Stella Maeve
Maeve in 2018, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Stella Maeve Corman-Johnston
Place of Birth: Nyack, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 14, 1989
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, other
Stella Maeve is an American actress. Her roles include the shows Golden Boy, Chicago P.D., Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Magicians, and Mayans M.C., the films Harold (2008), Asylum Seekers, The Runaways (2010), Starlet, Buttwhistle, Dark Summer, Flipped (2015), Long Nights Short Mornings, and Take the 10, and the made-for-tv movie My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2.
Stella has a daughter with her former fiancé, actor Benjamin Wadsworth.
Stella has stated that she has Cherokee and Blackfoot Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this Native American ancestry has been verified/documented.
Stella’s maternal grandfather was Leonard Corman (the son of Abraham/Abe Corman and Celia Kravitz). Leonard was born in Massachusetts, to Russian Jewish parents. Celia was the daughter of Bessie.
Stella’s maternal grandmother is Doris L. Greifer (the daughter of Samuel Greifer and Fannie G. Levenson/Leveson). Doris was born in New York, into a Jewish family. Samuel was born in Russia. Fannie was born in New York, to parents from Russia, Joseph Levenson and Anna.
Source: Stella’s maternal grandfather, Leonard Corman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
An ancestry tree says that Doris’ husband, and thus Stella’s grandfather, was Leonard Corman (the son of Abraham Corman and Celia Kravitz). Abraham and Celia were Russian Jews.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQR8-TKC
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VS-PH9
His father is a musician and has toured with a dance company. I think his name might be G. A. Johnson, but the person has no age on their record so I can’t know for sure.
Here is a picture of him, for anyone who wants to speculate about the Native American claim:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVN3oyHf_J/
very Native American…
I think her father is named George Albert Johnston, and that he is the son of George Albert Johnston (born December 3, 1918) and Caroline (born around 1928).
Bablah, can you take a look at this?
Are you thinking of these people:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?n=george-a-johnston&pid=159391280&fhid=5048
I don’t think they’re her grandparents.
I don’t know if they are the same people. If they are, they’re certainly not her grandparents. I would’ve expected to see some other names in the obituary too, though I also see now that that couple’s children are listed as relatives of Caroline on her record. Maybe they’re related in some way?