Visiting with my Cuz J the other day, I learned that actress/singer Gloria Warren is somehow a cousin to Joseph Roth and his father, Bela Bernard Roth. Bela was affectionately known as "Uncle Bela" in my Farkas/Kunstler family, even though he was most definitely a cousin.
So how are we related to Gloria Warren?
According to the Delaware Historical Society, Gloria was born in Delaware in 1926 (IMDB says the date was April 7th, in Wilmington). Her birth name was Gloria M. Weiman. Her father Herman, a jeweler/watchmaker, was from Russia and her mother Julia Weiss Weiman was Hungarian (see the 1930 Census snippet, which includes sister June Violet, 3 years older). Both June and Gloria were very beautiful young ladies.
Other cousins have confirmed that Gloria was a relative to the Roth family (and Cousin L briefly dated her, since the connection was distant!). Actually there are connections to two different Joseph Roths, both in my family.
Gloria's breakout role was in the movie Always in My Heart, and she became a singing phenom with the title song. She married Peter Gold in 1946. Cousin L saw her in the Broadway show What's Up? which also starred the popular comic Jimmy Savo.
Gloria made a few more movies, and then settled down to family life, having a son and a daughter in California, where her husband was a successful businessman.
There are Weiss relatives elsewhere in this side of my family tree. Perhaps they're related to Julia, Gloria's mother?
Marian, that's an interesting story. Maybe you have a connection to that lovely singer. Does anyone else in teh family have that talent?
ReplyDeleteColleen, others do have theatrical talent . . . and eventually I hope to uncover the family relationship between Gloria and the Roths and my family! Thanks for reading and commenting.
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