Missi Pyle

Pyle in 2011, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Andrea Kay Pyle

Place of Birth: Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 16, 1972

Ethnicity: Swedish (maternal grandmother), English, German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish

Missi Pyle is an American actress and singer. Her many roles include the films Bringing Down the House (2003), Big Fish, Soul Plane, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Gone Girl, Traffik, and Ma (2019), and the show Harlan Coben’s Shelter. She was half of country rock duo Smith & Pyle, with Shawnee Smith. She is 5′11¾″.

Missi is the daughter of Linda and Joseph Pyle. She has a daughter.

Missi’s paternal grandfather was Paul Franklin Pyle (the son of James Franklin Pyle and Mary Jane Quigley). Paul was born in Pennsylvania. James was the son of John Howard Pyle and Sarah/Sara Elizabeth Gordon.

Missi’s paternal grandmother was Josephine Rebecca Boyd (the daughter of Joseph A. Boyd and Rebecca W. McConnell). Josephine was born in Pennsylvania. Joseph was the son of James M. Boyd and Melissa. Missi’s great-grandmother Rebecca was the daughter of James A. McConnell and Mary Emma McNeal/McNeil.

Missi’s maternal grandfather was Hugh Edwin Watters (the son of Harvey M. Watters and Ida Althea Triplett). Hugh was born in Ohio. Harvey was the son of William Watters, who was English, and of Priscilla Emily Messner. Ida was the daughter of Lyman D. Triplett and Matilda Benner.

Missi’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Viola Ferb (the daughter of Robert Henry Ferb and Anna Rosina Ehne). Margaret was born in Illinois, to Swedish parents. Robert was the son of Klas Vilhelm Petersson Ferb and Augusta Nyman. Anna was the daughter of Oscar Anderson Ehne and Clara Fardy-Johnson.

Sources: Marriage records of Missi’s maternal great-grandparents, Harvey M. Watters and Ida Althea Triplett – https://www.familysearch.org
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