Rebecca Sugar
LOS ANGELES – APR 1: Sugar at the 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 1, 2017 in Beverly Hills, CA, Joe Seer/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Rebecca Rea Sugar
Place of Birth: Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 9, 1987
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, composer, director, and screenwriter. She is known for her work on Adventure Time and Steven Universe. She is the first non-binary person to independently create a series for Cartoon Network, Steven Universe. Her brother, Steven Sugar, was the background artist for the show.
Rebecca was raised Jewish, and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony. She is married to animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, writer, director, and producer Ian Jones-Quartey.
Rebecca’s paternal grandfather was Marvin H. Sugar (the son of Louis Sugar and Tilly/Tillie Newman). Marvin was born in Washington, D.C., to a Russian Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother.
Rebecca’s paternal grandmother was named Thelma.
Rebecca’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Rea.
Sources: http://www.templemicah.org
Obituaries of Rebecca’s paternal grandparents, Marvin H. Sugar and Thelma Sugar – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Rebecca’s paternal grandmother, Thelma Sugar – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of her paternal grandfather https://pt.findagrave.com/memorial/53745665/marvin-h-sugar
Her paternal grandfather on the 1940 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7SP-4RY
Marvin was the son of Louis Sugar, who was born in Russia, and of Tilly/Tillie Newman, who was born in Poland.
She’s not fully Ashkenazi,she described herself as “half jewish”
Correction.
She isn’t the first female to create a cartoon. She is the first woman to independently create a series for Cartoon Network.
“Rea” is also an Italian last name