Connell Family History & Genealogy

Gordon Connell was born on March 19, 1923 in Berkeley, Alameda County, California United States. He was married to Jane Connell in 1948, and they were together until Jane's death on September 22, 2013. He had children Melissa Connell and Maggie Connell. Gordon Connell died at age 93 years old on June 12, 2016 in Englewood, Bergen County, NJ. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gordon Connell.

Maggie Connell was born to Jane Connell and Gordon Connell, and has a sister Melissa Connell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maggie Connell.

Melissa Connell was born to Jane Connell and Gordon Connell, and has a sister Maggie Connell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Melissa Connell.

Jane Connell, Agnes Gooch of ‘Mame,’ Is Dead at 87 By JOHN SCHWARTZSEPT. 25, 2013 Jane Connell, a character actress best known for her portrayal of Agnes Gooch, the mousy secretary to the title character in the musical “Mame,” died on Sunday in Englewood, N.J. She was 87. Her daughter Maggie Connell confirmed the death, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home of the Actors Fund. Ms. Connell’s comedic flair tickled audiences for nearly six decades as she made her way from California nightclubs to the Broadway stage and beyond. In 1971, writing in The New York Times, Mel Gussow applauded her portrayal of Mrs. Hardcastle in a production of “She Stoops to Conquer.” “She strides through this production with grace and confidence, never playing for laughs, but getting most of them,” he wrote, adding, “One would like to see her in Molière, Sheridan and Shaw.” She performed in a dozen Broadway shows, including the revue “New Faces of 1956” and two productions of Jerry Herman’s “Mame,” with Angela Lansbury, in 1966 and 1983. She also played Agnes Gooch in the 1974 movie version, starring Lucille Ball as Mame. There were nearly as many Off Broadway shows, including the acclaimed 1954 production of “The Threepenny Opera,” starring Lotte Lenya, as well as national tours, regional productions and a great deal of television. She appeared on sitcoms like “All in the Family,” “M*A*S*H” and “Bewitched” (she played Queen Victoria, among other roles) and, perhaps inevitably, “Law & Order.” Jane Connell, left, sings "Gooch's Song" to Angela Lansbury in the 1967 Broadway production of "Mame." Credit Leo Friedman “Being a child of the Depression, she said, ‘I never, ever want to be out of work,’ ” the actor Peter Ratray, a close friend of the Connell family, recounted. Jane Sperry Bennett was born on Oct. 27, 1925, in Oakland, Calif. In 1948 she married Gordon Connell, a fellow actor and musician, who survives her, along with her daughters, Maggie and Melissa Connell. The Connells worked in some of the most famous nightclubs of the day, performing musical revues at clubs including the Purple Onion and the hungry i in San Francisco and Le Ruban Bleu and Upstairs at the Downstairs in New York. A Times review by Arthur Gelb of a 1962 Off Broadway revue, “No Shoestrings,” called Ms. Connell “one of our most gifted comediennes.” “She has a comical way of puffing up her face like a pouter pigeon and of hitting a high note with a kind of hysterical relief that she got there,” Mr. Gelb wrote. In later years Ms. Connell had a wealth of Broadway roles. “Everybody was rediscovering this funny older actress,” her agent, Steven Unger, said.She appeared on Broadway in three shows written by Ken Ludwig: “Lend Me a Tenor” in 1989, the Gershwin musical “Crazy for You” in 1992 and “Moon Over Buffalo,” starring Carol Burnett, in 1995. She was also in Mr. Ludwig’s “Leading Ladies,” which did not reach Broadway, in 2004. Her last Broadway role, in 2001, was in “The Full Monty,” a musical adaptation of the hit 1997 film; she took over as Jeanette, the jaded pianist, after the death of Kathleen Freeman, who created the role on Broadway. Maggie Connell said that her mother loved the life of a character actor,

Cassie Shae Connell was born on December 13, 1992 to Sean Pittman and Tonya Pittman, and has a brother Jordan Cole. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cassie Shae Connell.

Victoria Lee (Vanderbush) Connell was born on November 16, 1959 in Alhambra, California United States to Victor Herbert Vanderbush and Sharon Lee (Stuck), and has a brother Lawrence Wayne Vanderbush. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Victoria Lee Vanderbush .

Anastasia (Connell) Beamish of Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC Australia was born in 1847 in Cork, CO Ireland. Anastasia Beamish was married to Francis Thomas Beamish in 1884, and died at age 78 years old on March 6, 1926 in Murrumbeena, VIC Australia.

Ruby F Connell of Farmington, Saint Francois County, MO was born on May 21, 1930 to Noah Francis Cecil. Ruby Connell died at age 74 years old on July 17, 2004.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Martin Connell.

Jane Christine (Connell) Pinette was born in 1937 to Louise Marie (Hagen) Connell and George Callan Connell, and had a sister Anne Louise (Connell) Coughland. She married James L Splude on January 10, 1955 in Maine United States, and they were married until James' death on June 23, 1993. They had children Dennis J. Splude, Richard Anthony Splude Sr., Jeffrey Michael Splude, Michelle M. (Splude), Jane C Splude, James L Splude, Cynthia L. Splude, and Kathleen M. (Splude) Simpson. She married Earnest Pinkham, and they were married until Earnest's death. She married Dennis Wayne Pinette Sr., and they were married until Dennis' death. Jane Pinette died at age 83 years old on January 16, 2021 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Cumberland County, and was buried at Brooklawn Memorial Park 2002 Congress St, in Portland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Christine (Connell) Pinette.

Berry James Connell Walker was born to John David Walker ((1873-19967)) and Mary Elsie Connell (1895-1973) and had brothers JD Walker (1912-2004) and James William Walker (1915-1978), and sisters Mary Alice (1917-2014) and Kathlene Walker who was born in 1927. On July 2nd 1942 Berry enlisted in the United States Army at Camp Blanding Florida and was given service number 14082412. In 1947, Berry married Helen Mary Shashy (1925-2010) and they had four children together.

George Callan Connell was born on April 19, 1899 in Portland, Maine United States to Jennie Jane Louise (Callan) Connell and Patrick Henry Connell, and had siblings Charles J. Connell and William Henry Connell. He married Louise Marie (Hagen) Connell on April 29, 1929 in Portland, Cumberland County, and they were married until George's death on June 17, 1960. George Connell had children Anne Louise (Connell) Coughland and Jane Christine (Connell) Pinette. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Callan Connell.

Anne Louise (Connell) Coughland of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine United States was born in 1931 to Louise Marie (Hagen) Connell and George Callan Connell. She has a sister Jane Christine (Connell) Pinette. Anne Connell married Robert Eugene Coughland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anne Louise (Connell) Coughland.

Louise Marie (Hagen) Connell of Portland, Cumberland County, ME was born on April 14, 1898 to Christopher John Hagan. She married George Callan Connell on April 29, 1929 in Portland, Cumberland County United States, and they were married until George's death on June 17, 1960. She had children Anne Louise (Connell) Coughland and Jane Christine (Connell) Pinette. Louise Connell died at age 88 years old on May 27, 1986 in Portland, Cumberland County, and was buried at Calvary Cemetery 1461 Broadway, in South Portland.

Joseph Bernard Connell of Malvern, City of Stonnington County, VIC Australia was born in 1889 in Clifton Hill, City of Yarra County to Jane (Mcsweney) Connell and William Ascension Connell. He had siblings Mary Gertrude Connell, Lucy Josephine Connell, Francis Aloysius Connell, and Leo Vincent Connell. He married Maud Olga (Hansen) Connell in 1909, and had children Raymond Joseph Connell, Esme Carmel Maud Connell, Nancy Agnes Connell, Merna Eileen Connell, and John Arthur Connell. Joseph Connell died at age 76 years old on October 20, 1966 in Malvern, City of Stonnington County.

Leo Vincent Connell of Coburg Australia was born on July 4, 1891 in Fitzroy North, VIC to Jane (Mcsweney) Connell and William Ascension Connell. He had siblings Mary Gertrude Connell, Lucy Josephine Connell, Francis Aloysius Connell, and Joseph Bernard Connell. He married Eileen Piper Connell in 1913, and had children Leo Forrest Connell and Reginald Maurice Connell. Leo Connell died at age 57 years old in 1948.

Francis Aloysius Connell of Clifton Hill, City of Yarra County, VIC Australia was born in 1901 in Clifton Hill. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Francis Aloysius Connell.

Lucy Josephine Connell of Fitzroy, City of Yarra County, VIC Australia was born in 1899 in Fitzroy to Jane (Mcsweney) Connell and William Ascension Connell. Lucy Connell has siblings Mary Gertrude Connell, Francis Aloysius Connell, Leo Vincent Connell, and Joseph Bernard Connell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lucy Josephine Connell.

Mary Gertrude (Connell) Reynolds of Melbourne, VIC Australia was born in 1894 in Carlton, City of Melbourne County to Jane (Mcsweney) Connell and William Ascension Connell. She had siblings Lucy Josephine Connell, Francis Aloysius Connell, Leo Vincent Connell, and Joseph Bernard Connell. Mary Reynolds died at age 70 years old in August 1965 in Melbourne.

John Theodore Connell of Hawthorn, City of Boroondara County, VIC Australia was born in 1877 in Northcote, City of Darebin County to Michael Connell and Mary Ann O'Neil Connell. He had siblings Margaret Winifred Connell, James Nicodemus Connell, Jane Elizabeth Connell, Robert Cyprian Connell, Agnes Honora Connell, Evelyn Mary Connell, Michael Ligouri Connell, Mary Lucy Connell, Gregory Augustine Connell, Dominic Vincent Connell, and William Ascension Connell. John Connell died at age 88 years old in 1966 in Hawthorn, City of Boroondara County.