Birth Name: Alysia Michelle Davis Reiner
Place of Birth: Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 21, 1970
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Alysia Reiner is an American actress and producer. She is married to actor David Alan Basche.
Alysia is the daughter of Gail (Davis) and Charles Alan Reiner. She has a half-sister, Katharine.
Alysia’s paternal grandparents were Jules C. Reiner and Norma Ann Peyser (the daughter of Nat Peyser and Blanche Levy). Nat was born in New York, to a father from Russia and a mother from Germany. Blanche was also born in New York, to parents from Russia.
Alysia’s maternal grandparents were Arnold Davis and Seena R.
Regarding her religious upbringing, she has stated:
In my house growing up, the intellect was God. We were cultural Jews. We ate bagels and lox, matzah and kugel, but we rarely went to temple and but parents didn’t fast or keep Passover. Judaism was the way we stayed connected to family, an excuse to gather, which I loved. At 11 years old when everyone started talking bat mitzvahs and my parents started talking Hebrew School, they couldn’t argue when I said, “I have no desire to do this thing, its all about big parties, materialism, and monetary gifts”.
Sources: Marriage announcement of Alysia Reiner – http://www.nytimes.com
Obituary of Alysia’s father, Charles Alan Reiner – http://www.nytimes.com
Genealogy of Alysia’s father, Charles Alan Reiner (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.ancestry.com
Alysia’s paternal great-grandfather, Nat Peyser, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Alysia’s maternal grandmother, Seena Davis – http://www.legacy.com
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