List of Show Business Families - Families - C

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Caan

• Actor James Caan is the father of fellow actor Scott Caan.

Cameron-Noble-Bure

• Actors Kirk Cameron and Candace Cameron Bure are brother and sister. Kirk's wife is actress Chelsea Noble. Candace's husband is hockey player Valeri Bure.

Capra

• Film director Frank Capra was the father of movie studio executive Frank Capra, Jr.
  • Frank, Jr. was in turn father to film director Frank Capra III.

Carey-Baskauskas

• Actor Macdonald Carey was the father of singer and actress Lynn Carey.
  • Another daughter of his, Theresa, is the mother of reality television personality Aras Baskauskas.

Carradine/Bowen/Plimpton

• Actor John Carradine was the father of four actors. Bruce Carradine, whom John adopted, was the son of his first wife Ardanelle McCool from a previous marriage, and David Carradine was his son by Ardanelle. Keith and Robert Carradine are John's sons from his second marriage to Sonia Sorel. She would later have a son by artist Michael Bowen; their son is actor Michael Bowen.
  • Keith is the father of actress Martha Plimpton from a relationship with actress Shelley Plimpton.
  • Robert is the father of actress Ever Carradine.

Carpio

• Asian singing star Teresa Carpio, herself from a musical family, is the mother of actress and singer T.V. Carpio

Carter/Cash

• The original Carter Family, a seminal country music group, consisted of A. P. Carter, his wife Sara Carter, and his sister-in-law and Sara's cousin Maybelle Carter.
  • Two of A. P. and Sara's children, Joe Carter and Janette Carter, followed in their parents' footsteps.
  • Maybelle had three daughters who entered the country music business, and performed with her for a time—Anita Carter, June Carter Cash, and Helen Carter.
    • June and her first husband, country singer Carl Smith, were the parents of country singer Carlene Carter.
    • June was the mother of country singer-songwriter Rosie Nix Adams by her second husband, Edwin "Rip" Nix.
    • June's third husband was singer Johnny Cash. They were the parents of singer, songwriter, and producer John Carter Cash.
    • Johnny was the father of country singer Rosanne Cash from his first marriage to Vivian Liberto.

Cassavetes

• Actress Katherine Cassavetes was the mother of director John Cassavetes.
  • John and his wife, actress Gena Rowlands, were parents to filmmakers Nick Cassavetes director of The Notebook, Zoe Cassavetes director of Broken English, and Alexandra Cassavetes.

Cassidy-Jones

• Actor Jack Cassidy was the father of singer/actor David Cassidy by his first wife, actress Evelyn Ward. He and his second wife, singer and actress Shirley Jones, had three sons—singer/actor Shaun Cassidy and actors Patrick and Ryan Cassidy.
  • David's first wife was actress Kay Lenz. He is the father of actress and singer Katie Cassidy from a relationship with model Sherry Benedon.
  • Shaun was formerly married to model Ann Pennington and actress Susan Diol. His current wife is producer Tracey Turner.

Chambers

• Singer Lester Chambers is the brother of Willie, George and Joe Chambers and like them a former member of 1960s group The Chambers Brothers. He is the father of artist Dylan Chambers.

Chan

• Actor Jaycee is the son of actors Joan Lin and Jackie Chan (a famous martial artist).

Chaney

• Lon Chaney, Sr. is the father of actor Lon Chaney, Jr.

Chapin

• Jazz drummer Jim Chapin is the father of musicians Harry, Tom, and Steve Chapin.
  • Harry was the father of singer Jen Chapin.
  • Tom is the father of Abigail and Lily Chapin, two-thirds of the Chapin Sisters folk music group. He is the stepfather of the third member, Jessica Craven, daughter of film director Wes Craven.

Chaplin

• Comedian Charlie Chaplin was the half-brother of actor Sydney Chaplin and the father of actors Sydney Chaplin and Geraldine Chaplin.

Chong

• Actor-comedian Tommy Chong is the father of fellow actors Marcus, Robbi and Rae Dawn Chong.

Cheng

• Actor Joyce Cheng is the daughter of fellow actors Adam and Lydia Shum.

Chuckle-Patton

• Paul and Barry Chuckle, known as the Chuckle Brothers, and their elder brothers, The Patton Brothers are the son of James Patton Elliott, a Gang Show performer known as Gene Patton. The brothers appears together on ChuckleVision.

Clooney-Ferrer-Boone

• News anchor and politician Nick Clooney is the father of actor/producer/director George Clooney; George was married to actress Talia Balsam, daughter of Joyce Van Patten and Martin Balsam.
• Nick's sister is singer Rosemary Clooney; she was married to actor José Ferrer, who in turn was previously married to actress/acting teacher Uta Hagen. Clooney and Ferrer were the parents of actor Miguel Ferrer and Gabriel Ferrer.
  • Gabriel married singer/actress Debby Boone; their twin daughters are Dustin Ferrer and artist Gabi Ferrer.
  • Debby is a member of the Boone Sisters singing group. The girls are the cousins of actor Randy Boone and the daughters of singer Pat Boone.

Note: Actor Mel Ferrer is unrelated to this family

Clunes

• Actor/producer Alec Clunes was the father of actor Martin Clunes

Coen-McDormand

• Brothers Ethan Coen and Joel Coen; Joel married actress Frances McDormand

Cole

• Musician Nathaniel Adams Coles (known popularly as Nat King Cole) was the father of singer/songwriter Natalie Maria Cole.

Compton-Pelissier-Reed

• Actor Fay Compton (whose brother was the writer Sir Compton Mackenzie) married the producer H.G.Pelissier; their son was producer/director Anthony Pelissier who married actor Penelope Dudley-Ward; their daughter being actor Tracy Reed who adopted the surname Reed following her mother's second marriage – to film director Sir Carol Reed, Tracy married actor Edward Fox (see Fox acting family below)

Connery

• Actor Sean Connery is the brother of fellow actor Neil Connery; Sean's son is actor Jason Connery, who was married to Mia Sara.

Conte

• Guitarist Bruce Conte of Tower of Power is the cousin of bassist Victor Conte

Contostavlos

• Mungo Jerry bassist Byron Contostavlos is the father of Dino "Dappy" Contostavlos and uncle of Tula "Tulisa" Contostavlos, both of N-Dubz.

Coppola-Shire-Schwartzman-Vogelsang-Cage

• Composers Anton Coppola and the late Carmine Coppola are brothers.
  • Carmine was the father of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, as well as literature professor August Coppola.
    • Talia's first marriage was to composer David Shire. She is the widow of producer Jack Schwartzman. Shire and Schwartzman are the parents of actor/musicians Jason Schwartzman & Robert Carmine, and Jack was the father of cinematographer John Schwartzman by an earlier marriage.
    • Francis and his wife, set decorator and artist Eleanor Neal Coppola, are the parents of film producer Gian-Carlo Coppola, director Roman Coppola, and film multihyphenate Sofia Coppola. Sofia was once married to director Spike Jonze.
    • August and his former wife, dancer and choreographer Joy Vogelsang, are parents of actor and radio DJ Marc Coppola, director-producer Christopher Coppola, and actor Nicholas Coppola, better known by his stage name of Nicolas Cage. Nicolas was married to both actress Patricia Arquette and singer Lisa Marie Presley.

Corbett

• Harry Corbett, creator of the Sooty glove puppet and its TV shows, is the father of Matthew Corbett.

Corr

• Jim, Andrea, Caroline and Sharon Corr are members of the Irish-based folk group The Corrs

Costello

• Actor Maurice Costello and daughters Dolores Costello and Helene Costello. Great-granddaughter Drew Barrymore (granddaughter of Dolores).

Crosby-Edwards

• Singer-actor Bing Crosby was the father of: Gary; Dennis; Phillip;Harry; Lindsay; Mary and Nathaniel. Dennis was the father of actress Denise Crosby, who was married to Blake Edwards' son Geoff. Geoff's sister is actress Jennifer Edwards.

Crosby-Raymond

• Oscar-winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby was the father of David Crosby of The Byrds and CSNY fame.
  • David is part of the jazz-rock band CPR with his biological son James Raymond.

Cruise-Kidman

• Connor Cruise is the adopted son of actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

Culkin

• Bonnie Bedelia Culkin is the sister of Kit Culkin who is the father of actors, Macaulay Culkin, Kieran Culkin, Dakota Culkin, Rory Culkin, Shane Culkin, Christian Culkin and Quinn Culkin. Macaulay was married to actress Rachel Miner.

Cumberbatch-Ventham

• Actors Timothy Carlton (full name Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch) and Wanda Ventham are the parents of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

Curtis-Leigh-Guest

• Actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh are the parents of actresses Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis; the girls' half-sister is actress Allegra Curtis. Jamie Lee's husband is comedian and actor Christopher Guest.

Cusack (Ireland)

• Actor Cyril Cusack is the father of four daughters, Niamh, Sorcha, Sinéad and Catherine all of whom act. Sinéad Cusack is married to actor Jeremy Irons.

Cusack (USA)

• Actors John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Ann Cusack (The Jeff Foxworthy Show), Bill Cusack, and Susie Cusack are all siblings; their father Dick Cusack took to acting late in life.

Cyrus

• Singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus and his daughter Miley Cyrus star together in Hannah Montana. Billy Ray's adopted son and Miley's half-brother Trace Cyrus is a member of pop band Metro Station. The youngest member of the family, Noah, is an actress.