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This is a list of show business families. It is contemporary (in the sense that a professional offshoot should still be working in the 20th or twenty-first centuries) and should be expanded. The guideline is that at least one of the relationships in the clan should be by blood — siblings, parents, children, cousins, and so on. Following families are brothers and sisters who are recognizable as celebrity siblings (and who may also be listed within families).

The list of family connections in the Indian film industry is so extensive that it has its own article—see List of Indian film clans.

Families

A

Adams
Aday
Affleck
Alda
Altman-Sarafian
Aniston
Appleton
Arden-Osbourne
  • Music manager and agent Don Arden was the father of Sharon Osbourne, the wife and manager of heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne. Sharon would enter the public consciousness for the first time with the success of the reality TV show The Osbournes.
    • The oldest of Ozzy and Sharon's children, Aimee Osbourne, chose not to appear on The Osbournes; she is an actress, singer, and writer. Her two younger siblings did appear on the show; Kelly Osbourne went on to a music career and Jack Osbourne.
Arkin
  • Actor/composer Alan Arkin father of actors Adam, Matthew, Anthony Arkin and grandfather to third generation actor Molly Arkin (daughter of Adam Arkin)
Armendáriz-Marín
Arquette-Cox
Asher
Astin/Duke

B

Baio
  • Actor-brothers Jimmy and Joey Baio are the cousins of actor-director Scott Baio.
Balcon/Day-Lewis
Bachchan
Baldwin
Ball-Arnaz-Luckinbill
Banquells-Pinal-Pasquel-Alatriste-Guzman-Salas
Bannon, Jack (Lou Grant)

Father: Jim Bannon(Red Ryder); Mother Bea Benarderet(Petticoat Junction); Jack is married to Ellen Travolta(John's Sister)

Barrymore
Bateman
Beatty-MacLaine-Bening
Beery
Begley
Bergen
Berggren
Bono
  • Actor, singer, producer, and politician Sonny Bono was married to singer, director, producer, and actress Cher and are the parents of actor and activist Chaz Bono.
Booth
Bracco
Braga
Bridges
Broderick
Brolin
Brooks-Bancroft
Brosnan-Harris
Burnett-Hamilton
Busey
  • Gary Busey is the father of Jake Busey. (Their full real names are William Gareth Jacob Busey Senior and Junior, respectively.)
Butterworth

C

Caan
Cameron-Noble-Bure
Capra
Carey-Baskauskas
Carradine/Bowen/Plimpton
Carpio
Carter/Cash
Cassavetes
Cassidy-Jones
Chambers
Chan
Chaney
Chapin
  • Jazz drummer Jim Chapin is the father of musicians Harry, Tom, and Steve Chapin.
    • Harry was the father of singer Jen Chapin.
    • Tom is the father of Abigail and Lily Chapin, two-thirds of the Chapin Sisters folk music group. He is also stepfather to the third member, Jessica Craven, the daughter of film director Wes Craven.
Chaplin
Chong
Cheng
Chuckle-Patton
Clooney-Ferrer-Boone
Note: Actor Mel Ferrer is unrelated to this family
Clunes
Coen-McDormand
Cole
Compton-Pelissier-Reed
Connery
Conte
Contostavlos
Coppola-Shire-Schwartzman-Vogelsang-Cage
Corbett
Corr
Costello
Crosby-Edwards
Crosby-Raymond
Cruise-Kidman
Culkin
Cumberbatch-Ventham
Curtis-Leigh-Guest
Cusack (Ireland)
Cusack (USA)
Cyrus

D

d'Abo
Daly
Davis (Robert)
Davis (Sammy)
Davison-Dickinson-Moffett
DeLuise
De Laurentiis
Demme
Dennehy
Depardieu
Dern
Deschanel
Dickens-Napier-Raine-Forster
Dillon-Raymond
Disney
Dolenz-Johnson-Juste-Trimble
Dotrice
Douglas
Dragon-Tennille
Draper-Wolff-Mulligan
  • Actress Jesse Draper is the daughter of venture capitalist Tim Draper, a recurring star on The Naked Brothers Band. Her aunt is Polly Draper and her cousins are Nat and Alex Wolff.
  • Billy Draper and Adam Draper are brothers and recurring stars on The Naked Brothers Band. They are Polly Draper's nephews and Jesse Draper's brothers.
  • Coulter Mulligan, a recurring star on The Naked Brothers Band, is the nephew of Polly Draper and cousin of Jesse Draper and Nat and Alex Wolff.
Drucker
Duclon-Johnson
Dulfer
Dunne-Didion
Duvitski-Bentall
Dylan
  • Musician Bob Dylan and his first wife, former model Sara Dylan, are the parents of film director Jesse Dylan and musician Jakob Dylan. Bob Dylan is now married to his longtime backup singer Carolyn Dennis. Jesse's wife Susan Traylor and Jakob's wife Paige Dylan are both actresses.

E

Eastwood
Ebsen
Elfman
Elliott
  • Bob and Ray writer Raymond Knight died in 1953. In 1954, Bob Elliott married Knight's widow, Lee, creating a comedic lineage that spans three centuries and four generations, from Raymond Knight and Bob Elliott to Chris Elliott and his daughter, Abby Elliott, who has sometimes performed with her younger sister Bridey. They have been called "the Barrymores of comedy".
Emmanuel
Estevez

F

Fabray/Fabares-Farrell
Fairbanks
Fan
  • Actor Louis Fan is the son of Fan Mei-Sheng, a martial arts actor of the 1970s.
Farnum
Farrow-Previn-Allen
Fields
Fiennes
Frith
Fisher-Reynolds-Taylor
Fleeshman
Fleischer
Flynn
Followill
Fonda
Ford
Fox-Harris
Francis-Frakes
Francks
Franklin
  • Musician Aretha Franklin often recorded her music with her two sisters Erma Franklin and Carolyn Franklin, who were solo singers in their own right, brother Cecil Franklin was also a singer as well as their father, the Reverend C.L. Franklin.
Froese
Frye-Peluce-Goldberg

G

Gaillard-Gaye
Garcia
Garland-Minnelli
George-De Mornay-O'Neal
George-White
Gibb
Gibbs-Garrett
Gilbert
Gish
Gallagher
Glass
Gleason-Miller
Glenister
Gold
Gold-Nixon
Goldwyn (Howard-Goldwyn)
Gooding
Gordy-Ross-Naess
Gould
  • Actor Alexander Gould plays the leading young role on Showtime's television series Weeds and had provided the voice of "Nemo" in Pixar's Finding Nemo.
  • Actress Emma Gould is the younger sister of Alexander Gould.
  • Actress Kelly Gould is the youngest sister of Alexander Gould. She played the leading young role in the HBO television show Lucky Louie.
Gray
Grey

Joel Grey of Cabaret (film) is the father of actress Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey

Griffin-Haid
Grimes
Guez-Charvet
Gunn
Guthrie-Irion
Gyllenhaal-Foner

H

Hagen
  • Scriptwriter Hans Hagen (also known as Hans Oliva), and actress Eva-Maria Hagen are the parents of Punk Rock singer Nina Hagen. Eva-Maria was later married to Wolf Biermann, a singer/songwriter.
Hale
Hallyday/Smet-Vartan-Scotti
Hamilton-Stewart-Doherty-Everhart
Hammerstein
Hanks-Wilson
Hardin
Hargitay/Mansfield
Harmon
Harrison
Hart
  • This Canadian professional wrestling family was founded by wrestler, trainer, and promoter Stu Hart. He and his wife Helen had 12 children—Smith, Bruce, Keith, Wayne, Dean, Ellie, Georgia, Bret, Alison, Ross, Diana, and Owen. All of the sons were wrestlers except for Wayne, who was a referee.
    • Ellie and her former husband, wrestler Jim Neidhart, have three daughters. One of them, Nattie Neidhart, is also a wrestler.
    • Georgia and her husband, wrestler B.J. Annis, have four children. One of them, Teddy Annis, wrestles as Teddy Hart.
    • Bret's former sister-in-law was married to wrestler Tom Billington, better known as Dynamite Kid.
    • Alison's former husband is wrestler Ben Bassarab.
    • Diana and her former husband Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid's cousin and also a wrestler, had two children. One of them, Harry Smith, is a wrestler as well.
Hauser
  • see Warner-Hauser-Sperling
Hawks
Hawkes
Hawn-Russell-Hudson
Hawtrey
Hemingway
Hemsworth
Henson

No relation to

Henson
Herbert
Hester
Hewlett
Hilton
Ho (Tai-Loy)
  • Impresario Don Ho was the father of fellow singer-musician Hoku (full name: Hoku Christianne Tai-Loy).
Holloway
Houghton-Hepburn-Grant
Houston-Drinkard-Warrick-Brown
Howard (Horowitz)
Howard
Howes
Hsu
  • Actress and singer Barbie Hsu is the sister of Dee Hsu in which they had a notable pop career together.
Hulbert
Humperdinck-Hues
Huston
Hutton
  • Timothy Hutton is the son of actor Jim Hutton, who was popular during the 1960s and 70s. His first wife was actress Debra Winger, with whom he has one son, Noah. His second wife was Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, niece of former president of the French Republic Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, and with whom he has one son, Milo.

I

Iglesias
Irving
Irving
Isley
Iwamatsu

J

Jackson
    • Their first five sons (respectively their second, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth children in all)—Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon & Michael—formed the legendary singing group The Jackson 5. Michael went on to even greater success as a solo artist, and was briefly married to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of musical icon Elvis Presley. Jermaine is linked to the Gordy family through his former marriage to Hazel Gordy, the daughter of Motown founder Berry Gordy.
      • Jackie is the father of rapper DealZ.
      • The R&B vocal group 3T is made up of Tito's three sons (Tariano "Taj", Taryll, and Tito Joe "TJ" Jackson).
    • Their oldest child, Rebbie Jackson, had a moderately successful career as a solo artist.
      • Marlon is the father of rapper Chye beats.
    • Their fifth child and second daughter, La Toya Jackson, had modest success as a recording artist and also received major publicity in 1988 when she landed a nude layout in Playboy.
    • Their last son, Randy, replaced Jermaine in the Jackson 5 when it became The Jacksons.
    • Their youngest child, Janet, began as a child actress and went on to a hugely successful career as a recording artist.
Jarre
Jones-Gretzky
Jones-Lipton
Judd
Jonas

K

Keitel
Kasem
  • TV presenter and voice actor Casey Kasem is father to TV presenter and voice actor Mike and television and radio hostess Kerri
Kemp
Kendal
Kensit
Kirby
  • Actor Bruce Kirby is the father of late actor Bruno Kirby. (Their real names are Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu Sr. and Jr.)
Kirkwood
Knowles
Kohan-Noxon
  • Comedy writer Buz Kohan and novelist Rhea Kohan are the parents of television writer/producers Jenji Kohan and David Kohan. Jenji Kohan is the creator, showrunner, and executive producer for Showtime's television series Weeds. She is married to Christopher Noxon, a non-show-business writer. His sister is Marti Noxon, another TV writer/producer.
Kosugi
Kravitz-Roker-Bonet
Kubrick

L

Lacey
Lachey
Lai
Lamas
Lamb
Landau-Bain-Finch
Lawrence
Lee
Lee-Doyle-Stafford-Everly
Leitch
Lennon
Lennon Sisters
Leonetti-Robbins-Beck-Hilton
Lewis-Gilley-Swaggart-Brown
  • Rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis is the brother of singer and pianist Linda Gail Lewis. They are cousins of country music legend Mickey Gilley and disgraced televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Another first cousin to the Lewis siblings, J.W. Brown, was the bass guitarist in Lewis' band.
    • Brown's daughter Myra Gale Brown became Jerry Lee's third wife. Their daughter Phoebe Lewis is a musician and also her father's manager.
Lithgow
Lloyd (Pack)
Lloyd Webber
Lockhart
Loggins
López
Lowe-Swank
Lupino
Lynch
  • Shane, Keavy, Edele, Naomi, and Tara Lynch are siblings who have all had singing careers, some more successful than others.
Lynch (David)

M

MacMillan-Arngrim
Mailer
Mansfield-Duane
Marin
Marley-Hill
Marsh
Marshall
Martin-Halliday-Hagman
Masekela
Mason (Carlisle-Mason)
Massey

Actors Raymond Massey and Adrianne Allen were the parents of actors Daniel Massey and Anna Massey . Anna is also the former wife of late actor Jeremy Brett with whom she had 2 children.

McCartney
McGarrigle
  • See "Wainwright/McGarrigle singing family" below.
McMahon / McMahon-Levesque
McMillan
McQueen
Mercurio
Middleton-Seawright
Miles
Miller
Mills
Mitchum-Van Dien
Miyazaki
  • Animator and filmmaker and Hayao Miyazaki is the father of Gorō, also an animator and filmmaker.
Moffatt
  • Scott, Dave, Clint, and Bob Moffatt were a successful boy band from the 1990s to 2001
Montalban-Young
Montgomery-Asher
Moore
Morales-Zerecero-Pierce
Morrow
Mumy
Muñoz
  • Spanish flamenco guitarist Juan Muñoz is the father of Pilar, Lola, and Lucía Muñoz, the founding three members of the vocal group Las Ketchup; and Rocío Muñoz, who has later joined her sisters in the group.
Murray

N

Narz-Kennedy
  • Late game show host Jack Narz is the older brother of fellow game show host Tom Kennedy (born James Narz). Jack and another late game show host, Bill Cullen, went on to marry daughters of Oscar-winning composer Heinz Eric Roemheld.
Nelson
Neville
Newman
  • Film composers Alfred, Emil, and Lionel Newman were brothers.
    • Alfred's sons David and Thomas Newman are also highly prolific film composers, and his daughter Maria Newman is also a musician and composer.
    • Randy Newman, also a prolific film composer but better known as a popular singer and songwriter, is the son of another Newman brother, Irving Newman.
      • Joey Newman, also a prolific film composer, is the son of Lionel's daughter Jenifer Newman, a classical ballerina, and Joe Frank Carollo, a bass guitarist best known as a member of Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds.
Nolan
  • The Nolans were a successful singing act in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The band's lineup changed through the years, but the members were all sisters. Members were Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda, Bernadette, and Coleen
Norris
Norwood

O

Olsen
O'Herlihy
O'Neal
Orowitz-O'Neill-Landon
  • American actor and movie theater manager Eli Orowitz and his wife, American actress and comedian Peggy O'Neill, were the parents of Eugene Orowitz, who would achieve television fame under his stage name of Michael Landon.
    • Michael had children in show business from each of his three marriages. Michael adopted the son of his first wife, who went on to become (late) actor Mark Landon. TV multihyphenate Michael Landon, Jr. and television screenwriter Christopher B. Landon are Michael's sons from his second marriage. Actress Jennifer Landon is from Michael's final marriage.
Osment
Osmond
  • Actors/singers/television hosts Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond are brother and sister. Donny formerly sang with his brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay as The Osmonds; younger brother 'Little' Jimmy Osmond later joined the group as well as having solo success. Some of the brothers still perform together as "The Osmond Brothers", while Alan's sons perform as "The Osmonds - Second Generation".
Owens-Haggard-Alan
  • Country singers Buck Owens and Bonnie Owens were the parents of another country singer, Alvis Alan Owens, professionally known as Buddy Alan. After Buck and Bonnie divorced while their son was growing up, she married another country legend, Merle Haggard; Alan stayed with his mother..

P

Paich
Palance
Paltrow-Danner-Moennig-Martin
Parke-Leeds-Einstein-Brooks
Patton
  • see Chuckle-Patton
Peck
Peckinpah
  • Late screenwriter-director Sam Peckinpah was the uncle of late producer David Peckinpah. (Their real names were David Edward Samuel Ernest Peckinpah Jr. and III, respectively.)
Penhaligon-Munro
Penn
Perkins (Berenson-Perkins)
Pertwee
Phillips
Phoenix
Pine
Pleasence
Plummer-Grimes
Poole
Porcaro
Presley
Prinze-Gellar
Pryor

Q

Quaid
Quinn
Quintanilla-Pérez

R

Reddy
Redford
Redgrave-Richardson-Nero
Reiner
Richie
Riperton-Rudolph-Marie
Ritter
Robards-Bacall
Roberts
Robinson
Rocco
Rodgers-Guettel
Ronson-Jones
Ross-Gordy-Naess
Rossellini-Lindström-Bergman
Rosson

S

Sagal
Salkind
Savage-Youngs
Sawalha
Scott
Scott-Dewhurst
Seals-Duncan
Sellers
Selznick-Mayer
Shankar-Jones
Shatner-Gretsch
Shaughnessy
Shaw
Shaw Brothers
Shue
Sheen
  • see Estévez
Shrapnel
Simon-Taylor
Simon-Brickell
  • Singer-songwriter Paul Simon is the father of fellow singer-songwriter Harper Simon by his first marriage to photographer Peggy Harper.
  • His second marriage was to actress and author Carrie Fisher, the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds.
  • His third and current marriage is to former New Bohemians lead singer-songwriter Edie Brickell. They have three children Adrian, Lulu and Gabriel. Edie and stepson Harper have a band called The Heavy Circles. Paul’s brother Eddie is also his Business Manager / Agent.
Simpson
Singer
Skarsgård
Slezak
Smith (Anna Nicole)
Smith (Will)
Sorvino
Spacek-Fisk
Spelling
Spielberg-Capshaw
Starkey/Starr
Standing
Stiller
Stills
Stockwell
Streisand-Gould-Brolin
Streep-Gummer
Sturges-Close-Merrill-Robertson
  • Director Preston Sturges married Eleanor Post Close, the daughter of Edward Bennett Close and Marjorie Meriwether Post. Edward Bennett Close, by his second wife, became the grandfather of actress Glenn Close. Marjorie Post, by her second husband, was the mother of actress Dina Merrill, whose second husband was Cliff Robertson.
Sutherland
Swift

T

Talmadge
Thicke
Thomas-Donahue
Thompson-Tilbury
Thompson
Tom

Travolta, John(Saturday Night Fever); Brother of Ellen Travolta(Happy Days) Ellen is married to Jack Bannon (See Bannon)

Troughton
Troup
Tse
Tyler

V

Vale
Van Dyke-Nance
  • Actors Dick and Jerry Van Dyke are brothers.
    • Dick's son Barry Van Dyke is also an actor and writer as well as a producer. Barry's son Shane is a screenwriter, actor and director.
    • Jerry's late daughter Kelly Jean Van Dyke was an adult film actress who was married to late actor Jack Nance when she committed suicide.
      • Dick's grandson Carey Van Dyke is also an actor.
Van Patten-Balsam-Dugan
Van Peebles
Vernon
Vidal
Voight-Jolie-Haven-Taylor
Von Erich
  • Professional wrestler and wrestling promoter Jack Adkisson, better known as Fritz Von Erich, was the father of five sons who followed in his footsteps as wrestlers under the Von Erich name—Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike, and Chris. The family is also famous for its supposed "curse"—although Jack lived until his natural death, his oldest son, Jack Jr., was killed in a freak childhood accident, David died in 1984 under disputed circumstances, and Mike, Chris, and Kerry all committed suicide between 1987 and 1993.
    • Kevin's son Ross and Kerry's daughter Lacey are also wrestlers who perform under the Von Erich name.

W

Wainwright/McGarrigle
Wahlberg
Walker
Walker-Jones
Wanamaker
Warner-Hauser-Sperling
Warren-Alba
Waterston
Way
Wayans
Weisser
Weissmuller
West-Scales
Whitmore
Wilde
Williams (Hank)
  • Hank Williams was one of the most legendary figures in country music history.
    • Hank's son Randall Hank, better known as Hank Williams, Jr., has had an enormously successful country career of his own.
    • Jett Williams, the posthumously born daughter of Hank and also half-sister to Hank Jr., had modest success in country music.
Williams (John)
Wilson/Love
Wilson (2000s actors)
Winans
  • David and Dolores Winans, gospel music singers, recorded both together and separately as "Pop" and "Mom" Winans, and became progenitors of a highly prolific musical family. The following musicians can trace their family roots to Pop and Mom Winans:
    • The second through fifth sons of Pop and Mom—Ronald, Marvin, Carvin, and Michael Winans—are best known as the gospel group The Winans. Marvin's former wife, Vickie Winans, has also had a successful music career, and Michael has recorded with his wife Regina.
      • Four sons of The Winans—Marvin Jr., Carvin Jr., Michael Jr., and another son of Carvin Sr., Juan Winans—have recorded together as Winans Phase 2.
      • Mario Winans is Vickie's son from her prior marriage to Ronald Brown.
    • Daniel Winans, a gospel singer and producer, is Mom and Pop's sixth son.
    • The seventh Winans son, Benjamin "BeBe" Winans, and the eighth child and oldest daughter, Priscilla "CeCe" Winans, have performed both as BeBe & CeCe Winans and as solo artists.
    • The two youngest of Pop and Mom's children, Angie and Debbie Winans, have also recorded together and as soloists.
Wong
Woodward
Wynn-Williams

Y

York-Wells
Yuen

Z

Zane
Zappa-Sloatman-Robinson
Zimbalist
Zucker
Zwick

Celebrity brothers

Celebrity sisters

Celebrity siblings

References

  1. ^ Adam Bernstein (27 September 2005). "Actor Don Adams Dies at 82; Starred in 'Get Smart' in '60s". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  2. ^ AP (5 March 2004). "Cecily Adams". p. 2. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

See also