Russell Crowe 2006. Crowe was born on 7 April 1964 in the Wellington suburb of Strathmore Park, the son of Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom were film set caterers; his father also managed a hotel. Crowe's maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who was named an MBE for filming footage of World War II. Crowe's paternal grandfather, John Doubleday Crowe, was from Wrexham, Wales, while one of Crowe's maternal great-great-grandmothers was Māori. Crowe also has English, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Scottish, Swedish, and Welsh ancestry. He is a cousin of former New Zealand cricket captains
Eileen Crowe Eileen Crowe Eileen Crowe was an Irish actress. She was born in 1898 in Dublin, Ireland. She was married to Peter Judge, an actor whose stage name was F. J. McCormick. Eileen had a career with the Abbey Theatre from 1921–1970. During that time, she appeared in many productions where she had a variety of roles, these can be found in the Abbey theatre Archives She appeared in many films from 1936–1964 including "The Plough and the Stars" (1936), "The Quiet Man" (1952), "Home is the Hero" (1959) and "Girl with Green Eyes" (1964). Between 1931–1953 she appeared in the