Metropolisforever Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I am. I'm related to Edward G. Robinson - a classic movie star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlofffan Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 By marriage, not by blood, I'm related to Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards. I've never met them, but some members of my immediate family have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I'm related to Steve Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Napolean. (Does that count?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineSage_jr Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 "Napolean?" Is he the inventor of Sizzlean breakfast strips, by any chance? Or do you mean Napoleon Bonaparte? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine2322 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Gloria Stuart's grandmother and my grandmother were sisters. I learned about it from a family history found, as a teenager, in my mother's scrapbook. Her screen name became Gloria STUART insead of her birth name of STEWART. She never knew about the relationship until I sent her a (costly) open letter published in "The Hollywood Reporter" trade publication in early November, 1998, I think, congratulating her on her nomination for Best Supporting Actress in TITANIC. Friends saw my letter, called her, and she called me. Exciting moments! She confirmed from the famiily names I included.that we were indeed cousins. We kept in touch by phone and I met her for dinner at her hotel in Portland, as her guest, while she was on a busy tour promoting her recently published memoir. It was a wonderful, memorable evening! She had me sit next to her at dinner, and she was charm itself. A remarkable woman who started filming in the early 30s: THE OLD DARK HOUSE and THE INVISIBLE MAN are well-received examples.Tiring of mediocre scripts she took up painting and had her one-woman show in a NYC gallery in 1960.. She became a highly gifted artistic printer and has published her memoir and, more recently, a costly artistically illlustrated, oversized book on Japanese kites (and butterflies, if memory serves). Her books have been on display at the Library of Congress. She was 97 last Fourth of July and still going strong. When I saw her, she was vital, witty, her blue eyes expressive, and her agile mind and spirit embracing life fully.Despite her busy schedule, she devoted flattering attention to asking me all about myself . We were amused by the fact that 10 years after she left Fox (as a well-known actress) to study painting (urged on by Humphrey Bogart), I was working at the same Fox studio, only as a secretary.to a director. It never occurred to me to try to contact her. Her periodic phone calls have lapsed and I'm concerned about her health and will try to reach her.again by phone. She would have liked to receive the Oscar but did not belabor it. 'She had a ball making the film, always game for the next helicopter ride or whatever harrowing scene director James Cameron had planned. A lovely photograph she sent me smiles at me over the computer. Madeleine2322 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyelman Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 That's a great story Madeleine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine2322 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Gloria Stuart's grandmother and my grandmother were sisters. I learned about it from a family history found, as a teenager, in my mother's scrapbook. Her screen name became Gloria STUART insead of her birth name of STEWART. She never knew about the relationship until I sent her a (costly) open letter published in "The Hollywood Reporter" trade publication in early November, 1998, I think, congratulating her on her nomination for Best Supporting Actress in TITANIC. Friends saw my letter, called her, and she called me. Exciting moments! She confirmed from the famiily names I included.that we were indeed cousins. We kept in touch by phone and I met her for dinner at her hotel in Portland, as her guest, while she was on a busy tour promoting her recently published memoir. It was a wonderful, memorable evening! She had me sit next to her at dinner, and she was charm itself. A remarkable woman who started filming in the early 30s: THE OLD DARK HOUSE and THE INVISIBLE MAN are well-received examples.Tiring of mediocre scripts she took up painting and had her one-woman show in a NYC gallery in 1960.. She became a highly gifted artistic printer and has published her memoir and, more recently, a costly artistically illlustrated, oversized book on Japanese kites (and butterflies, if memory serves). Her books have been on display at the Library of Congress. She was 97 last Fourth of July and still going strong. When I saw her, she was vital, witty, her blue eyes expressive, and her agile mind and spirit embracing life fully.Despite her busy schedule, she devoted flattering attention to asking me all about myself . We were amused by the fact that 10 years after she left Fox (as a well-known actress) to study painting (urged on by Humphrey Bogart), I was working at the same Fox studio, only as a secretary.to a director. It never occurred to me to try to contact her. Her periodic phone calls have lapsed and I'm concerned about her health and will try to reach her.again by phone. She would have liked to receive the Oscar but did not belabor it. 'She had a ball making the film, always game for the next helicopter ride or whatever harrowing scene director James Cameron had planned. A lovely photograph she sent me smiles at me over the computer. Madeleine2322 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 O. Bonaparte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Oh, so that's O'Bonaparte, the famous Irish dictator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Thank you! At least someone understands me. And the weather on Elba's not half bad, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Unfortunately I left it ere I was able. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 HA!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I think he could have used the SlimFast diet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 A lot of folks were a bit zaftig back then. Now if you'd have said hair plugs I'd have said now you got something there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 my grandfather's cousin was Ina Claire and she was married to John Gilbert... not very direct but this is why I'm been such a huge fan of John Gilbert. I must have been 5 or 6 when my grandparents talked about the old-times stars and silent movies... so I've been aware of the old greats for a long long time (lol).... My grandfather had met Ina but not John.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Sal Mineo is a very very distant relation .. I would need an extremely large family tree to work it out, but he is in there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainingviolets21 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 scsu1975, that is the funniest thing, I pictured you looking like Sal Mineo, before you posted this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 do do do do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTsWereMe Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 . Message was edited by: DTsWereMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 You are Napolean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeeteeze Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 James "Gene" Tunney was my Grand Dads (Tom Tunney) brother. Family rumour has it that my Grandpa was by far the more dominant personality in the family. He died in 1971 (I was 8). From what little I remember....tough disputing any man in life was more dominant than Grandpa Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Say I thought you spelled my name with an "O"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Dang, you caught me in a misspelling! Don't tell CineSageJr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy91 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Yes 2 people actually. By marriage (to my 2nd cousin): Cedric the Entretainer My 2nd cuz once removed: Robert Carswell (football player). He plays (or used to) play for the San Diego Chargers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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