I'm surprised no one has figured out this is a bunch of sh**.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Carol Channing
klancyandkozmo — 11 years ago(September 19, 2014 08:45 AM)
I'm surprised no one has figured out this is a bunch of sh**.
If one only did a genealogical search you would find her father listed in the census as white.
Not only that but her grandmother and grandfather Albert is listed as being born in Sweden in 1859.
Albert's father was Robert and listed as being born in Sweden. Albert's wife was Albertina Zettergren also born in Sweden.
Albertina's father was Johann Gustave Zettergren and her mother Anna Berglund.
Carol's mother was born in Nebraska and her parents were born in Germany and Illinois.
This is such a made up story. Carol never mentions her mother's maiden name. But in any event she is not black on her say-so alone. I'm not sure how more white she can be. -
MyMovieTVRomance — 11 years ago(April 06, 2015 03:06 AM)
Sounds like you could be on to something. But, the thing that makes me think she may be telling the truth in that regard is that if you watch
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012)
, a picture of her parents is briefly shown at one point, and her dad looked rather bi-racial to mehe was a bit darker than an average tanned Caucasian too.
In additio5b4n, she said her mother was of Jewish heritage, which I was shocked about, cause I would have never figured Carol for being Jewish at all, not even in heritage onlybecause she was always talking about growing up Christian and seemed very American Christian in the way she would talk.
So honestly, if what you say is true, I'm not sure what to believe
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boudicea1967 — 10 years ago(April 28, 2015 05:07 PM)
It does say in her biography that her paternal grandmother was African American. It was common of someone who was African American and had "good skin" (a saying a long time ago, not mine) and could pass for white and they did because at that time, it did give them an advantage.
Would it matter? I am not wanting to be rude or anything, but would she be any less Carol Channing if she were a fourth Black? Would that make her less loveable, because she has to be one of the most loveable people in the US. Do you think it would make her any less of who she is if she was.
Here is something I found at a quick reference. She is still larger than life regardless of her heritage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Channing -
mmw_rocket — 10 years ago(September 21, 2015 11:27 AM)
Fredrik Reinfeldt was also born in Sweden. He even became Prime Minister for a time. He was still part black and would have been put on the "color car" during Jim Crow just like Homer Plessy of infamous Plessy vs Ferguson fame, (Plessy was 1/8th white).
Many people would be surprised how many "white" people have mixed background. Slash, Nicole Richie, Rashida Jones, Troian Bellisario, Wentworth Miller, Jennifer Beals, Tom Morello, Frank Dillane, Brady Quinn, Gabrielle Reece, Rebecca Hall, Jessica Szohr, Pete Wentz, Adriana Lima, Victoria Rowell's daughter Maya Fahey, Eartha Kitt's daughter Kitt Shapiro (ne McDonald), and Donna Summer's daughter Mimi all have recent black ancestry. -
Mr_Ectoplasma — 10 years ago(October 06, 2015 08:12 PM)
Not so fast according to the 1900 US census, Channing's father, George, and his siblings in August, Georgia, all identified as black according to records. Her father was most likely bi-racial. The extent to which this qualifies Carol as "black" is disputable, but she IS technically partially African American through her father's lineage. She is multi-racial, with African American a part of it.