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Birth Name: Jeffrey Paulus DeMunn
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 25, 1947
Ethnicity: English, German
Jeffrey DeMunn is an American actor. His roles include the films Resurrection , The First Deadly Sin , Christmas Evil / You Better Watch Out (1980), Ragtime , Frances (1982), Windy City , Warning Sign , The Hitcher (1986), The Blob , Betrayed (1988), Blaze (1989), Eyes of an Angel , Newsies (1992), The Shawshank Redemption , Phenomenon (1996), Turbulence , RocketMan (1997), The X-Files (1998), The Green Mile , The Majestic , Hollywoodland , The Mist (2007), Halfway (2016), and Marshall (2017); the shows American Playhouse , Law & Order , The Walking Dead , Mob City , Billions , and Divorce ; the made-for-tv movies I Married Wyatt Earp , A Time to Live , By Dawn’s Early Light , Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 , The Haunted (1991), Citizen X , Hiroshima (1995), and Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story ; and the mini-series Lincoln (1988) and Stephen King’s Storm of the Century . He has also been billed as Jeff DeMunn and Jeffrey De Munn.
He is the son of Violet, an actress, and James DeMunn, a radio announcer and actor. His stepmother was actress Betty Lutes DeMunn. Jeffrey is married to Kerry Leah. He has two children with his former wife Anne Sekaer.
Jeffrey’s paternal grandfather was James Monroe DeMunn (the son of Merrill M. DeMunn and Julia Crouse/Krans). James was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Merrill was born in Batavia, Genesee County, New York, the son of James Monroe DeMunn and Mary Eliza Leonard.
Jeffrey’s paternal grandmother was Ellen/Nellie Jeanette Hewson (the daughter of William C. Hewson and Sarah Ann Catchpole). Ellen was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, to English parents. William was the son of Charles Hewson. Sarah was born in Freston, Suffolk, the daughter of William Catchpole and Sarah Ann Dale.
Jeffrey’s maternal grandfather was William Paulus (the son of Philip Paulus and Fredericka Reicsch). William was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, to German parents.
Jeffrey’s maternal grandmother was Violet Matilda Talboys (the daughter of Charles Talboys and Annie/Ann Maria Radcliff). Violet was born in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, to English parents.
Sources: https://muse.union.edu
Jeffrey DeMunn on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jeffrey’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org Jeffrey’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jeffrey’s mother on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org Jeffrey’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death records of Jeffrey’s maternal grandparents, William Paulus and Violet Matilda (Talboys) Paulus – https://www.findagrave.com
Birth record of Jeffrey’s maternal grandmother, Violet Matilda Talboys – https://www.familysearch.org