LORNE GREENE (1915 - 1987)

Lyon Himan Green (born February 12, 1915; died September 11, 1987)—better known as Lorne Greene—was a Canadian actor, famous for his starring role in the series *Bonanza*. Greene was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Russian-Jewish immigrants Daniel and Dora Green. Greene married twice: first to Rita Hands, from Toronto (1938–1960; divorced). They had twins, born in 1945: Belinda Susan Bennet (née Greene) and Charles Greene. His second wife was Nancy Deale (1961–1987, until Greene’s death), with whom he had a daughter, Gillian Dania Greene, born on January 6, 1968, in Los Angeles, California.