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Bridges in 2012, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Jeffrey Leon Bridges
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 4, 1949
Ethnicity: English, smaller amounts of Cornish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Swiss-German, German, remote Welsh
Jeff Bridges is an American actor, singer, and producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Crazy Heart (2009). His roles also include the films The Last Picture Show , Fat City , Thunderbolt and Lightfoot , King Kong (1976), Cutter’s Way , Tron , and its sequel Tron: Legacy ; Against All Odds… , Starman , Jagged Edge , The Morning After , Nadine , The Fabulous Baker Boys , The Fisher King , The Mirror Has Two Faces , The Big Lebowski , Arlington Road , The Contender , Seabiscuit , Iron Man , A Dog Year , True Grit (2010), Hell or High Water , and Bad Times at the El Royale , and the series Sea Hunt and The Old Man .
He is the son of actors Lloyd Bridges (Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr.) and Dorothy Bridges (born Dorothy Dean Simpson). His brother is actor Beau Bridges (Lloyd Vernet Bridges III), and his nephew is actor Jordan Bridges . He is married to Susan Geston, with whom he has three children.
His father was from a family that had long lived in the U.S., with partly deep roots in Vermont.
Jeff’s paternal grandfather was Lloyd Vernet Bridges (the son of John Hewston Bridges and Minnie Ellen Hortense Tibbetts/Tibbits/Stanwood). Lloyd was born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. He owned a movie theatre and was involved in the hotel business. John was born in Benton, Otero County, Colorado, or in Arkansas, to parents from North Carolina, James Graham Bridges and Dorothy Parthena Jane Cabe. Jeff’s great-grandmother Minnie was born in Houston, Minnesota, the daughter of Sidney/Sydney Tibbetts/Tibbits, who was from Vermont; and of Eleanor/Mary Ellen Titus, who was born in Ontario, Canada.
Jeff’s paternal grandmother was Harriet Evelyn “Hattie” Brown (the daughter of Prairie Frank Brown and Mary/Maria/Marie Elizabeth Barnhill). Harriet was born in Cuba, Republic County, Kansas. Prairie was born in Jones County, Iowa, the son of parents from Vermont, Emerson Elisha Brown and Gratia Allbee/Albee. Jeff’s great-grandmother Mary Elizabeth was born in Jones County, the daughter of John David Barnhill and Lydia Ann Case.
Jeff’s maternal grandfather was Frederick Walter Simpson (the son of Henry Simpson and Jane Anne/Ann Jago). Frederick was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Henry was born in Liverpool, the son of William Henry Simpson and Sarah Ann Knowles. Jeff’s great-grandmother Jane was born in Liverpool, the daughter of Cornish parents, William Jago, from Mevagissey; and Susan Rutter/Rowter, from Luxulyan. The name Jago is Cornish.
Jeff’s maternal grandmother was Louise M. Myles (the daughter of Frederick William Myles and Eliza R. Gunter/Gunten/VanGunten). Louise was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Frederick was born in Dublin, Ireland. Jeff’s great-grandmother Eliza was born in New Jersey, the daughter of Jacob Louis Gunten, who was Swiss-born, of Swiss-German descent; and of Philopene/Philipina Mantz, who was American-born, of German descent.
Sources: Genealogies of Jeff Bridges – https://www.geni.com http://www.wikitree.com
Genealogies of Jeff’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com
Jeff’s paternal grandparents, Lloyd Vernet Bridges and Harriet Evelyn “Hattie” Brown, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Jeff’s paternal great-grandmother, Minnie Ellen Hortense Tibbetts – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Jeff’s paternal great-grandmother, Minnie Ellen Hortense (Tibbetts) Bridges – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Jeff’s paternal great-great-great-grandmother, Hannah (Griswold) Brown – https://www.familysearch.org
Jeff’s maternal grandfather, Frederick Walter Simpson, on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://www.familysearch.org