Date of Birth: April 30, 1944
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Death: November 5, 2010
Place of Death: Salisbury, Connecticut
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish (father)
*English, distant Welsh, remote Dutch (mother)
Jill Clayburgh was an American actress. She was married to playwright and screenwriter David Rabe. Among their children is actress Lily Rabe.
Jill’s father was of German Jewish, some Sephardi Jewish (Portuguese Jewish), and a smaller amount of French Jewish, ancestry, with his Sephardi Jewish line having been in the United States since the 1700s. Jill’s mother had English, distant Welsh, and remote Dutch, ancestry.
Jill’s paternal grandparents were Albert Clayburgh (the son of Emanuel Clayburg and Evelina Nones) and Alma Lachenbruch (the daughter of David Lachenbruch and Henrietta Meinhard). Emanuel was a German Jewish immigrant. Evelina was the daughter of Aaron Benjamín Nones and Caroline de Leon, and was of Sephardi Jewish, and a smaller amount of French Jewish, descent. David and Henrietta were of German Jewish origin. Jill’s great-great-great-grandfather, Major Benjamin Nones, was a French Jewish immigrant who fought in the American Revolution.
Jill’s maternal grandparents were Bryan Ripley Dorr (the son of Russell Ripley Dorr and Sarah Louise Bryan) and Edna Evelyn Smith (the daughter of Phineas Mintern Smith and Ella Evelyn Phillips).
Sources: Genealogy of Jill Clayburgh (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Jill Clayburgh (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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