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08/28/2018 – Willis – 2018 Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood – Arrivals – Sunset Tower Hotel, 8358 Sunset Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Rumer Glenn Willis
Place of Birth: Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Date of Birth: August 16, 1988
Ethnicity: German, English, Scottish, as well as some Dutch, French, Welsh, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Rumer Willis is an American actress and singer. Her roles include the films Now and Then , Striptease , Hostage (2005), From Within , The House Bunny , Whore (2008), Wild Cherry , Sorority Row , The Diary of Preston Plummer , The Odd Way Home , Return to Sender , There’s Always Woodstock , The Escort (2015), Hello Again (2017), Future World , Air Strike , What Lies Ahead , and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood ; the shows 90210 , Hawaii Five-0 , and Empire ; and the music videos for “Get U Home,” “Imagine,” and “SOS.” She has competed on Dancing with the Stars , winning season 20; and The Masked Singer . She has also been billed as Willa Glen.
Rumer is the eldest daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore . Rumer has a daughter with her former partner, singer Derek Richard Thomas.
Rumer’s paternal grandfather was David Andrew Willis (the son of Edgar George Willis and Martha Florence Tingle). David was born in New Jersey. Edgar was born in Dover, Kent County, Delaware, the son of Edgar Prettyman Willis and Cora Augusta Tarburton. Martha was born in Salisbury, Wicomico Co, Maryland, the daughter of David Henry Tingle and Julia Martha Parsons.
Rumer’s paternal grandmother is Marlene K. Henze (the daughter of Konrad Kurt Henze and Clara Ann Brüssler). Marlene was born in Kassel, Germany. Rumer’s great-grandfather Konrad was born in Kassel, the son of Konrad Henze and Elisian Marie Rumpf. Clara was born in Kassel, the daughter of Konrad Brüssler and Katharina Engelhardt.
Rumer’s maternal grandfather was Charles Foster Harmon (the son of Clarence Lamar Harmon and Ruth Minnie Compton). Charles was born in Lanett, Chambers, Alabama. Clarence was born in LaGrange, Troup, Georgia, the son of Jessie Polk Harmon and Sallie Pearl Dean. Ruth was born in Lanett, Chambers, Alabama, the daughter of Russell David Compton and Ora Lee Yarbrough.
Rumer’s maternal grandmother was Beverley/Beverly Virginia King (the daughter of William Marshall “Bill” King and Elizabeth Marie Metcalf). Beverley was born in Contra Costa, California. William was born in Texas, or in Johnston County, Oklahoma, the son of Edmond McDowell/McDonald King and Blanche Marie Campbell. Rumer’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico, the daughter of John Carrol Metcalf and Effie May Graves.
Sources: Genealogies of Rumer Willis – http://gw.geneanet.org https://www.geni.com
Rumer’s paternal grandfather, David Andrew Willis, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Rumer’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Konrad Brüssler and Katharina Engelhardt – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Rumer’s maternal grandparents, Charles Foster Harmon and Beverley/Beverly Virginia King – https://www.findagrave.com https://www.familysearch.org
Rumer’s maternal great-grandfather, William Marshall King, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Rumer’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Marie Metcalf, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Willis in 2009, by Anthony Citrano from Los Angeles, California