Leonor Watling
Watling in 2015, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Date of Birth: 28 July, 1975
Ethnicity:
*Spanish (father)
*English (mother)
Leonor Watling is a Spanish actress and singer. Her roles include A Time for Defiance, Talk to Her, My Life Without Me, and Paris, je t’aime.
She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Gillian (Watling) and Gonzalo Ceballos Sáenz de Cenzano. Her father was Spanish, from Cádiz, Andalusia, and her mother was English. Her stage surname is derived from her mother. Leonor has two children with her partner, Uruguayan musician, actor, and doctor Jorge Drexler.
Leonor’s paternal grandfather was Gonzalo Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba (the son of Luis Ceballos Medrano and María de los Dolores Fernández de Córdoba y Quesada). Luis was the son of Pedro Ceballos and Felisa Medrano. Dolores was the daughter of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Alvarez de las Asturias-Bohórquez and Matilde María del Pilar Quesada y Bayo.
Leonor’s paternal grandmother was named Remigia Sáenz de Cenzano y Ponce de León (the daughter of parents surnamed Sáenz de Cenzano and Ponce de León).
Sources: Genealogy of Leonor’s father – https://www.myheritage.com
Obituary of Leonor’s father – http://hemeroteca.abc.es
Obituary of Leonor’s paternal grandfather, Gonzalo Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba – http://hemeroteca.abc.es
Obituary of Leonor’s paternal grandmother, Remigia Sáenz de Cenzano Ponce de León – http://hemeroteca.abc.es
The second sentence on the first paragraph is redundant.
Her stage surname derived from her English mother, Gillian E. (Watling) Vda. de Ceballos. Her father, Gonzalo Ceballos Sáenz de Cenzano, was Spanish, from Cádiz.
Leonor is the partner of Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler.
Leonor’s paternal grandparents was Gonzalo Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba (the son of Luis Ceballos Medrano and María de los Dolores Fernández de Córdoba y Quesada) and Remigia Sáenz de Cenzano y Ponce de León (the daughter of ? Sáenz de Cenzano and ? Ponce de León). Luis was the son of Pedro Ceballos and Felisa Medrano. Dolores was the daughter of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Alvarez de las Asturias-Bohórquez and Matilde María del Pilar Quesada y Bayo.
Sources: Genealogy of Leonor’s father – https://www.myheritage.com/person-1000018_54970301_54970301/gonzalo-ceballos
Obituary of Leonor’s father – http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1994/05/25/106.html
Obituary of Leonor’s paternal grandfather, Gonzalo Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba – http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1967/03/15/132.html
Obituary of Leonor’s paternal grandmother, Remigia Sáenz de Cenzano Ponce de León – http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1970/05/26/111.html