Samm Levine
Levine in 2010, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Samuel Franklin Levine
Place of Birth: Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 12, 1982
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Samm Levine is an American actor and comedian.
He is the son of Lynne and Harris Levine. He is married to editor Rachel Cushing, a Movie Trivia Schmoedown competitor.
Samm’s maternal grandfather was Marcus/Marc Tarter (the son of Samuel Tarter and Ernestine Herbst). Marcus was born in New York, to Austrian Jewish parents. Samuel was the son of Wolf Tarter and Sarah Elicher.
Samm’s maternal grandmother was Phyllis Shirley Berkelhammer (the daughter of Jacob Berkelhammer and Jeanette/Jeannette/Jennie Steinreich). Phyllis was born in Rhode Island, to a Jewish family. Jacob was born in Austria, the son of Bernard Beryl Berkelhammer and Ritka Weiser. Jeanette was born in New York, to parents from Austria/Poland, Charles Steinrich and Molly.
Sources: http://www.jewcy.com
Death record of Samm’s maternal great-grandfather, Samuel Tarter – https://www.familysearch.org
Samm Levine’s maternal grandmother was Phyllis Shirley Berkelhammer. Phyllis was the daughter of Jacob Berkelhammer (1887-1958) (Austria) and Jeanette Steinreich (1892-1973) (New York). Jacob was the son of Bernard Beryl Berkelhammer and Ritka Weiser Berkelhammer. Bernard was Polish Jewish. Jeanette was the daughter of Charles Steinrich (1860) and Molly Steinrich (1864), both born around Austria. just to note. Samm Levine’s maternal grandmother was married more than once.
BTW sources (although not too credible) are saying Samm Levine is Austrian, Polish (assuming Ashkenazi in both cases, which would be correct) and Puerto Rican descent. can someone confirm if the Puerto Rican ancestry is accurate please? If there is any it would most likely be on his paternal grandmother’s side of the family.
Here is one of a few articles saying this: https://marriedbiography.com/samm-levine-biography/#:~:text=His%20birth%20name%20is%20Samuel%20Franklin%20Levine.%20He,in%20Fort%20Lee%2C%20New%20Jersey%20by%20his%20parents.