Simmons in 2017, photo by kathclick/www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Lili Marie Simmons
Place of Birth: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, San Diego, California, United States
Date of Birth: July 23, 1993
Ethnicity:
*mother – English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch
Lili Simmons is an American actress and model. Her roles include the films Fat Kid Rules the World, Bone Tomahawk, Bad Match, and Sound of Violence, the shows Banshee, True Detective, Hawaii Five-0, Ray Donovan, Westworld, The Purge, and Power Book IV: Force, and the made-for-tv movie Geek Charming.
Lili’s paternal grandfather was professional baseball player Curt Simmons (Curtis Thomas Simmons). Curt was born in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania.
Lili’s maternal grandfather was Walter Ross Mortensen (the son of Walter Mortensen and Agnes C. Danielson). Walter was born in California, to Danish parents, George Mortensen and Anna. Agnes was also born in California, to William Danielson, who was Swedish, and Catherine Jakobsen, who was Norwegian.
Lili’s maternal grandmother was Joanne Derling Mead (the daughter of Chester Ira Mead and Dorothy Spry). Joanne was born in Canada, to American parents. Chester was the son of Lewis Mead and Wesselina Hendrika “Hattie” TeRonde, whose parents were Dutch. Dorothy was the daughter of Harvey Roscoe Spry and Mabel Bird Curtis.
Sources: Genealogy of Lili’s mother – http://www.disnorge.no
Lili’s maternal grandfather, Walter Ross Mortensen, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Lili’s maternal great-grandfather, Chester Ira Mead – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Lili’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Wesselina “Hattie” Hendrika TeRonde – http://genealogy.jostko.com
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