Elizabeth Tabish

Birth Name: Elizabeth Marie Tabish

Date of Birth: May 26, 1986

Ethnicity: Assyrian (37.5%), English, German, 1/16th Finnish, Irish, Scottish

Elizabeth Tabish is an American actress and filmmaker. She stars on the show The Chosen and in the film The Shift (2023).

Her half-sister is actress and filmmaker Kayla Tabish.

Elizabeth’s paternal grandfather was Vern J. Tabish (the son of John Joseph Tabish and Daisy H. Crewes). John was the son of Syrian/Lebanese parents, Henry Tabish and Mary Moses/Seaman. Daisy was the daughter of James Henry Crewes, who was English, and of Lillian Isabel Anderson/Pyykonen, whose parents were Finnish.

Elizabeth’s paternal grandmother was Yvonne Rose Kaleel (the daughter of Tofeek Kaleel and Rose Simon). Tofeek was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the son of Tofeek Kaleel and Rawhel Jahah. Rose was the daughter of Lebanese parents, Samuel Simon and Negmie/Nishmi Beshara, from Bejdarfil.

Elizabeth’s maternal grandfather was Lloyd Kendall Smith (the son of Sylvester P. Smith and Margaret E. Bruington). Sylvester was the son of Albert Raymond Smith and Ruth P. Margaret was the daughter of William Bruington and Elizabeth Thompson.

Elizabeth’s maternal grandmother was named Rose Marie Tauer.

Sources: Obituary of Elizabeth’s paternal great-grandmother, Rose (Simon) Kaleel – https://sv.findagrave.com

Obituary of Elizabeth’s maternal grandfather, Lloyd Kendall Smith – https://obituaries.stwnewspress.com