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Scoggins in 2006, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Tracy Dawn Scoggins
Place of Birth: Galveston, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 13, 1953
Ethnicity: English, as well as Scottish, Polish, and Bohemian Czech
Tracy Scoggins is an American actress. Her roles include the films Toy Soldiers (1984), Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective ; Watchers II , Play Murder for Me , Timebomb (1991), Demonic Toys , Alien Intruder , Dollman vs. Demonic Toys , A Crack in the Floor , Asylum of the Damned , Popstar (2004), The Cutter (2005), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , Babylon 5: The Lost Tales , Otis (2008), and Babylon 5: The Road Home ; the shows The A-Team , Hawaiian Heat , The Colbys , Dynasty , Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years , Highlander , Silk Stalkings , Babylon 5 , Crusade , and Dante’s Cove ; and the made-for-tv movies The Renegades , Hawaiian Heat , Dallas: J.R. Returns , Babylon 5: The River of Souls , Dallas: War of the Ewings , Babylon 5: A Call to Arms , and Homeland Security .
Tracy is the daughter of Lou Cille, a tennis champion, and John Scoggins, a trial lawyer.
Tracy’s paternal grandfather was William Jessie/Jesse Scoggins (the son of James Russell “Jim” Scoggins and Lavinia/Lavina Clautine McLaren). James was born in South Carolina, the son of Jesse Scoggins and Mary Frances Sandlin. Lavinia was born in Louisiana, the daughter of William Duncan McLaren, who was born in Renfrewshire, Scotland; and of Mary “Polly Mack” Dowden.
Tracy’s paternal grandmother was named Mary Frances Sandland Scott. Mary was born in Texas.
Tracy’s maternal grandfather was George Clyde Crump (the son of Woodie/Woody Eugene Crump and Annie Eliza Rogers). George was born in Patrick, McLennan County, Texas. Woody was born in North Carolina. Annie was born in Ellis County, Texas, the daughter of John Rogers.
Tracy’s maternal grandmother was Lucille Ida Dedek/Dedeck (the daughter of Louis P. Dedeck and Tracy Knapick). Tracy’s grandmother Lucille was born in Texas. Louis was born in Russia, and likely was of Polish descent. Tracy’s great-grandmother Tracy was born in Texas, the daughter of Andrew J. Knapick, who was Polish; and of Pauline M. Baca, who was from Bohemia/Czechoslovakia.
Sources: Genealogies of Tracy’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com
Death record of Tracy’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Tracy’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Tracy’s maternal great-grandparents, Louis P. Dedeck and Tracy Knapick, on the 1910 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org