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Birth Name: April Michelle Bowlby
Place of Birth: Vallejo, Solano, California, United States
Date of Birth: July 30, 1980
Ethnicity: English, as well as Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Dutch, and Frisian, possibly other
April Bowlby is an American actress and model. Her roles include the films All Roads Lead Home , The Slammin’ Salmon , From Prada to Nada , Unbroken: Path to Redemption , and Father Christmas Is Back ; the shows Two and a Half Men , How I Met Your Mother , Drop Dead Diva , Heathers , and, as Rita Farr / Elasti-Woman, Titans and Doom Patrol ; and the made-for-tv movies Sands of Oblivion , Marriage of Lies , The Engagement Clause , Love’s Last Resort , A Mother’s Crime , The Wrong Daughter , and Dying for the Crown .
She is married to filmmaker, writer, and director Matthew Cooke, with whom she has one child.
April’s paternal grandfather was Arthur Francis Bowlby (the son of Arthur Vincent Bowlby and Annie Lena Paralee Warren). April’s grandfather Arthur was born in Clanton, Chilton, Alabama. April’s great-grandfather Arthur was born in Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, the son of Frank Roger Bowlby and Bertha Melissa Miller. April’s great-grandmother Annie was born in Manchester, Red River, Texas, the daughter of Robert Carroll Warren and Nancy Parlee Hanley.
April’s paternal grandmother was Mildred Arlene McLoud (the daughter of Henry McLoud and Marion Louise Wilcox). Mildred was born in Yates, New York, and had deep roots in the state. Henry was born in Jerusalem, Yates, the son of Quincy McLoud and Jeanette Susan Wilcox. April’s great-grandmother Marion was born in Lindley, Steuben, New York, the daughter of Levi Wilcox and Bertha Mae Northrup.
April’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Groupe.
Sources: Marriage record of April’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of April’s paternal uncle – https://www.legacy.com