Gideon Adlon

03/12/2019 – Adlon – Focus Features’ “The Mustang” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – ArcLight Hollywood, 6360 Sunset Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: March 30, 1997

Ethnicity:
*father – German
*maternal grandfather – Ashkenazi Jewish
*maternal grandmother – English, some Irish, Northern Irish, and Welsh [converted to Judaism]

Gideon Adlon is an American actress, and voice actress. Her roles include the films Blockers, The Mustang, The Craft: Legacy, Sick (2022), Legion of Super-Heroes, Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, Miller’s Girl, and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two; the shows When We Rise, The Society, Pacific Rim: The Black, The Thing About Pam, Battle Kitty, Shape Island, Terminator Zero, Ghosts, and Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord; and the video game The Walking Dead: The Final Season.

She is the daughter of actress, screenwriter, producer, and director Pamela Adlon and Felix O. Adlon. Her father is German. Her mother is American. Her sister is actress Odessa Adlon/Odessa A’zion. She is the granddaughter of German director Percy Adlon, and Don Segall, an American television writer and producer, and comic book author. Her great-great-uncle was German-born actor Louis Adlon, who was married to American actress Rosemary Davies, until his death.

Gideon’s maternal grandfather was from a Jewish family, and Gideon’s maternal grandmother converted to Judaism. Gideon’s father appears to have stated that he converted to Judaism, as well.

A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2022) stated that Gideon’s mother Pamela’s genetic ancestry consists of:

*50% Ashkenazi Jewish
*18% England & Northwestern Europe
*16% Ireland
*8% Wales
*6% Scotland
*2% Italian

Gideon’s paternal grandfather was Percy Adlon (Paul Rudolf Parsifal Adlon, the son of Paul Rudolf Laubenthal and Susanne Adlon). Percy was born in Munich, Germany. Gideon’s great-grandfather Rudolf was born in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, and was a prominent opera singer. He was the son of Jacob Laubenthal and Katharina Blankenheim. Gideon’s great-grandmother Susanne was the sister of Louis Adlon. She was born in Berlin, the daughter of Ludwig/Louis Antonius/Anton Adlon, from Mainz, Darmstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate; and of Ottilie Josefine “Tilli”/Tilly/Tillie Metzger, from Hradec, East Bohemia. Gideon’s great-great-great-grandfather, Laurentius/Lorenz Adlon, was a caterer, gastronomer, and hotelier, who opened the Hotel Adlon in Berlin.

Gideon’s paternal grandmother was named Eleonore (Haus) Adlon. Eleonore was born in the Lower Rhine region of Germany, and was a writer and producer.

Gideon’s maternal grandfather was Donald Maxwell “Don” Segall (the son of Harry Segall and Esther Fox). Donald was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Harry was born in Massachusetts, to Jewish parents from the Russian Empire, Frank Morton Segall, who was born in Gritsev, Ukraine, to a father who was a rabbi; and of Fanny/Fannie Gussinoff/Gusenoff. Esther was a Jewish emigrant, who was born in Palonia, Wolyn, Poland, and was the daughter of Morris Fox and Bessie/Rebecca Kantrovitz/Fine.

Gideon’s maternal grandmother is Marina Lucy Leece (the daughter of Phyllis Sarah Jane Smith). Marina was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. She converted to Judaism. Phyllis was the daughter of Philip Smith and Mary Handerson. Genetic testing conducted by Finding Your Roots established that Gideon’s maternal great-grandfather, Leonard Robert Leece, was not her biological great-grandfather. Gideon’s biological great-grandfather was Joseph Walthew, the son of Benjamin Walthew and Rose Drew. Joseph’s ancestry was English, and also Welsh, from Caernarvonshire, Irish, from Westmeath, and Northern Irish, from Down/Newry, Down.

Gideon’s legal great-grandfather Leonard Robert Leece was the son of Thomas Leece and Lucy Chapman.

Sources: https://www.percyadlon.com

Interviews with Gideon’s mother – https://www.moviefone.com
https://www.theguardian.com
https://jewishjournal.com

Genealogy of Gideon Adlon – https://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Gideon’s father – https://gw.geneanet.org

Genealogy of Gideon’s maternal grandfather, Paul Rudolf Parsifal Adlon – https://www.familysearch.org

Death record of Gideon’s maternal grandfather, Donald Maxwell “Don” Segall – https://familysearch.org

Gideon’s maternal great-grandfather, Harry Segall, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Marriage records of Gideon’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Frank Morton Segall and Fanny/Fannie Gussinoff/Gusenoff – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Gideon’s biological maternal great-great-great-grandparents, Absalom/Absolom Walthew and Frances Croffs Molloy – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Gideon’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Thomas Leece and Lucy Chapman – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Gideon’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, Robert Chapman and Alice Somerville – https://www.familysearch.org