Miriam Shor
Shor in 2009, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Miriam Ruth Shor
Place of Birth: Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
Date of Birth: July 25, 1971
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – Swedish, Norwegian, Irish, English
Miriam Shor is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her roles in the films Bedazzled (2000), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (and, originally, the stage musical of the same name); The Cake Eaters, Lost Girls (2020), and Maestro, and on the series Swingtown, GCB, and Younger.
Miriam is the daughter of Margaret and Francis Shor. She was raised between Turin, Piedmont, Italy, and Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Miriam speaks fluent English and Italian. She is married to Justin Hagan, with whom she has two children.
Regarding her upbringing, Miriam has stated:
I like to say I’m Jew-ish, because I’m half Jewish but not really religious, but that’s sort of the culture. I went back and forth between Detroit and Italy when I was growing up. The Southern Christianity is very “other” for me.
Miriam’s paternal grandfather was Martin R. Shor (the son of Samuel Shor and Eva Richman). Martin was born in Pennsylvania, to a Romanian Jewish father and a Russian Jewish mother.
Miriam’s paternal grandmother was Ethel Ziff (the daughter of Frank Ziff and Fannie Shapiro). Ethel was born in Pennsylvania, to a Lithuanian Jewish father and a Russian Jewish mother.
Miriam’s maternal grandfather was Ralph Elof Forsman (the son of Gustaf/Gust Olof Forsman and Helen Amanda Hanson). Ralph was born in Minnesota. Gustaf was born in Sjulsmark, Norrbotten, Sweden. Helen was the daughter of Ole Christian Hanson, who was born in Gran, Oppland, Norway, and of Anne “Karine” Hanson Furua, whose parents were also Norwegian, from Gran kommune, Oppland fylke.
Miriam’s maternal grandmother was named Marie Sarah O’Connor (who likely was the daughter of Timothy P. O’Connor and Anna A.). Timothy was the son of an Irish father, and of a mother, Margaret, whose parents were from England and Ireland, respectively.
Sources: Obituary of Miriam’s uncle (father’s brother) – http://www.legacy.com
Miriam’s paternal grandfather, Martin R. Shor, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Miriam’s paternal grandmother, Ethel Ziff, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Miriam’s maternal grandfather, Ralph Elof Forsman – https://www.findagrave.com
I think the Margaret F. Bleyberg mentioned here is Miriam’s mother:
https://sv.findagrave.com/memorial/185174714/david-jonathan-forsman
This woman was also born in July 1945 as Margaret Leanne Forsman and lived in Minnesota. Seems like too many coincidences.
In that case:
Miriam’s maternal grandfather was Ralph Elof Forsman (the son of Gustaf Olof Forsman and Helen Amanda Hanson). Gustaf was born in Sjulsmark, Norrbotten, Sweden. Helen was the daughter of Ole Christian Hanson, who was born in Gran, Oppland, Norway, and of Anne “Karine” Hanson Furua, whose parents were Norwegian.
Miriam’s maternal grandmother was Marie Sarah O’Connor (likely the daughter of Timothy P. O’Connor and Anna A.). Timothy was the son of an Irish father, and a mother, Margaret, whose parents were English and Irish, respectively.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3ZV-8P5