of the Hard Rock Cafe. His step daughter by Barbara Bach, Francesca Gregorini, used to live with Portia de Rossi in her pre-Ellen days.

The Rooney sisters, Mara and Kate, are not only NFL royalty as detailed in r287, their sister or cousin (can't recall which) has a love child, a son, with Kevin Costner.

Dawn Lyn, who played the little stepsister Dodie on TV's "My Three Sons", is the sister of 1970s heartthrob Leif Garrett.

Brian Forster (the second Chris Partridge of "The Partridge Family") was the step-grandson of Alan Napier, who played the butler Alfred in the 1960s campy "Batman" TV series.

Tessa Ferrer, who plays intern Leah Murphy on Grey's Anatomy, is Debby Boone's daughter/Pat Boone's granddaughter. This season her character is having an affair with Arizona Robbins. I wonder if Mom & Gramps are watching?

Fun Fact: Debby Boone & her husband were in a couples prayer group that included DL faves Lisa Whelchel, Donna Summer & Charlene Tilton.

Jack Wrangler just said Dolores was his mother to score some bussy back in the '60s.

If he were college-age today, he'd probably claim Christine Ebersole as his mother.

Shimone Perez and Lauren Balcall=First Cousins.

Julian Mcmahon's father used to be Prime Minister of Australia.

Kay Ballard, first cousin of Dick Celeste, former Ohio Governor.

Michael Douglas is first cousin of Johnson pharmaceutical heirs. His mother's sister was married to old man Johnson.

Nancy Reagan, g-d daughter of the notorious silent film star Alla Nazimova.

Vanna White from WHEEL OF FORYUNE is the niece of the late actor Christopher George.

Betty Grable's first marriage was to actor Jackie Coogan (Uncle Fester on tv' THE ADDAMS FAMILY).

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Odder yet is that Douglas also dated actress Brenda Vaccaro for some time. Of course this was before was heard gasping for breath as she touted the features & benefits of TAMPAX.

(WOOLWORTH heiress) Barbara Hutton was once (the) mother in law to Jill St. John

Dennis Quaid and Sharon Tate were 3rd cousins

Elizabeth Taylor's 1st husband was the great uncle of Paris Hilton

Joan Bennett (DARK SHADOWS) and Constance Bennett's nephew was tv loudmouth Morton Downey Jr.

Brian Forster who played Chris, the youngest son on TV's THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY is the grandson of Alan Napier who played Alfred the butler on TV's BATMAN.

Bang zoom

Right to the moon

I said the phantom, phantom, Fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa

The phantom, phantom

Phantom of love

Fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa

[quote]Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty are siblings.

Only by birth.

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I didn't know that.

Actor Oliver Platt is 2nd cousin, once removed, of Princess Diana.

Actor Christopher Heyerdahl (Hell on Wheels) is 1st cousin, once removed, of Thor Heyerdahl (Kon Tiki).