Born in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
Son of Daniel (Greenblatt) Green
and Dora (Grinovsky) Green
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Rita Merle (Hands) Eisendrath
— married
5 Sep 1940 (to 1960) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Husband of
Nancy Ann (Deale) Greene
— married
17 Dec 1961 in Los Angeles, California, United States
Father of
Belinda Susan (Greene) Bennett and [private son (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 72
in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States
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Biography
Lorne (Green) Greene OC is Notable.
Lorne (Green) Greene OC is/was a significant Ontarian .
Lorne (Green) Greene OC has Jewish Roots.
Lorne Greene, OC, was a Canadian radio broadcaster, actor, singer, and television personality, best known for his role as the Cartwright family patriarch, Ben Cartwright, on the 1959-1973 western-themed television series, Bonanza.
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At the time of the 1921 Canada Census, he was listed with his parents, Daniel Greenblatt and Dora Grinovsky, living in Nepean, Ontario.[1]
After graduating from Queen's University in 1937 and studying drama in New York, he joined the CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation), Toronto, as a news broadcaster. He served as a Flying Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War Two. After the war, he returned to radio and acting work in Toronto. In 1952 he relocated to the United States where he pursued an acting career on the stage and on television.
He and his first wife, Rita Hands, were married on September 5, 1940, in Toronto.[2] They had twins, a son and a daughter, in 1945. They divorced in 1960.
He married his second wife, Nancy Ann Deale in Los Angeles, California, on December 17, 1961.[3] They had one daughter.
He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1969 [4] and received an honorary doctorate from Queen's University in 1971.[5]
He died on September 11, 1987 in Los Angeles, California.[6][7]
He is buried in Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California.[8]
Research Notes
Mother's maiden name
- Wikipedia = Dora Grinovsky
- FindAGrave = Dora Grinovsky
- FamilySearch Family Tree = Dora Grinovsky
- California Death Index (Lorne) = Slavin
- US Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Lorne on Ancestry) = Dora Slavins
- California Death Index (herself) = Slavin (Father's Surname)
Sources
- ↑ Census of Canada, 1921, Ontario, Carleton (71), Nepean (Township) (33), page 22, dwelling 241, family 247, Hyme L. Green; RG31 - Statistics Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1469092 : Accessed March 29, 2019)
- ↑ Page 21. (1940, Aug 13). Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971) Retrieved from ProQuest
- ↑ "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6GQ-S8H : 27 November 2014), Lorne H Greene and Nancy A Deale, 17 Dec 1961; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
- ↑ Lorne Greene page at The Canada Encyclopedia
- ↑ Queen's Encyclopedia
- ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPMZ-1NS : 26 November 2014), Lorne Hyman Greene, 11 Sep 1987; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMJH-LZ6 : 19 May 2014), Lorne Greene, 11 Sep 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/417/lorne-greene: accessed 03 April 2023), memorial page for Lorne Greene (12 Feb 1914–11 Sep 1987), Find a Grave Memorial ID 417, citing Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave. Find A Grave: Memorial #417
See also:
- Lorne Greene Wikipedia page.
- This WikiTree profile is referenced from Wikidata: Item Q550784, en:Wikipedia
- Lorne Greene at IMDB.
- Family Search ID LTM6-QFP
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