Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 25, 1955
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English, Irish, possibly 1/16 Mexican (mother)
Gale Anne Hurd is an American film and television producer.
Gale was previously married to Canadian-American director James Cameron and to American director Brian De Palma, with whom she has a daughter. She is now married to American screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh.
Gale is the daughter of Lolita/Loretta Sandra (Jordan) Cross-Espiau and Frank Elias Hirshstein/Hurd. Gale’s father was Jewish and Gale’s mother was Catholic.
Gale’s paternal grandfather was Jacob Milton Hirshstein (the son of Ferdinand Hirshstein and Josephine Danbaum). Ferdinand was born in Prussia. Josephine was the daughter of parents from Germany.
Gale’s paternal grandmother was Gertrude Rosenberg (the daughter of Jacob Rosenberg and Charlotte Haas). Jacob was born in Breisach am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Charlotte was the daughter of German parents from Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, Elias Haas and Teresa Levy.
Gale’s maternal grandfather was Zevele Lemuel/Claude Samuel Jordan/Jordon (the son of Benjamin Samuel Jordan and Haley/Mahala Ann Wordlow/Wardlow). Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Bridgforth Jordan and Rachel Sidney McCrowrie/McCrory. Mahala was the daughter of Emily Leathers.
Gale’s maternal grandmother was Ruth Helen Dunn (the daughter of Thomas Stassford Dunn/Dunne, Jr. and Alice Perry). Thomas was possibly born in Mexico, to an Irish father, Thomas Dunne, Sr. and a Mexican mother, Dolores Rivera Vasquez. Alice was possibly born in Iowa, the daughter of William Perry and Amanda Lavina Billington.
Sources: Partial Family Tree of Gale Anne Hurd – http://www.wikitree.com
Birth record of Gale Anne Hurd – http://www.familysearch.org
Divorce record of Gale’s parents – http://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Gale’s mother – http://www.familysearch.org
Gale’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Gale’s maternal grandparents – http://www.familysearch.org
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