Heidi Lenhart

Birth Name: Heidi Noelle Lenhart

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Birth: August 22, 1974

Ethnicity: Irish, English, German, one eighth Italian, one eighth Norwegian, one eighth Bohemian Czech, French-Canadian, more distant Scottish, Swiss-German, and Dutch

Heidi Lenhart is an American actress, and voice actress. Her roles include the films Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, A Christmas Adventure, Red Meat, Addams Family Reunion, and Crocodile 2: Death Swamp; the series Noozles, Little Women, California Dreams, Creepy Crawlers, Moldiver, Orguss 02, El Hazard: The Magnificent World, Hyper Doll, The Why Why Family, Eagle Riders, El Hazard: The Wanderers, Fame L.A., Little Men, and Beverly Hills, 90210; and the made-for-tv movies Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills, Deadly Sins, Au Pair, and its sequels Au Pair II: The Fairytale Continues and Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise. She is also known as Melody Lee and Melodee Lee.

She is the daughter of Ray Lenhart and psychologist, author, television writer, and philanthropist Cheryl Saban. Her sister is actress Tifanie Christun, who is married to musician Chris Chaney. Her step-father is Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, musical composer, and record, film, and television producer Haim Saban.

Heidi has two children with her former husband, actor and musician Chris Stills.

Heidi’s paternal grandfather was Thomas Richard Lenhart (the son of John Raymond Lenhart and Carmelita Agnes Jacques). Thomas was born in San Francisco, California. John was the son of James Madison Lenhart, who was of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) descent; and of Nanno Maria Barry, who was an Irish emigrant, from County Cork. Heidi’s great-grandmother Carmelita was the daughter of Joseph A. Jacques, who was of French-Canadian descent; and of Frances Burroughs.

Heidi’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Ellen “Peggy” Billotte (the daughter of William Charles Billotte and Margaret Ellen Burke). Heidi’s grandmother Margaret was born in Omaha, Nebraska. William was the son of Italian emigrants, Giuseppe Billotte and Maria-Caterina LaCreta, who was from Potenza, Basilicata. Heidi’s great-grandmother Margaret was from Oldham, Lancashire, England, and was the daughter of Thomas Burke, whose parents were Irish; and of Bridget Regan, who was also Irish, from County Roscommon.

Heidi’s maternal grandfather was Kenneth Leo Flor (the son of Alfred Charles Flor and Nellie Margurette Wilkinson). Kenneth was born in San Diego, California. Alfred was the son of emigrants from Bohemia, then in the Austrian Empire, Lorenz Flor and Anna Wiesner, who was from Bischofteinitz. Heidi’s great-grandmother Nellie was the daughter of David Collins Wilkinson and Anna Louisa Jewell, whose own mother was Irish.

Heidi’s maternal grandmother was Betty Ailene Taylor (the daughter of Harry Estel Taylor and Olga Josephine Johnson). Betty was born in San Diego, California. Harry was the son of John Newton Taylor and Sarah Elizabeth Thompson, and had deep roots in the U.S. Heidi’s great-grandmother Olga was the daughter of Erick Andreas Johnson, who was a Norwegian emigrant, from Mosjoen, Nordland; and of Julia Pauline Olsen, whose parents were also Norwegian.

Source: Genealogy of Heidi Lenhart – https://www.familysearch.org