List of show business families

This is a list of show business families. Compare to List of U.S. political families. It's contemporary (20th century) and Amerocentric at the moment, but can/will/should be expanded. The guideline is at least one of the relationships in the clan should be by blood--siblings, parents, children, cousins, etc. See also: List of Hollywood celebrity couples

Families

Arquette acting family
- Comedian/actor/pianist/songwriter Cliff Arquette was father of actor Lewis Arquette, who was father of actors Patricia Arquette (once married to actor Nicolas Cage), Rosanna Arquette (onetime wife of film composer James Newton Howard; ex former longtime-cohabitant with musician Peter Gabriel), and David Arquette; David is married to Courteney Cox

Baldwin acting family
- Brothers and actors Alec Baldwin, William Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin; Alec formerly married to actress Kim Basinger

Barrymore acting family
- Actress and producer Drew Barrymore is descended from a renowned acting family: Her parents are actress and manager Ildiko Jaid (Mako) Barrymore and the late actor John Drew Barrymore, who was the son of renowned classical actor and playboy John Barrymore

Bateman acting family
- Actor Jason Bateman is brother of actress Justine Bateman

Beatty-MacLaine-Bening acting-producing family
- Warren Beatty, brother of Shirley MacLaine and husband of Annette Bening

Belushi acting-comedy family
- Brothers James Belushi and John Belushi

Bridges acting family
- Actor Lloyd Bridges was father of actors Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges

Carradine/Plimpton acting family
- Actor John Carradine, father of actors David Carradine, Keith Carradine (father of actress Martha Plimpton) and Robert Carradine (father of actress Ever Carradine)

Clooney-Ferrer acting-singing family
- Singer Rosemary Clooney, sister of news anchor and politician Nick Clooney, who is father of actor/producer/director George Clooney; Rosemary married actor José Ferrer, who was ex-husband of actress and acting teacher Uta Hagen; Clooney and Ferrer were parents of actor Miguel Ferrer

Coen-McDormand producing-directing-acting family
- Brothers Ethan Coen and Joel Coen; Joel married actress Frances McDormand

Coppola acting-directing family
- Composer Carmine Coppola was father of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire; Talia’s first husband was composer David Shire, and is mother of actor Jason Schwartzmann; Francis is father of director Sofia Coppola and Roman Coppola; Sofia was once married to director Spike Jonze; Talia and Francis are aunt and uncle to actor Nicolas Cage, who was formerly married to actress Patricia Arquette and pop singer Lisa Marie Presley

Cusack acting family
- Actors John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Ann Cusack (The Jeff Foxworthy Show), Bill Cusack, and Susie Cusack are all siblings; their father Dick Cusack also took to acting late in life

Daly acting family
- Actor James Daly was father of actress Tyne Daly and actor Tim Daly

Deschanel cinematography-acting family
- Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, father of actresses Zooey Deschanel and Emily Deschanel

Disney animation/entertainment conglomerate family
- Animation pioneer Walt Disney was brother of Roy O. Disney; the two founded The Walt Disney Company, Roy's son Roy E. Disney was once head of Walt Disney Feature Animation before resigning

Dunne-Didion writing-acting family
- Writer John Gregory Dunne was husband of writer Joan Didion and brother of journalist Dominick Dunne; Dominick is father to actor-director Griffin Dunne and murdered actress Dominique Dunne

d'Abo acting family
- Olivia d'Abo, actress, second cousin of actress Maryam d'Abo

Elfman acting-composing family
- Danny Elfman, musician and film composer, married to actress Bridget Fonda (see below, "Fonda acting family"); brother of film director Richard Elfman, Richard is father of actor Bodhi Elfman, who married actress Jenna Elfman; Jenna is neice of singer Tony Butala of The Lettermen

Fairbanks acting-producing family
- Actor/producer Douglas Fairbanks married actress Mary Pickford; father of actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Fisher-Reynolds-Taylor acting family
- Singer Eddie Fisher married actress and singer Debbie Reynolds, by whom he fathered actress and writer Carrie Fisher; he later married actress Elizabeth Taylor, and later still singer Connie Stevens, which marriage produced actress Joely Fisher

Fonda acting family
- Actor Henry Fonda was father of actress Jane Fonda and actor Peter Fonda; Jane is formerly wife of, director Roger Vadim, political activist Tom Hayden, and media mogul Ted Turner; she and Hayden are parents of actor Troy Garity; Peter Fonda is father of actress Bridget Fonda, who married musician Danny Elfman (see above, "Elfman acting-composing family")

Goldwyn producing-acting family
- Samuel Goldwyn and son Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., his wife Jennifer Howard, daughter of Sidney Howard, and their sons John Goldwyn and Tony Goldwyn
Gooding singing-acting family
- Singer Cuba Gooding is father of actors Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Omar Gooding

Gumm-Garland-Minnelli acting-singing-directing family
- Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm) married film director Vincente Minnelli as her second husband, and they were the parents of actress Liza Minnelli; Garland’s third husband was producer Sidney Luft, and by him was mother of cabaret singer Lorna Luft

Gyllenhaal acting family
- Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal are the children of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and writer Naomi Foner

Hanks-Wilson acting family
- Actor Tom Hanks married actress Rita Wilson; actor Colin Hanks is Tom’s son from his first marriage

Hawn-Russell-Hudson acting-producing family
- Goldie Hawn and longtime partner Kurt Russell, Goldie's daughter Kate Hudson, married to Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson

Jones-Lipton producing-singing-acting family
- Musician and producer Quincy Jones with ex-wife actress Peggy Lipton had a daughter, actress Rashida Jones

Lowe-Swank
- Rob Lowe, brother of Chad Lowe, who is husband of Hilary Swank

Marshall directing-acting family
- Director Garry Marshall brother of actress-director Penny Marshall

Osmond singing-acting family
- Actors/Singers/Television Hosts Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond are brother and sister

Paltrow-Danner-Martin
- Bruce Paltrow with wife Blythe Danner, parents of Gwyneth Paltrow, now wed to Chris Martin

Penn writing-directing-acting-songwriting family
- Writer-director Leo Penn, father of actor Sean Penn, actor Chris Penn and musician Michael Penn; Sean was married first to Madonna and now to Robin Wright Penn; Michael married to musician Aimee Mann

Plummer acting family
- Actor Christopher Plummer is father of actress Amanda Plummer

Presley singing-acting family
- Rock ‘n Roll singer Elvis Presley and wife Priscilla Presley were parents of pop singer Lisa Marie Presley; she is the former wife of pop star Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage

Prinze-Gellar acting family
- Comedian and actor Freddie Prinze was father of actor Freddie Prinze, Jr. who married actress Sarah Michelle Gellar

Quaid acting family
- Brothers Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid. Dennis formerly married to Meg Ryan

Richardson-Redgrave acting family
- Roy Redgrave and son Sir Michael Redgrave, father of siblings Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, Vanessa is mother of Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson. Natasha is married to actor Liam Neeson.

Ritter singing-acting family
- Country singer Tex Ritter was father of actor John Ritter and grandfather of actor Jason Ritter; John was married to actress Amy Yasbeck at the time of his death.

Robards-Bacall acting family
- Jason Robards, Jr., son of actor Jason Robards, Sr.; once married to Lauren Bacall, who was formerly wife of Humphrey Bogart; Robards was the father of actors Sam Robards (with Bacall) and Jason Robards III (with his third wife, Lois O'Connor).

Roberts acting family
- Actress Julia Roberts is sister of actor Eric Roberts, who is the father of actress Emma Roberts.

Selznick-Mayer
- Lewis J. Selznick, father of David O. Selznick, who married Irene Mayer, daughter of Louis B. Mayer

Sheen/Estevez acting family
- Martin Sheen (born Ramón Estevez) married to actress Janet Templeton with four children, all actors: Charlie Sheen (born Carlos Estevez), Emilio Estevez, Ramón Estevez, Jr., Renée Estevez

Spielberg-Capshaw directing-acting family
- Director Steven Spielberg, married first to actress Amy Irving, is now husband of actress Kate Capshaw; her daughter is actress Jessica Capshaw