Musician and part-time actor Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday), better known by his stage name of Meat Loaf, is the father of singer Pearl Aday and actress Amanda Aday.
Keith was married to film producer Alison Owen, with whom he has two children, musician and actress Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen. He has also been married to film producer Nira Park and has a daughter with actress Tamzin Malleson.
Phylicia Rashad is the former spouse of both Victor Willis, former lead singer of the group Village People, and former NFL football player turned sportscaster, Ahmad Rashad. Phylicia and Ahmad Rashad are the parents of actress Condola Rashad.
Gregg was once married to Cher (see Bono). With her he has musician son, Elijah Blue Allman. He also has son musician Devon Allman through a previous marriage. From another marriage he is also the father of Layla Allman, musician and lead singer of the band, Picture Me Broken.
Music manager and agent Don Arden was the father of Sharon Osbourne (see Osbourne), the wife and manager of heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne. Sharon entered the public consciousness for the first time with the success of the reality TV show The Osbournes.
The oldest of Ozzy and Sharon's children, Aimee Osbourne, chose not to appear on The Osbournes; she is an actress, singer, and writer. Her two younger siblings did appear on the show; Kelly is an actress and singer and Jack is a director and producer.
Pinal and Banquells gave birth to actress Silvia Pasquel. Pasquel's younger sister by means of her father's remarriage is actress/singer Rocio Banquells. Pinal and Alatriste were the parents of actress Viridiana Alatriste, and Pinal and Guzman gave birth to Luis Enrique Guzman and singer Alejandra Guzman.
Actor John Drew Barrymore married first actress Cara Williams. From his subsequent marriage to actress/manager Jaid Barrymore (née Ildiko Jaid Mako), he was the father of actress Drew Barrymore. Drew was briefly married to MTV host and comedian Tom Green. His last marriage was to actress Nina Wayne.
Director and producer, George Bilson, is the father of Bruce Bilson, also a director, and acclaimed fortepianist, Malcolm Bilson, with wife and screenwriter, Hattie Bilson.
Bruce is the father of writer, director and producer, Danny Bilson, and film producer, Julie Ahlberg. He also married actress, Renne Jarrett.
Danny is the father of actress, Rachel Bilson, from his first marriage. He also married actress, Heather Medway.
Actor Dan Blocker, is the father of actor Dirk Blocker and producer David Blocker. Dan's most notable character is Eric "Hoss" Cartwright on the television show Bonanza.
Bono
Actor, singer, producer, and politician Sonny Bono was married to singer, director, producer, and actress Cher and are the parents of actor and activist Chaz Bono.
Asia Booth was married to actor-comedian and manager John Sleeper Clarke, and their sons were actors Creston and Wilfred Clarke.
Booth
Actor, Antony Booth, married four times with eight children. He is the father of Cherie Booth of the King's Counsel with first wife and actress, Gale Howard (née Joyce Smith). With another partner he is the father of Lauren Booth, an English broadcaster and journalist. The second of his four wiveswas the actress, Pat Phoenix.
Pat was first married to actor, Peter Marsh, and later married actor, Alan Browning, until his death.
Cassandra's first husband was Dermot Harris (a younger brother of Irish actor Richard Harris), with whom she had two children: Chris Brosnan and late Charlotte. After Harris' death, both were adopted by Brosnan.
Gary Busey is the father of Jake Busey. (Their legal names are William Gareth Jacob Busey Sr. and William Gareth Jacob Busey Jr., respectively.)[citation needed]
Actor John Carradine was the father of four actors. Bruce Carradine, whom John adopted, was the son of his first wife Ardanelle McCool from a previous marriage, and David Carradine was his son by Ardanelle. Keith and Robert Carradine are John's sons from his second marriage to Sonia Sorel. She later had a son by artist Michael Bowen; their son is actor Michael Bowen.
June and her first husband, country singer, Carl Smith, were the parents of country singer, Carlene Carter. Carlene was married to singer-songwriter-producer, Nick Lowe, from 1979 to 1990.
June was the mother of country singer-songwriter, Rosie Nix Adams, by her second husband, Edwin "Rip" Nix.
June's third husband was singer, Johnny Cash. They were the parents of singer, songwriter, and producer, John Carter Cash.
Johnny was the father of country singer, Rosanne Cash, from his first marriage to Vivian Liberto. Rosanne was married to country superstar, Rodney Crowell, from 1979 to 1992. She then married musician, John Leventhal.
Casadesus
Patriarch, Luis Casadesus and matriarch, Mathilde Senechal, began the prominent French family. They are the parents of composer, Francis Casadesus.
Jean-Claude has daughter and opera singer, Caroline Casadesus, and son and film director, Sebastian Copeland, with his first wife. With his second wife, he has son and actor, Olivier Casadesus.
Caroline was married to the violinist and composer, Didier Lockwood. They are the parents of violinist and composer, Thomas Enhco.
Didier is now married to opera singer, Patricia Petibon. She was previously married to composer, Eric Tanguy.
Nielsen has been married five times. She was first married to composer Kasper Winding (see Winding). Their son is television personality, Julian Winding. She has also been married to actor Sylvester Stallone (see Stallone), television writer Raoul Meyer and producer Mattia Dessi.
Actor Jack Cassidy was the father of singer/actor David Cassidy by his first wife, actress Evelyn Ward. He and his second wife, singer and actress Shirley Jones, had three sons—singer/actor Shaun Cassidy and actors Patrick and Ryan Cassidy.
David's first wife was actress Kay Lenz. He is the father of actress and singer Katie Cassidy from a relationship with model Sherry Benedon.
Shaun was married to model Ann Pennington and actress Susan Diol. His current wife is producer Tracey Turner.
Tom is the father of Abigail and Lily Chapin, two-thirds of the Chapin Sisters folk music group. He is the stepfather of the third member, Jessica Craven, daughter of film director Wes Craven.
Paul and Barry Chuckle, known as the Chuckle Brothers, and their elder brothers, The Patton Brothers are the son of James Patton Elliott, a Gang Show performer known as Gene Patton. The brothers appear together on ChuckleVision.
Nick Clooney's sisters were Elizabeth ("Betty") Clooney and actress/singer Rosemary Clooney. Rosemary Clooney was married to actor José Ferrer, who in turn was previously married to actress/acting teacher Uta Hagen. Clooney and Ferrer were the parents of actor Miguel Ferrer and Gabriel Ferrer.
Gabriel married singer/actress Debby Boone; their twin daughters are Dustin and Gabi.
Debby is a member of the singing Boone Sisters, cousins of actor Randy Boone and the daughters of singer Pat Boone.
Note: Actor Mel Ferrer is unrelated to this family
August and his former wife, dancer and choreographer Joy Vogelsang, are parents of actor and radio DJ Marc Coppola, director-producer Christopher Coppola, and actor Nicholas Coppola, better known by his stage name of Nicolas Cage. Nicolas was married to both actress Patricia Arquette and singer Lisa Marie Presley.
Sinéad Cusack is married to the actor Jeremy Irons (see Irons). Their sons, Samuel and Max Irons, are also actors. Sinéad has another biological son, the politician Richard Boyd Barrett, who was given up for adoption.
Cusack (USA)
Dick Cusack took to acting late in life. He is the father of actors, John, Joan, Ann, Bill and Susie Cusack.
Billy Ray was first married to songwriter, Cindy Smith. He is the father of singer and actress Miley Cyrus. Billy Ray's adopted son and Miley's half-brother, Trace Cyrus, is a member of pop band, Metro Station. The youngest member of the family, Noah, is an actress.
Motion picture-producer Dino De Laurentiis is the brother of fellow producer Luigi De Laurentiis, whose son (Dino's nephew) is fellow producer Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dino's son and daughters are fellow producers Federico, Francesca and Rafaella De Laurentiis. Dino's daughter, Veronica is an author and actress; Veronica's daughter, Dino's granddaughter, is Giada De Laurentiis, a celebrity chef, author, and television personality.
Playwright Henry C. de Mille was the father of playwright film director William de Mille and film director Cecil B. DeMille. William was the father of dancer choreographer Agnes de Mille.
Zooey was married to indie rock musician Ben Gibbard
Dickens–Napier–Raine–Forster
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. Alan's daughter, actress Jennifer Raine, was the mother of actor Brian Forster.
Micky and his former wife, British model and TV presenter Samantha Juste, are the parents of actress Ami Dolenz, who is married to kickboxer-actor Jerry Trimble.
Actress Jesse Draper was a star on The Naked Brothers Band and is the producer and host of the web series The Valley Girl Show. She is the daughter of venture capitalist Tim Draper, a recurring star and consulting producer for The Naked Brothers Band. Her aunt is Polly Draper and her cousins are Nat and Alex Wolff.
Jesse Draper's brothers, Billy and Adam, are recurring stars on The Naked Brothers Band.
Coulter Mulligan, a recurring star on The Naked Brothers Band, is a nephew of Polly Draper, and cousin of Jesse, Billy and Adam Draper, and Nat and Alex Wolff.
Drucker
The husband-and-wife classical clarinetists Stanley and Naomi Drucker are the parents of rockabilly double bassist Leon Drucker, better known as Lee Rocker, and alt-country singer-songwriter Rosanne Drucker.
Duclon–Johnson
Actress Cherie Johnson, who starred on Punky Brewster, is the niece of that show's creator/producer David W. Duclon.
Musician Bob Dylan and his first wife, former model Sara Dylan, are the parents of film director Jesse Dylan and musician Jakob Dylan. Jesse's wife Susan Traylor and Jakob's wife Paige Dylan are both actresses.
Comedian Harry Parke (born Harry Einstein) and his wife and actress Thelma Leeds are the parents of actor and comedy writer Bob Einstein and entertainer Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein).
Mia was married to both Frank Sinatra and musician André Previn. After her divorce from Previn, she was in a long-term relationship with entertainment multihyphenate Woody Allen that ended when Allen became romantically involved with (and ultimately married) Soon-Yi Previn, Mia's adoptive daughter with Previn.
Fields
Actress Chip Fields is the mother of actresses Kim, Jere and Alexis Fields.
Actor Errol Flynn was the father of actor/journalist Sean Leslie Flynn and grandfather of actor Sean Flynn (born Sean Rio Amir) through his daughter, Rory Flynn.
Actor, Robert Foxworth, is the son of Erna Beth (née Seaman), a writer. Robert was married to Marilyn McCormick, who had son and actor, Bo Foxworth and daughter, actress, Kristyn Foxworth. Robert was then married to actress, Elizabeth Montgomery (see Montgomery).
archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler, son of philologist and teacher Wilhelm Furtwängler, was married to Adelheid Wendt, daughter of philologist Gustav Wendt, whose sister Mathilde Wendt was a well known pianist, and Anna Dohrn, daughter of entomologist Carl August Dohrn
one son was conductor and composor Wilhelm Furtwängler, he married writer Elisabeth Albert, widdowed Elisabeth Ackermann, daughter of politician Katharina von Kardorff-Oheimb and chemist and entrepreneur Heinrich Albert
the daughter of the first marriage of Elisabeth Furtwängler was actress Kathrin Ackermann
third grade nephew to Wilhelm Furtwängler was physician and translator Hubert Furtwängler, he was married to pianist, painter and translator Margarete Furtwängler-Knittel, who was daughter to writer John Knittel and sister-in-law of Luise Rainer
another son, mountaineer Walter Furtwängler, is father to director Florian Furtwängler and architect Bernhard Furtwängler
Kathrin Ackermann was married to Bernhard Furtwängler, their daughter ist actress and physician Maria Furtwängler
Maria Furtwängler was married to publisher Hubert Burda, their daughter is entrepreneur and musician Elisabeth Furtwängler
daughter Märit Furtwängler was married to philosopher Max Scheler
Musician Aretha Franklin often recorded her music with her two sisters Erma Franklin and Carolyn Franklin, who were solo singers in their own right, brother Cecil Franklin was a singer as was their father, the Reverend C.L. Franklin.
Late politician, broadcaster and writer Sir Clement Freud, grandson of Sigmund Freud, was married to director and actress June Flewett and had five children, including public relations executive Matthew and broadcaster and presenter Emma Freud. Sir Clement's niece, novelist and screenwriter Esther Freud, is married to actor David Morrissey.
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm) married film director Vincente Minnelli as her second husband, and they were the parents of actress Liza Minnelli; Garland's third husband was producer Sidney Luft, and by him was mother of cabaret singer Lorna Luft.
Jean's second wife was cartoonist Sys Poulsen. Their daughter is television writer and author, Lulu Gauguin.
Lulu was married to jazz pianist, Adrian Bentzon. With him she is the mother of jazz musician, Aske Bentzon. She is also the mother of singer, Alberte Winding (see Winding) with actor, Thomas Winding.
Alberte was married to musician, Jan Rørdam. She is now married to musician, Andreas Fuglebæk.
Paul's second wife was actress, Bonne Winther-Hjelm Jelstrup.
Geldof-Yates
Singer-songwriter Bob Geldof is the father of broadcaster, journalist and model Peaches Geldof and model Pixie Geldof by his ex-wife music journalist and presenter Paula Yates, who subsequently married singer Michael Hutchence. Yates is the biological daughter of television host Hughie Green but was raised by presenter and producer Jess Yates and his wife actress Elaine Smith as their own.
Peaches was married to S.C.U.M lead singer Thomas Cohen. She was married to Chester French musician, Max Drummey.
Composer Philip Glass's cousin Ira Glass is radio host and creator of This American Life.
Gleason-Miller
Actor Jackie Gleason's daughter Linda married actor Jason Miller; their son, Jackie's grandson, is actor Jason Patric (full name: Jason Patrick Miller Junior).
Music producer and Motown founder Berry Gordy is the younger brother of songwriter and composer Anna Gordy Gaye, the first wife of singer Marvin Gaye. He is the father of musician Kennedy Gordy, better known as Rockwell, from a relationship with Margaret Norton, and actress Rhonda Ross Kendrick from another relationship with singer Diana Ross, and rapper/musician Stefan Gordy (Redfoo) from a relationship with writer-producer Nancy Leiviska.
Ross is the mother of actress Tracee Ellis Ross from her marriage to Robert Ellis Silberstein, and actor Evan Ross
Næss was the father of singer-songwriter Leona Naess from his previous marriage to Filippa Kumlin D'Orey.
Victorian stage actor Charles Groves was a father to Fred Groves, a leading actor of British silent films, and a brother to Walter Groves of the Fred Karno Company. Henry Groves, a brother to Charles and Walter, is the great-grandfather of Linda Groves, who married the comedian George Roper. Roper himself was the great-nephew of the Music Hall comedians Johnnie Cullen and George Sanford and a first cousin once removed of the wartime singer Jeannie Bradbury. His son Matt Roper is an actor and comedian.
Gunn
James Gunn, film director, screenwriter, and novelist is brothers with actor Sean, screen and television writer Brian, political entertainer Matt, and film executive Patrick Gunn. They are cousins with television and screenwriter Mark Gunn. In 2000, James Gunn married actress Jenna Fischer; the couple later divorced.
Note the family is not related to television personality Tim Gunn
Scriptwriter Hans Hagen (also known as Hans Oliva), and actress Eva-Maria Hagen are the parents of punk rock singer Nina Hagen. Eva-Maria was later married to Wolf Biermann, a singer-songwriter.
Sir Peter Hall is a theatre and film director. His children are Emma Hall (from his fourth marriage to theatre publicist Nichola Frei); actress Rebecca (from his third marriage to opera singer Maria Ewing), director Edward and theatre designer Lucy Hall (both from his second marriage to his assistant Jacqueline Taylor); producer Christopher and painter/actress/singer-songwriter Jennifer (both from his first marriage to actress Leslie Caron; Caron was previously married to musician Geordie Hormel and subsequently to American producer/director Michael Laughlin).
Jennifer is married to producer and screenwriter Glenn Wilhide
Christopher is married to Hon. Jane Studd, formerly a third assistant director, and their son Freddie Hall is a second assistant director while his younger brother Ben Hall is training to become an actor.
Hallyday/Smet-Vartan-Scotti
French singer and actor Jean-Philippe Smet, better known by his stage name of Johnny Hallyday, and his first wife, French singer Sylvie Vartan, are the parents of singer David Hallyday (born David Smet). Johnny is the father of actress Laura Smet from a later relationship with actress Nathalie Baye.
Sylvie's brother Eddie Vartan, a music producer, is the father of French-American actor Michael Vartan.
Hamilton-Stewart
Actor, George Hamilton, is the son of musician, George Hamilton. His elder half-brother, William Potter, became an interior decorator for such prestigious firms as Eva Gabor Interiors.
Actor, Tom Hanks's son by his first marriage, to actress Samantha Lewes†, is actor Colin Hanks. Tom Hanks's second wife is actress and producer, Rita Wilson.
Hanson is an American pop-rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma formed by brothers Isaac (guitar, piano, vocals), Taylor (keyboards, piano, guitar, drums, vocals), and Zac Hanson (drums, piano, guitar, vocals).
Smith has two son whom are pro wrestlers, Mike and Matt.
Bruce also has two sons whom have wrestled at some point, Torrin and Bruce Jr.
Keith has a son named Conor whom pursued amateur wrestling in high school.
Ellie and her former husband, wrestler Jim Neidhart, have three daughters. One of them, Nattie Neidhart, is a wrestler and is married to wrestler TJ Wilson.
Georgia and her husband, wrestler B. J. Annis, have four children. One of them, Teddy Annis, wrestles as Teddy Hart.
Bret's former sister-in-law was married to wrestler Tom Billington, better known as Dynamite Kid. Billington was also the first cousin of Davey Boy Smith.
Alison's former husband is wrestler Ben Bassarab. One of their daughters, Brook, is married to pro wrestler Pete Wilson. Their other daughter, Lindsay has dated wrestler Randy Myers and does make up for the wrestling reality show Total Divas.
Diana and her former husband Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid's cousin and a wrestler, had two children. One of them, Harry Smith, is a wrestler as well.
Joseph Haworth 19th century actor and William Haworth (19th–20th century writer, actor, director): Ted Haworth (son of William Haworth), production designer/art director; Sean Haworth (son Ted Haworth), art director; Martha Haworth (daughter William Howarth), married to actor Wallace Ford.
Timothy Hutton is the son of actor Jim Hutton, who was popular during the 1960s and 1970s. His first wife was actress Debra Winger, with whom he has one son, Noah. His second wife was Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, niece of former president of the French Republic Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, and with whom he has one son, Milo.
Joseph Jackson, who had a brief and unsuccessful music career, and his wife Katherine Jackson founded an extremely successful musical family.
Their first five sons (respectively their second, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth children in all)—Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon & Michael—formed the singing group The Jackson 5. Michael went on to even greater success as a solo artist, and was briefly married to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of musical icon Elvis Presley. Jermaine is linked to the Gordy family through his former marriage to Hazel Gordy, the daughter of Motown founder Berry Gordy.
Their fifth child and second daughter, La Toya Jackson, had modest success as a recording artist who received major publicity in 1988 when she landed a nude layout in Playboy.
Their last son, Randy, replaced Jermaine in the Jackson 5 when it became The Jacksons.
Writer/director Horace Jenkins was the father of filmmaker and artist Sacha Jenkins.
Jiminez-McCann-Brown
Mexican voice artist Celia Jiminez was the mother of movie extra Celia McCann and film editor David McCann. David McCann is married to actress Leonell McCann
Celia McCann is the mother of screenwriter Paul Brown and actress/comedian/singer, Julie Brown.
Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas are three brothers who have performed together as the band the Jonas Brothers as well as separately. Their youngest brother, Frankie Jonas, is an actor. Their father, Paul Kevin Jonas Sr. is a songwriter.
Jones
British rock icon David Bowie (born David Jones) was the father of British film director/producer Duncan Jones, with his first wife Angela Bowie.
Duncan Jones and his wife, photographer Rodene Ronquillo, have an infant son.
David Bowie also fathered a daughter, Lexi, with his second wife, Somali supermodel and activist Iman.
Iman was formerly married to NBA basketball player Spencer Haywood; they have a daughter, Zulekha Haywood
Angela Bowie also has a daughter, Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka, from her relationship with musician Drew Blood (real name Andrew Lipka)
Jones-Gretzky
The actress Janet Jones and husband hocker Wayne Gretzky and daughter singer Paulina Gretzky
Kim Kardashian-West was first married to songwriter Damon Thomas, then professional basketball player Kris Humphries, and now rapper Kanye West, with whom she has four children.
Pop band, KING is made up of four siblings. It began with five King siblings: Trillion, Marieangela "Queenie", Jazzy, Ruby, and Lucius. Jazzy and Ruby left in 2013 to form band, Blonde Electra, and eventually sister Jemima joined them.
Actor, Klaus Kinski, was married three times and has a child with each wife:
With singer, Gislinde Kühlbeck, he has daughter and actress, Pola Kinski.
With actress, Ruth Brigitte Tocki, he has daughter and actress, Nastassja Kinski.
Nastassja married Egyptian filmmaker, Ibrahim Moussa, and they have two children together, including daughter, Sonja Kinski, who works as a model and actress. Nastassja then lived with musician, Quincy Jones (see Jones-Lipton), with whom he has a daughter.
With Minhoi Geneviève Loanic he has son and actor, Nikolai Kinski.
Kirby
Actor Bruce Kirby was father of late actor Bruno Kirby. (Their real names are Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu Sr. and Jr.)
son out of the first marriage is cinematographer Andreas Köfer
second marriage was with actress Ute Boeden, the daughters Mirjam Köfer and Geertje Boeden are actresses too
third marriage is too singer and actress Heike Köfer
Kohan-Noxon
Comedy writer Buz Kohan and novelist Rhea Kohan are the parents of television writer/producers Jenji Kohan and David Kohan. Jenji Kohan is the creator, showrunner, and executive producer for Showtime's television series Weeds. She is married to Christopher Noxon, a non-show-business writer. His sister is Marti Noxon, another TV writer/producer.
Screenwriter-producer-director Stanley Kubrick was the father of composer-filmmaker Vivian Kubrick, who scored his movie Full Metal Jacket under the pseudonym Abigail Mead. Moreover, Christianne Harlan-Kubrick (Stanley's widow and Vivian's mother) is the sister of film producer Jan Harlan.
Nick was married to singer, Jessica Simpson (see Simpson). He then married television personality, television host, fashion model, and actress, Vanessa Minnillo.
Drew married high school sweetheart and dancer and choreographer, Lea Lachey.
Lai
Actress Gigi Lai is the granddaughter of Hong Kong movie pioneer Lai Man-Wai.
No relation to musician, Tommy Lee, or to soap opera actress, Anna Lee.
Lee (American)
Tommy Lee, born Thomas Lee Bass, is the son of Vassiliki Papadimitriou (Greek: Βασιλική Παπαδημητρίου), a 1957 Miss Greece contestant. His younger sister is musician, Athena Lee (Athena Michelle Bass). Tommy's second wife was actress, Heather Locklear (see Sambora). He then married actress and Playboy Playmate, Pamela Anderson. They have two sons including model and musician Dylan Jagger Lee and actor, model and reality star Brandon Thomas Lee. Tommy was engaged to singer Sofia Toufa and is now married to social media personality Brittany Furlan.
Athena was married to James Kottak, the drummer for the band Scorpions, and she was also the drummer of his solo band, KrunK.
Rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis is the brother of singer and pianist Linda Gail Lewis. They are cousins of country musician Mickey Gilley and disgraced televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Another first cousin to the Lewis siblings, J.W. Brown, was the bass guitarist in Lewis' band.
Brown's daughter Myra Gale Brown became Jerry Lee's third wife. Their daughter, Phoebe Lewis, is a musician and her father's manager.
Shane, Keavy, Edele, Tara, and Naomi Lynch are siblings who have all had singing careers. (Shane as part of the Irish boy band Boyzone, twins Keavy and Edele as part of the Irish girl group B*Witched, Tara as part of the Irish girl group Fab!, and Naomi as part of the Irish girl group Buffalo G.)
Shane married Easther Bennett, lead singer of Eternal. He then married singer Sheena White.
Neville first married Mary Angela Mond (see Mond). He later married actress, Gladys Cooper. His daughter with Gladys is Sally Pearson (aka Sally Cooper), who was married to actor, Robert Hardy.
Gladys's daughter from her first marriage is Joan. After Neville, Gladys married actor, Philip Merivale (see Merivale).
Playwright-Screenwriter-Author David Mamet was married to actress Lindsay Crouse (daughter of playwright Russel Crouse). They are the parents of actress Zosia Mamet. Mamet is now married to singer-songwriter Rebecca Pidgeon and Crouse to television director/editor Rick Blue.
Mansfield-Duane
NBC radio personality, Ronnie Mansfield, is the father of actress, Maureen Mansfield.
Maureen is the mother of singer-songwriter, Christina Duane, and singer-songwriter, Erik Carlson.
Actor-comedian, Cheech Marin, is the father of actress, Rikki Marin.
Markham
Actor David Markham was married to dramatist Olive Dehn and their children include actresses Kika and Petra Markham and poet and dramatist Jehane Markham
Actress Mary Martin was the mother of actor Larry Hagman, whose daughter Heidi Hagman is an actress. Martin was married at one time to theatrical director Richard Halliday.
His son Vincent J. McMahon, who succeeded Jess as the company's manager in 1953, took over ownership after Jess' death in 1954.
WWE is currently run by Vincent J.'s son Vincent K. McMahon, who currently serves as chairman and CEO of the company. His wife Linda served as CEO from 1993 until 2009.
Their son Shane McMahon served as WWE's Executive Vice President, Global Media until he left in 2010. Their daughter Stephanie McMahon-Levesque is WWE's Executive Vice President, Creative. Shane's wife Marissa Mazzola-McMahon is WWE's Director of National Public Relations and owns a film production company. Stephanie's husband is current WWE wrestler Paul Levesque, better known as Triple H.
Gladys was first married to Captain Herbert Buckmaster, with whom she has daughter, Joan. Gladys then married Sir Neville Pearson (see Pearson), a British newspaper publisher. Together, they have one daughter, Sally Pearson (aka Sally Cooper).
Sheridan's godparents are dramatist, Sewell Stokes (see Stokes), and actor, Peter Bull (see Bull). Sheridan has a son, Hugo. Ruth Leon, the critic and television producer, became Sheridan's second wife. Actress, Joanna Lumley, is a cousin of Sheridan's.
Carrie Michalka is a Christian musician and the mother of actresses and singers, Aly Michalka and AJ Michalka.
Aly married independent film producer, Stephen Ringer.
Middleton
Actor, Keith Middleton, married actress, model, and singer-songwriter, Toni Seawright, the first African American crowned Miss Mississippi. They are the parents of actors and singer-songwriters, Qaasim Middleton and Khalil Middleton (born Zuhri Khalil Ayele Mandara Middleton).
Miles
Bernard Miles, actor, was the father of actress Sally Miles.
Rapper, actor and entrepreneur Master P, and rappers and actors C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker (real names Percy, Corey and Vyshonne Miller) are all brothers. Their cousin is producer and rapper Mo B. Dick.
Actors, Robert and Dorothy Mitchum, are the parents of actors, James, Chris, and Trini Mitchum. Robert's siblings, John and Julie Mitchum, are actors as well.
Chris is the father of actors, Bentley and Carrie Mitchum.
Robert was born Henry Montgomery Jr. to Henry Montgomery Sr., the president of the New York Rubber Company.
Elizabeth Montgomery's first marriage was to New York City socialite, Frederick Gallatin Cammann. She was later married to Academy Award winning actor, Gig Young (see Young). She then married producer, William Asher (see Asher), the son of producer, E.M. Asher. Film editor, Rebecca Asher, is their daughter. Her last husband was actor, Robert Foxworth.
Mexican actor Ruben Morales was married for most of the 1980s to actress/comedian Aida Pierce. Their son is actor Ruben Morales Zerecero (Zerecero is the family's actual name on his mother's side). Actress Lucia Zerecero is a relative of Pierce and Morales Zerecero.
Morrow
Actor-director Vic Morrow was the father of producer Carrie Morrow and her younger sister, actress Jennifer Lee Morrow (better known as Jennifer Jason Leigh). Jennifer was formerly married to director and filmmaker Noah Baumbach.
Spanish flamenco guitarist Juan Muñoz is the father of Pilar, Lola, and Lucía Muñoz, the founding three members of the vocal group Las Ketchup; and Rocío Muñoz, who has later joined her sisters in the group.
Game show host Jack Narz is the older brother of fellow game show host Tom Kennedy (born James Narz). Jack and another game show host, Bill Cullen, went on to marry daughters of Oscar-winning composer Heinz Eric Roemheld.
Neame-Close
Late actress Ivy Close and her first husband photographer Elwin Neame had two sons: producer and screenwriter Ronald Neame and author Derek Neame
The Nolans were a successful singing act in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The band's lineup changed through the years, but the members were all sisters. Members were Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda, Bernadette, and Coleen
Norris
Martial arts-actor/producer Chuck Norris is the brother of producer-director Aaron Norris. Chuck's sons are actors Eric and Mike Norris; he has a daughter, Dina, who is mother to actress Gabi Di Ciolli.
Patricia's children are: Eilis O'Herlihy, fellow actor, Colin O'Herlihy, and artist/director/photographer, Micaela O'Herlihy.
O'Neal
Actors, Ryan and Kevin O'Neal, are brothers. Ryan is the father of Oscar-winning actress, Tatum O'Neal, and actor, Griffin O'Neal, by his first wife, Joanna Moore. He is the father of former actor and current sports anchor, Patrick, by former wife, Leigh Taylor-Young.
Laurence first married actress, Jill Esmond (see Esmond). Later, he married actress, Vivien Leigh. Finally, he married actress, Joan Plowright (see Plowright). With Esmond he has son and director, Tarquin Olivier. With Plowright he has son and director, Richard Olivier, actress, Tamsin Olivier, and actress, Julie Kate Olivier.
Vivien's daughter from her first marriage is actress, Suzanne Farrington. Vivien later was the romantic partner of actor, John Merivale (see Merivale), for many years until her death.
Lisa Origliasso and identical twin sister, Jessica Origliasso, are actresses, musicians, and fashion designers. They make up the duo pop group, The Veronicas. Their older brother, Julian Origliasso, is their manager and producer.
Orowitz-O'Neill-Landon
American actor and movie theater manager Eli Orowitz and his wife, American actress and comedian Peggy O'Neill, were the parents of Eugene Orowitz, who achieved television fame under his stage name of Michael Landon.
Michael had children in show business from each of his three marriages. Michael adopted the son of his first wife, who went on to become (late) actor Mark Landon. TV multihyphenate Michael Landon Jr. and television screenwriter Christopher B. Landon are Michael's sons from his second marriage. Actress Jennifer Landon is from Michael's final marriage.
Ortiz de Pinedo
Actor Oscar Ortiz de Pinedo was the father of actor/comedian/producer/director Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo and comedian/writer Oscar Ortiz de Pinedo. Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo's second wife was producer Luigina Tuccio, and Jorge's eldest son, Pedro, is also a producer.
Former child actor, Haley Joel Osment, is the older brother of actress and singer, Emily Osment. Their father is actor, Michael Eugene Osment.
Osmond
Actors/singers/television hosts Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond are brother and sister. Donny formerly sang with his brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay as The Osmonds; younger brother 'Little' Jimmy Osmond later joined the group as well as having solo success. Some of the brothers still perform together as "The Osmond Brothers," while Alan's sons perform as "The Osmonds Second Generation."
Those sons include: Michael Alan, Nathan George, Douglas Kenneth, David Levi, Scott Merrill, Jonathon Pinegar, Alexander Thomas, and Tyler James.
Marie's daughter, Rachael Blosil, married Gabriel Krueger, a fashion designer.
Oswalt
Comedian, Patton Oswalt was married to writer, Michelle Eileen McNamara, until her death in 2016. His brother is YouTube comedy writer, Matthew Oswalt.
Owens-Haggard-Alan
Country singers Buck Owens and Bonnie Owens were the parents of another country singer, Alvis Alan Owens, professionally known as Buddy Alan. After Buck and Bonnie divorced while their son was growing up, she married another country singer, Merle Haggard; Alan stayed with his mother..
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Paich
Composer-musician Marty Paich is the father of musician-songwriter and session player David Paich, a founding member of Toto.
Screenwriter-director, Sam Peckinpah, was the uncle of producer, David Peckinpah. (Their real names were David Edward Samuel Ernest Peckinpah Jr. and III, respectively.)
Penhaligon-Munro
British actress, Susan Penhaligon, is the mother of fellow actor, Truan Munro.
The Band Perry consists of three siblings: Kimberly, Neil, and Reid Perry. They are the niece and nephews of baseball author and journalist, Dayn Perry.
La Tanya Potts is fourth generation American film pedigree. Nyanza Potts Sr., Nyanza Potts Jr.("Little Colonel"), Arvert Pott(s)("Title Big Shot"), Mahlon Potts("King Kong"), Malcolm Potts("Uncle Toms Cabin") Potts, serves as cinema historian, exhibitor, and the administrator of the Potts family motion picture legacy. Potts family legacy in cinema began in 1929. Potts has dedicated 20 years behind the scenes in casting and producing. Potts is the Executive Chair of Go2 Studios West.
James H. Ring, was a leading comedian of the Boston Museum company.
Blanche Ring, his granddaughter, was an American singer and actress in Broadway theatre productions. Four generations of her ancestors were Shakespearean actors. She married an American stage and film actor, Charles Winninger.
Her sister, Julie, is a stage actress who married actor, Al Sutherland (see Sutherland). Their son is A. Edward Sutherland, who became a film director.
Their sister, Frances, married Thomas Meighan, the popular stage and later silent film actor.
Jason Jr. was once married to actress, Lauren Bacall (see Bacall). He is the father of actors, Jason Robards III with his first wife, Eleanor Pittman, and of actor, Sam Robards with Bacall.
Actor, Yves Robert, was first married to actress, Rosy Varte, and with her has son and actor, Jean-Denis Robert. He then married actress, Danièle Delorme (born Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard) (see Girard.
Rosy later married actor and director, Pierre Badel.
We the Kings lead singer and YouTube personality Travis Robinson-Clark is married to actress and model Jenny Robinson-Clark. Travis's brother, musician Taylor Clark, is the former We the Kings drummer.
Rocco
Actor, Alex Rocco, is the adoptive father of motion picture director, Marc Rocco.
Musician Seal (born Olusegun Adeola Akarbi Samuel) is the brother of Jeymes Samuel, better known as The Bullitts, a singer-songwriter. He married supermodel Heidi Klum.
Guitarron player Natividad Santiago was the father of fellow guitarron player Enrique Santiago. Both have been members of the Vargas de Tecalitlan. Santiago's daughter is comedian/singer Cessy Casanova.
Rob was once married to and has a daughter with former model London King, musician Elle King (born Tanner Elle Schneider). He later married television producer Patricia Azarcoya Arce.
David married theatrical producer, Irene Mayer (see Mayer), daughter of Louis B. Mayer, a film producer. They had two sons, Lewis Jeffrey and Daniel Selznick, both of whom also became film producers. He later married the actress Jennifer Jones.
Jennifer was previously married to actor, Robert Walker (see Walker). They have sons and actors, Robert Walker Jr. and Michael Walker. After Selznick, Jones married industrialist, Norton Simon.
Rosemary Nest Scott-Ellis (see Ellis) and George Fitzroy Seymour (cadet branch of Marquess of Hertford and Duke of Somerset of Thrumpton Hall) are the parents of literary critic and author, Miranda Seymour.
Miranda married the novelist and historian, Andrew Sinclair (see Sinclair), and had a son, Merlin. Her second marriage was to Anthony Gottlieb, then executive editor of The Economist and author of a history of Western philosophy.
His third and current marriage is to former New Bohemians lead singer-songwriter Edie Brickell. They have three children: Adrian, Lulu and Gabriel. Edie and her stepson Harper have a band called The Heavy Circles.
Simpson
Actress, fashion designer, and singer, Jessica Simpson, was married to singer, producer, and actor, Nick Lachey. Jessica's sister is actress and singer, Ashlee Simpson.
Actor, Sir Donald Sinden, whose younger brother is the actor Leon Sinden (whose partner was the actor Walter Carr), was married to the late actress Diana Mahony. They had two children: actor Jeremy Sinden (who was married to the actress Delia Lindsay) and actor and film director Marc Sinden who was married to the film producer Jo Gilbert. The Edwardian actress Topsy Sinden (1878–1950) and her brother actor Bert Sinden (1879–1911), were cousins.
Contemporary Christian singer, Rebecca Smallbone, better known by her stage name, Rebecca St. James, is the older sister of fellow contemporary Christian artists, Joel and Luke Smallbone, who perform as the band, For King & Country. In addition, she is the wife of Jacob Fink, bass guitarist of Foster the People.
Smith
Rapper and actor, Will Smith is the father of actor Trey Smith by his first wife, actress Sheree Zampino, and actors Jaden and Willow Smith by his second and current wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith.
Singer, Rod Stewart, has been married several times with many different children. He was first married to actress, Alana Stewart (nee Collins). Together they have daughter and model, Kimberly Stewart, and son and reality star, Sean Stewart.
Director Preston Sturges married Eleanor Post Close, the daughter of Edward Bennett Close and Marjorie Meriwether Post. Edward Bennett Close, by his second wife, became the grandfather of actress Glenn Close. Marjorie Post, by her second husband, was the mother of actress Dina Merrill, whose second husband was late Oscar-winning actor Cliff Robertson.
Sumner
Rock musician Sting (real name Gordon Sumner) has been married to actress Frances Tomelty and actress and producer Trudie Styler. Among his children with Tomelty is musician and entrepreneur Joe Sumner. Among his children with Styler are actress Mickey Sumner and musician Eliot Sumner.
YouTube personality and We the Kings band bassist Charles Trippy is son of musician and former Gregg Allman Band (see Allman) percussionist Chaz Trippy. Charles was formerly married to YouTube personality and travel vlogger, Alli Speed. His sister, Melissa Trippy, is also a YouTube personality.
Producer and actor Patrick Tse and former wife actress Deborah Lee were the parents of actor and singer Nicholas Tse, who was married to actress and Cantopop singer Cecilia Cheung.
Professional wrestler and wrestling promoter Jack Adkisson, better known as Fritz Von Erich, was the father of five sons who followed in his footsteps as wrestlers under the Von Erich name—Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike, and Chris. The family is famous for its supposed "curse"—although Jack lived until his natural death, his oldest son, Jack Jr., was killed in a freak childhood accident, David died in 1984 under disputed circumstances, and Mike, Chris, and Kerry all committed suicide between 1987 and 1993.
Kevin's son Ross and Kerry's daughter Lacey are wrestlers who perform under the Von Erich name.
Actor Cole Hauser is the son of Wings Hauser, another actor; who is the son of screenwriter Dwight Hauser. Cole's maternal great-grandfather was film mogul Harry Warner, and his maternal grandfather was Milton Sperling, a Hollywood screenwriter and independent film producer.
Warren-Alba
Actor Michael Warren is the father of actor and producer Cash Warren, whose wife is actress Jessica Alba.
Documentary maker and producer Desmond Wilcox was married to journalist turned presenter Esther Rantzen. Their daughter Rebecca is a producer and television presenter.
Jett Williams, the posthumously born daughter of Hank and half-sister to Hank Jr., had modest success in country music.
Williams (John)
Composer/conductor John Williams and actress/singer Barbara Ruick are the parents of Toto's lead singer Joseph Williams and drummer Mark T. Williams. John is the brother of percussionist Don Williams, who has performed on many of John's film scores, and the son of Jazz drummer Johnny Williams. Barbara Ruick is the daughter of late actors Melville Ruick and Lurene Tuttle.
David and Dolores Winans, gospel music singers, recorded both together and separately as "Pop" and "Mom" Winans, and became progenitors of a highly prolific musical family. The following musicians can trace their family roots to Pop and Mom Winans:
The second through fifth sons of Pop and Mom—Ronald, Marvin, Carvin, and Michael Winans—are best known as the gospel group The Winans. Marvin's former wife, Vickie Winans, has had a successful music career, and Michael has recorded with his wife Regina.
Four sons of The Winans—Marvin Jr., Carvin Jr., Michael Jr., and another son of Carvin Sr., Juan Winans—have recorded together as Winans Phase 2.
Mario Winans is Vickie's son from her prior marriage to Ronald Brown.
Daniel Winans, a gospel singer and producer, is Mom and Pop's sixth son.
The two youngest of Pop and Mom's children, Angie and Debbie Winans, have recorded both together and as soloists.
Winding (Vinding)
Author and journalist, Andreas Vinding, with his wife and actress, Agis Winding, he has son and journalist, Ole Vinding.
Actor, producer, and author, Thomas Winding, is the son of Ole.
Thomas was married five times. With his former wife and cinematographer, Vibeke Winding, he is the father of singer, Kasper Winding, and actress, Sara Winding. With Lulu Gauguin (see Gauguin) he has daughter and singer, Alberte.
Vibeke later married film editor and director, Anders Refn (see Refn). They are the parents of director and screenwriter, Nicolas Winding Refn.
Kasper was first married to actress, Brigitte Nielsen. Their son is television personality, Julian Winding. He was later married to actress, Simone Bendix. With writer and photographer, Pia Tryde, he has son and screenwriter, Oliver Winding.
Actor Gig Young, born Byron Elsworth Barr, was married to Sophie Rosenstein, the resident drama coach at Paramount, actress Elizabeth Montgomery (see Montgomery), and German magazine editor Kim Schmidt.
Yuen
Renowned martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping is the son of Yuen Siu-tien, a martial arts film actor.
Composer-musician-producer Frank Zappa was the father of: actress-author-singer Moon Unit who is married to Paul Doucette, former drummer and current rhythm guitarist of Matchbox Twenty; actor-composer-musician Dweezil; actor-author-musician Ahmet Zappa; actress-photographer Diva Zappa. Frank's niece is actress (and, more recently, costumer) Lala Sloatman, who was married to Black Crowes lead singer/co-founder Chris Robinson.
Keith (1949–) and Robert Carradine (1954–) and half-brother Michael Bowen (1957–) (all sons of Sonia Sorel; Keith and Robert from her marriage to John Carradine, and Michael Bowen from her marriage to artist Michael Bowen)
Melvin (1954-2019), Kenneth (1959–), and Kevon Edmonds (1958–); born Kevin Edmonds) — Melvin and Kevon are members of the R&B group After 7, while Kenneth is better-known as R&B singer and producer Babyface.
Los Lonely Boys – Henry (1978–), Jojo (1980–), and Ringo Garza (1981–)
The Marx Brothers (comedians); Chico/Leonard (1887–1961), Harpo/Arthur (1888–1964), Groucho/Julius (1890–1977), Gummo/Milton (1892–1977) and Zeppo/Herbet (1901–1979). (They also had an older brother, who died as an infant.)
Ronnie (1948–1977), Donnie (1952–), and Johnny Van Zant (1960–) — Ronnie was a founder and lead vocalist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Donnie was founder and lead vocalist of 38 Special, and Johnny is the lead vocalist of today's Lynyrd Skynyrd. Donnie and Johnny also perform together as Van Zant.
Bunny (1955–), Eldra "El" (1961–), James (1963–), Mark and Randy DeBarge, all members of the band DeBarge, plus five other musical siblings who were not in that band — Robert "Bobby" (1956–1995), Tommy (both members of Switch), Chico (1966–), Darryl, and Carol "Peaches" DeBarge
The Jets — originally LeRoy (1965–), Eddie (1966–), Eugene (1967–), Haini (1968–), Rudy (1969–), Kathi (1970–), Elizabeth (1972–), and Moana Wolfgramm (1973–). Six younger Wolfgramm siblings are now members, namely Donnie, EtiVise, Maliana, Mika, Natalia, and Tony. Two other younger siblings, Kelela and Tiare, are in a side project, a rock band called Against the Season.