Tampa Bay’s third baseman Jared Sandberg is Ryno’s nephew.
San Francisco’s infielder prospect Lance Niekro is Joe’s son, thus Phil’s nephew.
Speaking of odd relationships, my vote for the strangest casting job in a live action movie: James Earl Jones as the son of Nick Nolte in JEFFERSON IN PARIS.
Jon Owen, lead singer of the cult British band GLOBAL VILLAGE TRUCKING COMPANY, is a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. (His paternal great-grandfather was King George V, though he himself has no title.)
Model/actress Ione Skye is the daughter of 60s pop icon Donovan (Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman), though she didn’t meet him til she was grown. Her older brother is Donovan Leitch.
Another odd 60s scioness: In 2001, a three year old girl in Denver named Emi learned, to whatever extent three year old girls in Denver can learn such a thing, that she won’t ever have to worry about paying her electric bill, because the granny she’d never met and who her mommy hadn’t seen for more than 30 years is one of the world’s richest women. Emi is the daughter of Kyoko Cox, who in turn is the daughter of Yoko Ono by her second husband Tony Cox, who kidnapped her in 1967 and raised her under an assumed name in a Christian fundamentalist cult (which I’m guessing beat growing up with John Lennon). He did such a good job of throwing sand over his tracks that Yoko was unable to find her until Kyoko herself decided to make contact.
Thora Birch is the daughter of former adult-film star Carol Connors.
Both Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez are Martin Sheen’s sons and have the same mother (Martin Sheen’s real surname is Estevez, Sheen is his mother’s surname).
Are you sure, lothos ? I thought he said he took that professional name from Bishop Sheen.
Folger’s Coffee spokeslady of another decade, “Mrs. Olson” was played by character actress Virginia Christine, who was the wife of Fritz ::POP:: Feld
Is anyone else unable to call Stephanie Zimbalist anything other than “Stephanie Zimbalist, Jr.”?
Actress and cake-maker Jane Asher, who used to date Paul McCartney, is married to satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, who did the design for the film of Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
And has no one mentioned the Freud family? Sigmund Freud was the grandfather of painter Lucian Freud and British politician and writer Clement Freud, and Siggy’s great-grandchildren include British radio and TV presenter Emma Freud and fashion designer Bella Freud.
Actress Mia (Ferris Bueller) Sara’s father-in-law is Sean Connery (she’s married to his son Jason).
British TV presenter Emma Forbes is daughter of Nanette Newman (actress and washing liquid shill, who also sang some backing vocals for The Rolling Stones) and swinging 60s filmmaker Bryan Forbes.
Prime Minister Tony Blair is the son-in-law of British TV actor Tony Booth (Till Death Us Do Part).
Kathleen Hanna, of Le Tigre and riot-grrls Bikini Kill, is married to Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys, whose father is playwright Israel Horovitz.
Jarvis Cocker of Pulp is no relation of singer Joe Cocker, but Jarvis’s dad was mates with Joe. cite
OK, that’s enough tenuous crap.
Here’s a list of celebrity relationships, although I can’t attest to their veracity:
http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/ps/20040115/107416660201.html
I’d hardly call Bogie and Princess Di “related,” though, if you have to go all the way back to Edward III of England. Here’s a list of other descendants of Great Britain’s royalty:
http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/FamTree/Royal/famous.descents.html
(Can’t attest to it, either)
Well as long as the thread’s been revived (and how did it survive the board switchover?) I’ll throw in that singer Poe, whose real name is Ann Danielewski, is the sister of author Mark Z. Danielewski. Neither is a major celebrity, but the connection surprised me when I read of it.
Another great granddaughter is Esther, daughter of Lucien. She’s a novelist, her first book, Hideous Kinky, was made into a film with Kate Winslett
Tony Booth is the Great great nephew of John Wilkes Booth, who shot president Lincoln. odd connection for a british PM eh? I could only find this rather dodgy The Lincoln-Blair Affair - Atlantic Crossings (October 2002)
Gary Oldman’s sister is Laila Morse, currently playing a soap battleaxe on the BBCs Eastenders. It always makes me smile when I think "Uma Thurman’s sister in law.
"http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/eastenders/characters/character_content/character_mo_s.shtml
Shirley Jones, who played David Cassidy’s mother on The Partridge Family, was his real-life stepmother. She married his father when he (David) was young.
Well, since tghis thread has been bumped, I’ll add one I meant to add way back when:
News lady Jane Pauley’s real name is Margaret. She is (or maybe was)married to Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau. In other words, Jane Pauley is really Margaret Trudeau.
Jason Bateman is the son-in-law of Paul Anka.
Robert Clary (LeBeau from HOGAN’S HEROES and a concentration camp survivor in real life) was the son-in-law of Eddie Cantor. His co-star Werner Klemperer was the son of conductor Otto Klemperor.
Michael York is the stepfather of Rick McCallum, producer of the most recent STAR WARS trilogy. His CABARET co-star Marisa Berenson is the granddaughter of designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the sister of photographer Berry Berenson, who was the wife of Tony Perkins and who was killed on American Airlines flight 11 on September 11.
Abby Dalton was the mother-in-law of her FALCON CREST co-star Lorenzo Lamas, who is the son of Fernando Lamas (and a complete sleaze; he tried to get his Playmate wife [not Dalton’s daughter] to become an escort in order to bring money into the house and he sells phone calls , so apparently he is really broke).
Artie Shaw’s wives included Ava Gardner (who also married Mickey Rooney and Frank Sinatra), Evelyn Keyes (who also married John Huston), Lana Turner and Forever Amber author Kathleen Winsor.
Jason Patric is the grandson of Jackie Gleason.
Some sites (including imdb.com) state that Robert Duvall is a descendant of Robert E. Lee, but I haven’t seen this verified. Gary Gilmore claimed to be an illegitimate grandson of Harry Houdini (probably complete B.S.). Katharine Hepburn was the direct descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom she won an Oscar for portraying in LION IN WINTER, and was of the same Scottish clan as Mary Q of Scots husband James Hepburn, whose lover she played in MARY OF SCOTLAND.
Jordan Ladd is the daughter of Cheryl Ladd and the granddaughter of Alan Ladd.
Marlon Brando is allegedly the grandfather of Hole lead singer/Kurt Cobain’s widow Courtney Love.
The real name of David Seville, creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks, was Ross Bagdasarian. His uncle was William Saroyan, and together they wrote the song Come On-A My House. Rosemary Clooney recorded the song - her nephew is George Clooney.
He was the father of the late Dominique Dunne, who played the older daughter in the movie Poltergeist and was murdered by her psycho boyfriend. (Who is now out of prison and working as a chef, which sickens.) He’s also the father of Griffin Dunne, probably best known from the movie Who’s That Girl which co-starred Madonna. Griffin’s ex-wife is the actress Carey Lowell (formerly of Law & Order) who is now married to actor Richard Gere.
Actor/Director Spike Jonze is no longer in Clan Coppola; he and Sofia have decided to end their marriage, reportedly quite amiably.
Chris Elliott is the son of Bob Elliott from the comedy team, Bob abd Ray.
Sissy Spacek and Loretta Lynn claimed to be sisters or something in a past life. (Please don’t ask for a cite on that one, I just recall reading that when Coal Miner’s Daughter made its theatrical release.
Anthony Stewart Head of “Buffy” is the brother of Murray Head, best known as the singer of “One Night in Bangkok.”
I’ve read that “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee was the cousin of Truman Capote.
To claify the Lynn Redgrave statement: Her assistant had a baby and refused to name the father. Her son Benjamin later married the woman and adopted the boy. At a later Thanksgiving dinner, it came out that the baby’s father was Lynn’s husband and Benjamin’s father John Clark. And you thought holiday dinners were bad at your house.
Andrew Lloyd Webber and classical cellist Julian Lloyd Webber are brothers (well, duh…)
Not quite. They were next door neighbors though - at least on occation when Capote stayed with aunts (?) in town. Most people believe Dill is modeled on young Truman. They remained friends until his death, and some people wonder how much of “In Cold Blood” Lee wrote (she did help with the research).
Looks like we could get one of those “6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon” kind of games going here.
But to add to the din, on “My Three Sons,” Beverly Garland played Tina Cole’s step mother-in-law. Some years after the show was over, Beverly Garland actually became Tina Cole’s step mother-in-law when the two wed Fillmore Crank Sr. and Jr. respectively.