Mandy Moore — actor/singer with roots in the Russian Empire
Mandy Moore. Singer and actress — debut album So Real (1999), A Walk to Remember, Rapunzel in Tangled, Rebecca Pearson in This Is Us. Russian Jewish descent through her maternal grandfather is stated only in IMDb's biography; no source names him or the Russian-born generation, or gives a town. Her mother is Stacy Moore, née Friedman; her maternal grandmother, Eileen Friedman, was a ballerina in London.
Tracing the roots — Russian Jewish descent claimed through her maternal grandfather (IMDb) — ancestor, generation and town undocumented
Russian Jewish descent through her maternal grandfather is stated only in IMDb's biography; no source names him or the Russian-born generation, or gives a town. Her mother is Stacy Moore, née Friedman; her maternal grandmother, Eileen Friedman, was a ballerina in London.
Popular biographies refer to a Russian-Jewish grandfather.[web:17]
Russian Jewish descent claimed through her maternal grandfather (IMDb) — ancestor, generation and town undocumented. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.