Julie Brown

Brown in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Julie Ann Brown

Place of Birth: Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: August 31, c. mid 1950s

Ethnicity: Mexican (maternal grandmother), Irish, German, English, Cornish, Welsh

Julie Brown is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, songwriter, and television director.

Julie is the daughter of Celia and Leonard Brown. Her parents both worked for NBC TV. She has a son with her former husband Ken Rathgen.

Julie is a second cousin of actor, writer, and blogger Wil Wheaton. Her paternal great-grandparents, Francis Leo O’Connor and Susan C. Gay, were also Wil’s maternal great-grandparents.

Julie’s paternal grandfather was Leonard Mowry Brown (the son of Mowry Charles Brown and Esther Bell Williams). Leonard was born in Illinois. Julie’s great-grandfather Mowry was the son of Charles Egbert Brown and Frances Mary Burritt. Esther was of Cornish descent, and was the daughter of William W. Williams and Rosina Edwards.

Julie’s paternal grandmother was Madeline Juliana O’Connor (the daughter of Francis Leo A. “Frank” O’Connor and Susan C. Gay). Dwyer was born in Kings County, New York. Frank O’Connor was an actor and director in the early 1900s. He was of Irish origin, and was the son of John O’Connor and Julia O’Dwyer/Dwyer. Susan was the daughter of William Gay, who was born in New York, to German parents, and of Louise Zuengat.

Julie’s maternal grandfather was Dewitt McCann (the son of Amos McCann and Effie Nona Evans). Amos was the son of Morgan M. McCann and Eliza Ann Brockman.

Julie’s maternal grandmother was named Celia Jimenez. Celia was born in Mexico.

Sources: Marriage record of Julie’s maternal great-grandparents, Francis Leo O’Connor and Susan C. Gay –

Julie’s maternal great-grandmother, Susan C. Gay, on the 1900 U.S. Census –

Marriage record of Julie’s maternal great-great-grandparents, William Gay and Louise Jungst/Zuengat –