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Birth Name: Leonard Von Dohlen, IV
Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 22, 1958
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, English, Irish, French
Lenny Von Dohlen is an American film, television, and stage actor.
Lenny is the son of Gay (Aoueille) and Leonard Harold Von Dohlen, III. Lenny was raised in Goliad, Texas.
Lenny’s paternal grandfather was Leonard Harold Von Dohlen, II (the son of Leonard Meyer Von Dohlen and Lucy Hill Byrne). Lenny’s great-grandfather Leonard was the son of George von Dohlen, who was from Hanover, Germany, and of Adelaide Seeligson, whose own parents were Dutch and English Jews. Lenny’s great-grandmother Lucy was the daughter of Thomas King Byrne, Jr., whose own father was Irish, and of Mary Elizabeth Throckmorton.
Lenny’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth O’Connell (the daughter of Timothy Bartholomew “Tim” O’Connell and Elizabeth Merriman). Lenny’s great-grandfather Timothy was born in Texas, to parents from County Cork, Ireland, Sim O’Connell and Ellen Kelloher/Kellkner.
Lenny’s maternal grandfather was Bernard Aoueille (the son of John M. Aoueille and Jeannette/Jeannett). John was born in France. Jeannette was born in Louisiana, to a father from France and a mother from Ireland.
Lenny’s maternal grandmother was Ida Caulfield (the daughter of George Leon Caulfield/Caulfeild and Ida Cox). George was the son of William Douglas Caulfield and Annie A. Caston.
Sources: Obituary of Lenny’s father – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Lenny’s paternal great-grandfather, Leonard Meyer Von Dohlen – http://www.findagrave.com
Lenny’s maternal grandfather on the 1920 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org