She was also the daughter of Pat Weaver, TV personality and perennial Hollywood square.
Picking up on the Mark Harmon theme, above, NCIS agent Timothy McGee, played by Sean Murray, had a sister in trouble in one episode. The sister was played by Troian Bellisario, Murray’s real-life stepsister and current co-star of Pretty Little Liars. The two are, coincidentally, children of series producer Donald Bellisario.
ETA: And it just keeps going: Acording to Wikipedia, Murray’s younger brother is also a producer of the show, and his mother Vivienne played The Mysterious Redhead from various first season episodes.
Are you thinking of Charley Weaver (whose actual name was Cliff Arquette and is the grandfather of David Arquette, Alexis Arquette, etc.)? Pat Weaver was a television executive.
Tom was a good looking guy and Mom was too hot for words. Not surprising their kids turned out well. Mark and Pam are probably maintaining the tradition of passing along exceedingly good genes, though I haven’t seen their kids.
Yeah, Pat Weaver was the head of NBC. Read an article about Doodles in which he was angry that Pat wouldn’t give him a job. This was some 20 years after Pat had retired. Doodles had issues and eventually shot himself.
He never was prime minister. Though he has been premier of Saskatchewan, and also federal leader of the NDP.
Also someone mentioned Erik Nielsen the deputy prime minister of Canada. It should be mentioned that he held this function during the 1980s, not today. (I believe he’s now deceased.)
House Voight is already mentioned, but it’s odd that of four major members only Jon Voight goes by the actual surname. (Jon’s son goes by James Haven.) Jolie and Haven have both said outright that their rejection of the name Voight is to a degree motivated dislike of their father.
Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is the daughter of actor Vic Morrow (possibly best remembered today for his death on the set of the Twilight Zone movie). Her sister Victoria Morrow has been a behind-the-scenes writer and director and has worked with her on Weeds among other projects.
Well, not specifically about Maya, but according to the liner notes from Riperton’s compilation CD Petals, the melody to “Lovin’ You” was created as a distraction for Maya so that her parents could spend time together. Maya was in the studio when Riperton recorded the song, and Minnie can be heard singing “Maya” near the end of the song in the unedited album version.
Ione Skye (teen actress and model in the 1980s whose career has been spasmodic sense) is the daughter of '60s pop star Donovan (Hurdy Gurdy Man, Season of the Witch, etc.). Her father returned to England when she was a baby and her brother Donovan Leitch (also an actor) was a little boy and they were raised in L.A., thus (like Norah Jones with Ravi Shankar) she never met her famous father until she was grown.
I wouldn’t call Haven “major.” I think he’s a D-list celebrity. But however talented the members of this family may be, “Voight” is kind of an ugly name. It’s sort of understandable why they would want to change it to something that’s a little nicer-sounding, even aside from their supposed issues with their father.
Mentioned before, but the twins who played Samantha and Darrin’s son Adam on BEWITCHED were adopted at birth and later sought out their birth parents. Per them, their birth father is Tony Curtis. (There is definitely a resemblance.)
No, LaCock never played third base in the major leagues, and he didn’t join the Royals until after Brett was already a star. The guy who lost his job to Brett was Paul Schaal. LaCock’s other distinction is that of his 27 career homers, he hit his one and only grand slam to tie the score in Bob Gibson’s final inning of his career, helping to deprive Gibson of a win in his finale.
Here’s one – Al Ameche, who won the Heisman trophy in 1954 and scored the overtime touchdown in the 1958 NFL title game in what many consider the greatest football game ever played, is the cousin of actor Don Ameche
Liv Tyler, daughter of Steve Tyler, is another celebrity daughter who didn’t grow up with her father. In fact when she was young, her mother told her Todd Rundgren was her father (her name was originally Liv Rundgren).