This week's famous cousin is my 7th cousin 1x removed Vincent Leonard Price (1911-1993), the famous horror film movie star.
Here is Leonard Vincent Price's Family Search Family Tree short biography:
When Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was born on 27 May 1911, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Vincent Leonard Price Sr., was 39 and his mother, Marguerite Cobb Wilcox, was 36. He married Edith Barrett Williams on 4 December 1935, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1950 and lived in Clayton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1935. In 1935, his occupation is listed as actor, voice actor, art historian, art collector, gourmet cook. He died on 25 October 1993, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in California, United States.
The Wikipedia profile for Vincent Leonard Price includes this information:
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television.[1]
Price's first film role was as a leading man in the 1938 comedy Service de Luxe. He became a character actor, appearing in The Song of Bernadette (1943), Laura (1944), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Dragonwyck (1946), and The Ten Commandments (1956). He established himself in the horror genre with roles in House of Wax (1953), The Fly (1958), House on Haunted Hill (1959), Return of the Fly (1959), The Tingler (1959), The Last Man on Earth (1964), Witchfinder General (1968), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Theatre of Blood (1973). He collaborated with Roger Corman on a series of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, including House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Haunted Palace (1963), and The Masque of the Red Death (1964). Price appeared in the television series Batman as Egghead.
Here is the Relative Finder chart showing my relationship to Vincent Leonard Price:
My most recent common ancestor with 7th cousin 1x removed Vincent Leonard Price are my 7th great-grandparents Samuel Smith (1641-1691) and Sarah Clark (1651-1704).
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Hey, cus. Vincent is my 6th cousin. Our common ancestor is Samuel (b. 1701) and Margaret Kelsey (b. 1702).
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