Richard Tiffany Gere
b. 1949 - d. Living
Actor
My Maternal 10th Cousin 1X Removed
Shared Ancestor:
Stephen Hopkins, Mayflower Passenger
Who Is Richard Gere?
Richard Tiffany Gere was born 31 August 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The son of Homer George Gere and Doris Ann Tiffany.
He is a 1967 graduate of North Syracuse Central High School in New York. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst for two years on a gymnastics scholarship, majoring in philosophy. He did not graduate.
Gere first worked professionally at the Seattle Repertory Theatre and Provincetown Playhouse on Cape Cod in 1969, where he starred in
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. His first major acting role was in the original London stage version of Grease in 1973. Gere was one of the first notable Hollywood actors to play a homosexual character, starring as a gay Holocaust victim in the 1979 Broadway production of Bent. His performance earned him a Theatre World Award.
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My Relationship To Richard Gere
My Maternal 10th Cousin 1X Removed
Shared Ancestor:
Stephen Hopkins, Mayflower Passenger
Stephen Hopkins to Me
Stephen Hopkins b. 1581 d. 1644
My Maternal 10th Great Grandfather
Giles Hopkins - b. 1609 d. 1690
My Maternal 9th Great Grandfather
Son of Stephen Hopkins
Deborah Hopkins - b. 1648 d. 1727
My Maternal 8th Great Grandmother
Daughter of Giles Hopkins
Joshua Cook - b. 1682 d. 1746
My Maternal 7th Great Grandfather
Son of Deborah Hopkins
Ephraim Cook - b. 1712 d. 1778
My Maternal 6th Great Grandfather
Son of Joshua Cook
Abigail Cook - b. 1758 d. ????
My Maternal 5th Great Grandmother
Daughter of Ephraim Cook
Shubael Perkins - b. 1781 d. 1866
My Maternal 4th Great Grandfather
Son of Abigail Cook
Samuel Perkins - b. 1817 d. 1903
My Maternal 3rd Great Grandfather
Son of Shubael Perkins
Martha Jane Perkins - b. 1850 d. 1947
My Maternal 2nd Great Grandmother
Daughter of Samuel Perkins
Fannie Elena Tillotson - b. 1867 d. 1951
My Maternal Great Grandmother
Daughter of Martha Jane Perkins
Lee Orville Collins - b. 1904 d. 1959
My Maternal Grandfather
Son of Fannie Elena Tillotson
Elaine Rose Collins - b. 1937 d. Living
My Mother
Daughter of Lee Orville Collins
Stephen Hopkins to Richard Gere
Stephen Hopkins b. 1581 d. 1644
Richard's Paternal 9th Great Grandfather
Damaris Hopkins - b. 1615 d. 1666
Richard's Paternal 8th Great Grandmother
Daughter of Stephen Hopkins
Jacob Cooke - b. 1653 d. 1747
Richard's Paternal 7th Great Grandfather
Son of Damaris Hopkins
Margaret Cooke - b. 1695 d. 1742
Richard's Paternal 6th Great Grandmother
Daughter of Jacob Cooke
Sarah Lazell - b. 1732 d. 1769
Richard's Paternal 5th Great Grandmother
Daughter of Margaret Cooke
Ruth Elmes - b. 1758 d. 1845
Richard's Paternal 4th Great Grandmother
Daughter of Sarah Lazell
Lucinda Fuller - b. 1793 d. 1880
Richard's Paternal 3rd Great Grandmother
Daughter of Ruth Elmes
Sarah Tewksbury - b. 1825 d. 1911
Richard's Paternal 2nd Great Grandmother
Daughter of Lucinda Fuller
George Lane Gere - b. 1848 d. 1932
Richard's Paternal Great Grandfather
Son of Sarah Tewksbury
Albert William Gere - b. 1889 d. 1967
Richard's Paternal Grandfather
Son of George Lane Gere
Homer G. Gere - b. 1922 d. Living
Richard's Father
Son of Albert William Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere - b. 1949 d. Living
Son of Homer G. Gere
Cynthia Jean Meyers-Germany
Me
Daughter of Elaine Rose Collins