Meaghan Oppenheimer – “We Are Your Friends” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Meaghan Reed Oppenheimer
Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 28, 1986
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, German, English
Meaghan Oppenheimer is an American screenwriter and actress.
Meaghan is the son of Gabrielle and Reed Oppenheimer. Her mother was born in Nabburg, Germany.
Meaghan has said:
[My favorite travel memory is] My German-Jewish grandmother coming to America after surviving the war with fake papers and giving birth to my mother while in exile.
Meaghan’s paternal grandfather is Harold L. Oppenheimer (the son of Harold Lawrence Oppenheimer and Doris Babette Jones). Meaghan’s grandfather Harold was born in Missouri. Harold’s great-grandfather Harold was born in Missouri, the son of Herman Oppenheimer, who was born in Germany, and of Barbara Grass/Gross, whose parents were from Germany. Doris was born in Missouri, the daughter of Godfrey A. Jones, whose mother was English, and of Blanche Dreyfus, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, into a French Jewish family from Alsace-Lorraine, France.
Meaghan’s paternal grandmother is Daphne/Daphine Nan Davis (the daughter of William True Davis and Helen Marstella). Daphne was born in Missouri. William was born in Missouri, the son of William J. Davis. Helen was born in Missouri, the daughter of Eli W. Marstella and Frankie Goodwin.
Meaghan’s maternal grandmother is named Christa M. Christa was a German Jewish emigrant.
Sources: Genealogy of Meaghan’s paternal grandparents, Harold L. Oppenheimer and Daphne Nan Davis – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Meaghan’s paternal grandfather, Harold L. Oppenheimer – http://www.nytimes.com
Obituary of Meaghan’s maternal grandmother, Christa M. Lazell – http://www.legacy.com