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Gilpin in 2017, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Elizabeth Folan Gilpin
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 21, 1986
Ethnicity: * father – English, Scottish, Irish, German, distant Dutch * mother – Irish
Betty Gilpin is an American actress. She is known for her roles on the shows Nurse Jackie , GLOW , and Mrs. Davis , and in the films Take Care , True Story (2015), Future ’38 , Isn’t It Romantic , A Dog’s Journey , Stuber , The Grudge , The Hunt (2020), Coffee & Kareem , and The Tomorrow War .
She is the daughter of Ann Folan McDonough and actor Jack Gilpin (John Mitchell Gilpin). Her father is a priest in the Episcopalian church. Betty is married to actor Cosmo Pfeil, with whom she has a daughter.
Betty is a first cousin, once removed, of historian Drew Gilpin Faust, who was President of Harvard University, from July 1, 2007 to July 1, 2018.
Betty is a paternal great-granddaughter of Billy Mitchell, a U.S. Army general, who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force; a great-great-granddaughter of John L. Mitchell, a Civil War veteran and Democratic politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1899, among other duties; and of Lawrence Tyson, a general, politician, and textile manufacturer, who was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Tennessee, from March 4, 1925 to August 24, 1929; and a great-great-great-granddaughter of Alexander Mitchell, an emigrant to Wisconsin, who was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and was a banker, railroad financier, and also a Democratic politician, also serving as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin, from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873, and again, from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875.
Betty’s paternal grandfather was Kenneth Newcomer Gilpin, Jr. (the son of Kenneth Newcomer Gilpin and Isabella McGhee Tyson). Betty’s grandfather Kenneth was born in Kentmere, near Boyce, Clarke, Virginia. Betty’s great-grandfather Kenneth was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Henry Brooke Gilpin and Hattie Newcomer, who was a Baltimore heiress. Isabella was born in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, the daughter of Lawrence Davis Tyson and Bettie Humes McGhee.
Betty’s paternal grandmother was Lucy Trumbull Mitchell (the daughter of William Lendrum Mitchell and Elizabeth Trumbull Miller). Lucy was born in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. William was born in Nice, France, the son of American parents, John Lendrum Mitchell, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Harriet Danforth Becker, from New York. John’s father, Betty’s great-great-great-grandfather Alexander Mitchell, was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and was President of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Harriet’s paternal grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War. Betty’s great-grandmother Elizabeth Miller was the daughter of Sidney Trowbridge Miller, whose paternal grandmother was Canadian; and of Lucy Trumbull Robinson.
Betty’s maternal grandfather was Robert Francis McDonough (the son of Patrick F. McDonough and Mary A. Curran). Robert was born in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, and all of his grandparents were Irish. Patrick was the son of Michael McDonough and Bridget Concannon. Mary was the daughter of Michael Curran and Catherine/Kate Connelly.
Betty’s maternal grandmother was Margaret H. Greene (the daughter of Michael Joseph Greene and Margaret R. Folan/Foley). Betty’s grandmother Margaret was born in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, to Irish parents, from Galway. Michael was born in Roundstone, the son of Valentine Greene and Catherine Connolly. Betty’s great-grandmother Margaret was born in Callafeenish, the daughter of Mark F. Folan/Foley and Annie Connolly.
Sources: Genealogy of Betty Gilpin – https://famouskin.com
Genealogy of Betty Gilpin (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Betty’s paternal grandparents, Kenneth Newcomer Gilpin, Jr. and Lucy Trumbull Mitchell – https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Betty’s paternal great-grandfather, Kenneth Newcomer Gilpin (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Betty’s paternal great-grandmother, Isabella McGee (Tyson) Gilpin – http://www.nytimes.com