Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Tea Leoni-Biography

Leoni was born Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni (/ˈteɪə pɑːntəleɪˈoʊniː/) in New York City, the daughter of Emily (née Patterson), a dietician and nutritionist, and Anthony Pantaleoni, a corporate lawyer of the firm Fulbright & Jaworski.[1][2] Leoni’s mother is a native of Texas, and her father is of Italian and Polish descent.[3][4] Leoni’s paternal grandmother, Helen "Helenka" Tradusa Adamowska (1901 - 1987), was a film and stage actress who was a sister of Józef and Tymoteusz Adamowski, who with Józef's wife of Antonina Szumowska-Adamowsk were the Adamowski Trio.[5][6] Leoni's paternal great-grandfather was the brother of Italian economist and politician Maffeo Pantaleoni.[5]

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