Rebecca Sugar
LOS ANGELES – APR 1: Sugar at the 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 1, 2017 in Beverly Hills, CA, Joe Seer/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Rebecca Rea Sugar
Place of Birth: Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 9, 1987
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, composer, musician, director, screenwriter, and producer. She is known for her work on Adventure Time and Steven Universe. She is the first non-binary person to independently create a series for Cartoon Network, Steven Universe. Her brother, Steven Sugar, was the background artist for the show.
Rebecca was raised Jewish, and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony. She is married to animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, writer, director, and producer Ian Jones-Quartey.
Rebecca’s paternal grandfather was Marvin H. Sugar (the son of Louis Sugar and Tilly/Tillie Newman). Marvin was born in Washington, D.C., to a Russian Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother.
Rebecca’s paternal grandmother was named Thelma.
Rebecca’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Rea.
Sources: http://www.templemicah.org
Obituaries of Rebecca’s paternal grandparents, Marvin H. Sugar and Thelma Sugar – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Rebecca’s paternal grandmother, Thelma Sugar – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of her paternal grandfather https://pt.findagrave.com/memorial/53745665/marvin-h-sugar
Her paternal grandfather on the 1940 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7SP-4RY
Marvin was the son of Louis Sugar, who was born in Russia, and of Tilly/Tillie Newman, who was born in Poland.
She’s not fully Ashkenazi,she described herself as “half jewish”
Correction.
She isn’t the first female to create a cartoon. She is the first woman to independently create a series for Cartoon Network.
“Rea” is also an Italian last name