Place of Birth: Quincy, Massachusetts
Date of Birth: July 25, 1965
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish, English, German, Scottish (father)
*Romanian, Italian (mother)
Illeana Douglas is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer.
Illeana’s paternal grandfather was prominent actor Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, the son of Edouard Gregory Hesselberg and Lena Priscilla Shackelford). Illeana’s great-grandfather Edouard, a pianist and composer, was a Latvian Jewish immigrant, born in Riga, to Heinrich Hesselberg and Sarah Davidov. Illeana’s great-grandmother Lena had English ancestry. Illeana’s step-grandmother was politician Helen Gahagan Douglas.
Illeana’s paternal grandmother was Rosalind Hightower (the daughter of William Raleigh Hightower and Rosa Eula Hosch).
Illeana’s maternal grandparents were Charles Georgescu and Anna Scarvetta. Charles was Romanian. Anna was born in New York, to Italian parents.
Source: Genealogy of Illeana’s paternal grandfather, Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg) (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com