Mark Lester

Birth Name: Mark A. Letzer

Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 11 July, 1958

Ethnicity: English, Ashkenazi Jewish

Mark Lester is a British actor. He is known for starring in the musical film Oliver! His other films include Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, Our Mother’s House, Run Wild, Run Free, Eyewitness (1970), Black Beauty (1971), Scalawag, The First Time on the Grass, and The Prince and the Pauper (1977).

He is the son of Rita (Keene), an actress, and Michael Lester (born Michael Boris Letzer), an actor and producer.

His father was raised in a Jewish household, and was mentioned in The Jewish Chronicle paper of England during his own childhood.

Mark has four children with his former wife Jane.

Mark’s paternal grandfather was named Abraham Letzer (born Abraham Lackshier, the son of Alec Lackshier/Leckzear/Lechzear/Leckshere/Letzer and Annie). Abraham was born in London, to Russian Jewish parents.

Mark’s paternal grandmother was named Constance Sutton. Constance was buried in a Jewish funeral.

Mark’s maternal grandparents likely were Henry V. Keene and Violet S. Holloway.

Mark has said that he is the biological father of Paris Jackson, the daughter of singer Michael Jackson. It is not clear if this is accurate.

Sources: Mark’s paternal great-grandparents, Alec Lackshier/Leckzear/Lechzear/Leckshere/Letzer and Annie, on the 1911 England and Wales Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Death record of Mark’s paternal grandmother, Constance (Sutton) Letzer – https://www.findagrave.com