# Hollywood Nepotism -- Let's Make a List **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359 "2000-03-27T20:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/41 "2000-03-28T00:14:00Z")
Tippi Hedren —\> Melanie Griffith ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/42 "2000-03-28T00:23:00Z")
Robert Alda…Alan Alda ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/43 "2000-03-28T00:30:00Z")
Michael Redgrave =\> Vanessa Redgrave =\> Lynn Redgrave Does that count as one since they are all the same family? Wouldn’t want to break the rules, what– ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/44 "2000-03-28T00:34:00Z")
Vanessa Redgrave + Tony Richardson = Joely and Natasha Richardson. Not sure how Miranda is related but I think she is. Cousin maybe? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/45 "2000-03-28T00:38:00Z")
Joan Fontaine and Olivia DeHavilland ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/46 "2000-03-28T00:47:00Z")
Henry Fonda —\> Jane Fonda —\> Peter Fonda —\> Bridget Fonda * * * –In France I’m considered a genius. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/47 "2000-03-28T02:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Patricia Arquette —\> David Arquette --\> Rosanna Arquette And let us not forget brother Alexis (aka Eva Destruction). Walter, John and Anjelika Huston. The only three-generation Oscar family. Bruce and Laura Dern, and Mom I think is Blythe Danner? David and Jennifer Lynch (directors) Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche. Matt and Kevin Dillon. Add Annabelle to the Gish family (granddaughter I think?). I listed more than one. Sue me. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/48 "2000-03-28T02:03:00Z")
Francis Ford and Sophia Coppolla. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/49 "2000-03-28T02:23:00Z")
Jerry Stiller/Anne Meara(sp?) —\> Ben Stiller ---
**Author:** ![ghoti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@ghoti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghoti)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/50 "2000-03-28T02:35:00Z")
alan and adam arkin ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/51 "2000-03-28T02:40:00Z")
Matthew Broderick\< John Broderick (Matthews dad, longtime character actor) ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/52 "2000-03-28T02:42:00Z")
Bob Elliott & Chris Elliott (sp?) Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, & Lorna Luft * * * This space blank, until Wally thinks up something cool to put here. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/53 "2000-03-28T02:46:00Z")
Fred & Ben(?) Savage * * * This space blank, until Wally thinks up something cool to put here. ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/54 "2000-03-28T02:59:00Z")
Arquette’s father was cliff played comic charlie weaver ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/55 "2000-03-28T03:36:00Z")
Danny Elfman —\> Jenna Elfman Danny Elfman is Jenna Elfman’s uncle. He is a prolific writer of movie scores. He also does a lot of the music for The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/56 "2000-03-28T03:40:00Z")
Bill Murray —\> Joel Murray Joel and Bill are brothers. Joel Murray plays Pete on Dharma and Greg ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/57 "2000-03-28T03:42:00Z")
Carl Reiner —\> Rob Reiner ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/58 "2000-03-28T03:45:00Z")
Ralph Fiennes —\> Joseph Fiennes ---
**Author:** ![Fillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@Fillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fillet)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/59 "2000-03-28T04:19:00Z")
Denis Lawson ----\> Ewan McGregor Denis Lawson portrayed the intrepid pilot Wedge Antilles in _Stars Wars: A New Hope_. He is the uncle of Ewan McGregor (young Ben Kenobi in _Phantom Menace_). ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359/60 "2000-03-28T05:41:00Z")
Erm…Kirk Cameron \<\> Candace Cameron * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. _Hey, I like that hat, man. They sell men’s clothes where you got that?_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-nepotism-lets-make-a-list/15359.md?page=4)