Lisa Bonet

Bonet in 2011, _bukley / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Lisa Michelle Boney

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Birth: November 16, 1967

Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Lisa Bonet is an American actress. She is known for playing Denise Huxtable on the series The Cosby Show.

Lisa was born in San Francisco, California, to an African-American father and an Ashkenazi Jewish mother (whose family immigrated from Russia, Poland, Belarus, and Moldova). Lisa was raised Jewish. Lisa has three children, two with her husband, actor Jason Momoa, and a daughter, actress and model Zoë Kravitz, with her former husband, singer and actor Lenny Kravitz.

In 1995, she legally changed her name to Lilakoi Moon.

Lisa’s maternal grandfather was Eli Litman (the son of Abraham E. Litman and Fannie/Fanny Lillian Ageloff). Eli was born in Pennsylvania, to a Jewish immigrant father from Tourchen, Russia, and a Jewish immigrant mother from Vitebsk, Belarus. Fannie was the daughter of Hillel/Eli Ageloff and Chaia/Chai/Cha Rochell/Rochel/Ida Rose Liebman/Leibman, from Ulla, Russia.

Lisa’s maternal grandmother was Sylvia Ellen Goldvarg (the daughter of Louis Goldvarg and Sarah Silverman). Sylvia was born in Pennsylvania, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. Louis was from Tiraspol, now Moldova, the son of Moishe Goldvarg and Elke. Sarah was the daughter of Harry M. Silverman and Sophie Grossman, from Siroca.

Sources: Genealogy of Lisa Bonet (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Lisa’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Lisa’s maternal grandparents, Eli Litman and Sylvia Ellen Goldvarg – https://familysearch.org

Lisa’s maternal grandfather, Eli Litman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Lisa’s maternal grandmother, Sylvia Ellen Goldvarg, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Sylvia Ellen Goldvarg on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org