Laurie Holden
Holden in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Heather Laurie Holden
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 17, 1969
Ethnicity: English, German, Dutch, Scottish, Irish
Laurie Holden is an American and Canadian actress, producer, model, and human rights activist. Her roles include the films Separate Vacations, The Majestic, Fantastic Four (2005), Silent Hill, Stephen King’s The Mist, Dumb and Dumber To, Pyewacket, and Dragged Across Concrete, and the shows The X-Files, The Shield, The Walking Dead, The Americans, Vought News Network: Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman, and The Boys.
She is the daughter of American-born actor Glen/Glenn Corbett (also named Laurence Holden) and Canadian-born actress Adrienne Ellis. Laurie was raised partly in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Laurie’s paternal grandfather was Harry Dawson Reynolds (the son of Elias Dawson Reynolds and Alice Duff Kitzmiller). Harry was born in Pennsylvania. Elias was the son of parents from Dungarvan, Ireland, James Reynolds and Catherine “Kate” Welsh. Alice was the daughter of Edward Augustus Kitzmiller and Elizabeth Helen Duff, whose father was from New Brunswick, Canada, and of Scottish parentage; and whose mother was born on Guernsey, Channel Islands, of English parentage.
Laurie’s paternal grandmother was actress Gloria Holden (Gloria Anna Holden, the daughter of Charles Laurence/Lawrence Sutherland/Hampton Holden/Holder and Eskea/Escea Minadina/Mary Bergmann). Gloria was born in Greenwich, London, England. Charles was from London, the son of John Sutherland Holder and Elizabeth Hodges. Eskea was German, born in Emsland, the daughter of Albert Bergmann, who was German, and of Anna E. Leithof/Leithoff, who was Dutch.
Laurie’s maternal grandfather was Norris Thomas Ellis (the son of Thomas L. Ellis and Mary E. Creelman). Norris was born in Canada. Thomas was the son of Thomas Ellis and Margaret Fraser.
Laurie’s maternal grandmother was named Maureen Elizabeth Beech. Maureen was Canadian.
Sources: Laurie’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Laurie’s paternal grandfather, Harry Dawson Reynolds, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Laurie’s paternal grandmother, Gloria Anna Holden, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Dutch phenotype
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMFK-HXP
Laurie’s maternal grandfather was Norris Thomas Ellis (the son of Thomas Ellis and Mary E. Creelman). Norris was born in Canada. Thomas was the son of Thomas Ellis and Margaret Fraser.
Laurie’s maternal grandmother was Maureen Elizabeth Beech, who was also from Canada.
Her maternal great-grandparents married in 1940?
Well, that is just one year before Laurie’s mother, Adrienne, was bien… Why it is so rare?
Adrienne was born*
Also, Norris and Maureen would be Laurie’s maternal grandparents.
Uh… just a little welcome back prank. Didn’t fall for it, though.