Birth Name: Yitzhak Edward Asner
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 15, 1929
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Ed Asner is an American actor, voice actor, and a former president of the Screen Actors Guild.
Ed is the son of Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Seliger) and David Morris Asner. His siblings were Esther, Ben, Labe, and Eva. They were raised Orthodox Jewish in Kansas City, Kansas.
Ed’s father was originally from the village of Nacha, outside Eišiškės, Lithuania. Ed’s mother was born in Russia.
Ed’s paternal grandparents were Aryeh Leib Asner and Beile.
Ed’s maternal grandparents were Harry Seliger and Ettel Tennenbaum (the daughter of Berel Tennenbaum).
Sources: Genealogy of Ed Asner (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com/
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