Ancestry of
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
Who is Illeana Douglas?
Illeana Douglas is an American television and movie actress who has appeared in numerous television shows and films. In 2000 she won a Satellite Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy for her role as Wendy Ward in Fox's comedy series Action. In 2002 she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Angela in HBO's Six Feet Under. More recently she has starred in the IKEA sponsored web series Easy to Assemble and was the presenter for the Turner Classic Movies month of specials called Trailblazing Women which highlighted women's contributions to the art of cinema.
Famous Kin
Illeana Douglas is a direct descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster. She also has family connections to many of Britain's royal family including the late Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Catherine Middleton, King Henry VIII and at least 3 of his wives. She also has a connection to King Ferdinand II, the first King of a united Spain.
Ileana Douglas has numerous U.S. Presidential kin including, but not limited to, Grover Cleveland, Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge, William Howard Taft, John Quincy Adams, George W. Bush, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her fellow celebrity kin include actor Richard Gere, Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum, actor Ted Danson, Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low, actor Alec Baldwin, actress Katharine Hepburn, and actor Ed Helms.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Illeana Douglas
Bob Moore
Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill
21st cousin
via Sir Ralph de Goushill (Gausille) of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
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Illeana Douglas photo by Lan Bui (CC BY-SA 2.0)
