# Why isn't Nick Cage called Nick Copolla? (and other celeb surprise family links)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nick-cage-called-nick-copolla-and-other-celeb-surprise-family-links/195043
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 14, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nick-cage-called-nick-copolla-and-other-celeb-surprise-family-links/195043 "2003-08-14T00:22:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nick-cage-called-nick-copolla-and-other-celeb-surprise-family-links/195043/61 "2003-08-15T22:50:59Z")
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> \*Originally posted by metroshane \*
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> jennifer anniston is someone’s god daughter \*\*
Telly Savales. And her father is John Anniston from some soap opera or other.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nick-cage-called-nick-copolla-and-other-celeb-surprise-family-links/195043/62 "2003-08-15T23:05:59Z")
[Jennifer Jason Leigh’s](http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Leigh,%20Jennifer%20Jason) mother is/was Barbara Turner.
Her father was Vic Morrow. (see link)
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nick-cage-called-nick-copolla-and-other-celeb-surprise-family-links/195043/63 "2003-08-15T23:30:31Z")
Gwyneth Paltrow is the daughter of Blythe Danner (and Bruce Paltrow).
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### Author:  [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nick-cage-called-nick-copolla-and-other-celeb-surprise-family-links/195043/64 "2003-08-16T03:07:01Z")
Oops, my bad. Thanks **Zeldar**.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nick-cage-called-nick-copolla-and-other-celeb-surprise-family-links/195043/65 "2003-08-16T10:33:27Z")
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> \*Originally posted by EJsGirl \*
> \*\*Oops, my bad. Thanks **Zeldar**. \*\*
Sure thing, **EJsGirl**. Thank you for thanking me. Very nice of you.
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nick-cage-called-nick-copolla-and-other-celeb-surprise-family-links/195043/66 "2003-08-16T10:52:53Z")
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> \*Originally posted by 5-HT \*
> \*\*this one is fairly well known, but Rip Torn is Sissy Sacek’s cousin. \*\*
And I remember reading that Sissy Spaceks uncle and aunt were Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
Hmm…urband legends?
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### Author:  [@Anniee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniee)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nick-cage-called-nick-copolla-and-other-celeb-surprise-family-links/195043/67 "2003-08-16T12:27:54Z")
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> \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \*
> \*\*Bill Murray’s acting brother goes by the name Brian Doyle-Murray; the two have occasionally appeared together (“Scrooged,” “Caddyshack,” “Ghostbusters 2,” “Groundhog Day”), though Doyle-Murray has been fairly successful without Bill (he’s currently the Flying Dutchman on “Spongebob Squarepants” and seems to be a recurring character on “Yes, Dear”). \*\*
Don’t forget one of the best roles he ever played - on Chris Elliot’s GET A LIFE, the tragically short-runned comedy that was the most hilarious thing on TV at the time!
Truly classic stuff.
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