George Montgomery
Birth Name: George Montgomery Letz
Date of Birth: August 29, 1916
Place of Birth: Brady, Montana, U.S.
Date of Death: December 12, 2000
Place of Death: Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
George Montgomery was an American actor, painter, director, producer, writer, sculptor, furniture craftsman, and stuntperson.
His parents, Evdokia/Dena Edith (Policenko or Kolesnikova/Kolesnichenko/Kalisnachanco/Kolenchinco/Kolenchinko) and George S. Letz (born Hrehori Savelovich Letz), were Ukrainian. His father was born in Nikolaivka or Nikolievka, Crimea.
George had two children with his former wife, singer, actress, and television personality Dinah Shore.
George’s paternal grandfather was named Basil Letz.
George’s maternal grandfather was named Morris Kolenchinco/Kolenchinko.
George’s maternal grandmother was named Deloris.
Ethnic, is there a picture, please?
no sorry
According to this genealogy, his father was born in Nikolaiev, Crimea, Russia as Hrehori Savelovich Letz.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=IG487507
Bablah, was his father of Ukrainian descent?
I checked and it’s not the big city of Mykolaiv (which isn’t even in Crimea) but Nikolaivka or Nikolievka that is listed on his Ellis Island records (whose image I can’t seem to find because their website sucks) and border crossings. It looks like Dena’s real name was Evdokia Kolesnikova or Kolesnichenko.
I can tell you he had brown eyes and brown hair and a full beard, but not his ethnicity (it just says Russian everywhere). If they were indeed Lutheran, he might have been of German descent since Germans living there were Lutheran.
What makes you think he was Jewish? Wikipedia doesn’t mention it. And the Jewish population in Montana is literally under one thousand…
Ah, here’s something about it… from a 1950s newspaper… lol…
It mentions that his mother was Catholic and his father Lutheran (talking about his marriage to Dinah Shore, who was Jewish).
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/912576052.html?dids=912576052:912576052&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+08%2C+1958&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Dinah+Also+Stars+As+Mother+and+Wife&pqatl=google
Dave, Ill leave Jewish off until I can confirm it.