Birth Name: Shoshana Elise Bean
Place of Birth: Olympia, Washington, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 1, 1977
Ethnicity: Sephardi Jewish (maternal grandmother), Ashkenazi Jewish, English, at least 1/32 Irish
Shoshana Bean is an American stage actress, singer, and songwriter.
Shoshana is the daughter of Felice Lee (Moskowitz) and Jeffrey “Jeff” S. Bean. Both of her parents are Jewish. Shoshana was raised Orthodox Jewish in Portland, Oregon.
Shoshana’s father is of half-Jewish, half-British Isles (including Irish) descent, and was raised Jewish. Shoshana’s mother is half-Ashkenazi Jewish and half-Sephardi Jewish.
Shoshana’s paternal grandfather was Milton Bean (the son of Earl Bean and Tillie Josephson). Earl was originally from Lithuania. Tillie was from Russia.
Soshana’s paternal grandmother was Charlotte Marcheta King. Her parents were Charlotte C. and Harold E. King (the son of Joseph King and Eula/Eulah). Joseph’s mother was from Ireland.
Shoshana’s maternal grandparents were Edward Moskowitz and Salva/Sylvia Denise Shemarya. Her parents were Jack/Jacob Shemarya (the son of Joshua Shemarya and Behora Cohen) and Rachel Capelouto (the daughter of Estraya Menashe).
Jack and Rachel were both Sephardi Jews from the island of Rhodes, Ottoman Empire (now Greece). They spoke Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish) as a first language.
Sources: Obituary of Shoshana’s great-uncle (paternal grandfather’s brother), Ben Bean – http://www.funeralalternatives.org/
Obituary of Shoshana’s (paternal) stepgrandmother, Leatrice Lee (Hanan) Kraft – http://www.legacy.com/
Shoshana’s paternal great-grandparents, Earl Bean and Tillie Josephson, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9SV-2SG
Article about Shoshana’s maternal great-grandparents, Jack/Jacob Shemarya and Rachel – http://jewishstudies.washington.edu/
Shoshana’s maternal great-grandparents, Jack Shemarya and Rachel, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K93Z-SRF
http://jtn.stparchive.com/Archive/JTN/JTN06271949p02.php
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