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Birth Name: Charles Herbert Saperstein
Date of Birth: December 23, 1948
Place of Birth: Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Death: October 31, 2015
Place of Death: Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Charles Herbert was an American actor. He was a prominent child actor in the 1950s and 1960s. His roles included the films The Colossus of New York , The Fly (1958), Houseboat , The Man in the Net , Please Don’t Eat the Daisies , The Boy and the Pirates , and 13 Ghosts (1960); and the series The Donna Reed Show , Men Into Space , and The Farmer’s Daughter .
Charles was the son of Pearl Jean (Diamond) and Louis Saperstein. His father was born in New York, to Russian Jewish/Polish Jewish parents. His mother was an Austrian Jewish immigrant.
Charles’s paternal grandfather was named Morris Saperstein (the son of Chana Rochel “Anna”).
Charles’s paternal grandmother was Feige/Fannie Goniadzski (the daughter of Avram Goniandski and Dvorah Merans). Feige was born in Goniądz, Mońki, Podlaskie, Poland. Avram was the son of Eliezer Natan Gonionski. Dvorah was the daughter of Hirsch/Hirtz/Tzvi Naftali Merrens/Maranc and Zlate.
Charles’s maternal grandfather was named Adolph/Adolf Diamond. Adolph was born in Galicia.
Charles’s maternal grandmother was Yetta Russ/Ross (the daughter of Leo Russ and Ruth Grossman).
Sources: Marriage record of Charles’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Charles Herbert – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Charles Herbert (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Death record of Charles’s maternal grandmother, Yetta (Russ/Ross) Diamond – https://www.familysearch.org