Birth Name: Marian Hall Seldes
Date of Birth: August 23, 1928
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: October 6, 2014
Place of Death: New York City, New York, U.S.
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English, possibly other (mother)
Marian Seldes was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress. She was born in Manhattan, New York, the daughter of Gilbert Vivian Seldes, a journalist, and Alice Wadhams (Hall), a socialite. She had one brother, Timothy. Her uncle (father’s brother) was journalist, editor, and author George Seldes.
Marian’s paternal grandparents were George Sergius Seldes and Anna/Annie/Hannah I./Verna Saphro. George and Anna were Russian Jews.
Marian’s maternal grandparents were Benjamin Elihu Hall (the son of Monroe Elihu Hall and Ermina Prindle Wells) and Mary Hazard Brown. Monroe was the son of Elihu Hall. Ermina was the daughter of Benjamin Wells and Jane Anne Wadhams.
Source: Genealogy of Marian Seldes – https://www.geni.com
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