Kathy Baker

Baker in 2017, photo by kathclick/www.bigstockphoto.com/

Birth Name: Katherine Whitton Baker

Place of Birth: Midland, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 8, 1950

Ethnicity: French (maternal grandmother), English, some Irish, 1/32 Polish

Kathy Baker is an American actress. Her roles include the films The Right Stuff (1983), A Killing Affair, Street Smart (1987), Permanent Record, Clean and Sober (1988), Jacknife, Dad (1989), Edward Scissorhands, Mister Frost, Article 99, Jennifer 8, Mad Dog and Glory, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, Inventing the Abbots, The Cider House Rules, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, The Glass House (2001), Ten Tiny Love Stories, Assassination Tango, Cold Mountain, 13 Going on 30, Nine Lives (2005), All the King’s Men (2006), The Jane Austen Book Club, Last Chance Harvey, Miss Nobody, Take Shelter, Seven Days in Utopia, Machine Gun Preacher, Big Miracle, Saving Mr. Banks, The Trials of Cate McCall, Return to Zero, Boulevard (2014), The Age of Adaline, The Party Is Over, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, The Art of Racing in the Rain, and Love Is Love Is Love; the made-for-tv movies A Season for Miracles, Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story, Door to Door, the Jesse Stone franchise, Too Big to Fail, Sister Cities, and Paterno; and the series Picket Fences, Boston Public, Those Who Kill, The Ranch, I’m Sorry, Love, Teacup, and Orphan Black: Echoes.

She is the daughter of Helene Andree and John Seaward Baker, who was a geologist and educator. Her mother was born in France, to an American father and a French mother. Kathy is married to director and producer Steven Robman. She has two children with her former husband Donald Camillieri.

Kathy’s paternal grandfather was Joshua Hamblen Baker (the son of Joshua Hamblin Baker and Lucy Arnold Shaw). Kathy’s grandfather Joshua was born in Massachusetts. Kathy’s great-grandfather Joshua was the son of Lorenzo Dow Baker, one of the founders of the United Fruit Company, and of Martha M. Hopkins. Lucy was the daughter of John George Shaw and Susan Harriet Seaward.

Kathy’s paternal grandmother was Theodoria Muldaur (the daughter of George Barton Muldaur and Caroline Theodora Southmayd). Kathy’s grandmother Theodoria was born in New York. George was the son of Alonzo Washington Muldaur and Elizabeth Helen Sayre. Caroline was the daughter of John A. Southmayd and Ellen W. Dayton. It appears that Kathy’s great-great-grandfather Alonzo’s father, John Maurice Muldaurowizch, was born in Poland, the son of Thomas Anthony Muldaurowizch and Serafina Markiewiczcova, and lived in Puerto Rico.

Kathy’s maternal grandfather was John Boardman Whitton (the son of Charles Francis Whitton and Helen Scott Blakeslee). John was born in California. Charles was the son of Abel Whitton and Ann Boardman Riley. Helen was the daughter of Samuel Valentine Blakeslee and Sarah Parker Wakefield.

Kathy’s maternal grandmother was Eva Marie Andree Laguerre. Eva was born in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Sources: Genealogy of Kathy Baker – https://www.geni.com

Kathy’s paternal great-grandparents, George Barton Muldaur and Caroline Theodora Southmayd, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org