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I think they mentioned a daughter. Her name is Susan.
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Thanks for a straight answer.
How do people know this stuff about Minnie's family? I'm guessing it's been covered in the tabloids or something. Minnie has the best laugh ever. It seems her son has inherited it. Quote:
Her kid hasn't inherited her good looks, he looks like a refugee from The Bash Street Kids, who's the daddy ?
That narrows it down to Aaron Blitzstein and Dmitry Lipkin, whose married. |
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Just been reading this online :
First wife Annie only discovered that her husband had a secret family after attending a polo match in Windsor with her daughter Susan. An acquaintance remarked to her daughter: “How delightful to see the family all together - you and your half-sisters.” Annie divorced him soon after When he suffered a heart attack in 2009, aged 87, he was attended in hospital by Minnie, sister Kate and their mother Gaynor, his second wife Misty, their son Charles, now 28, and his eldest daughter Susan. So they have met. |
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Couple of comments here.
A poster said that Minnie's Mother was a looker - dead right, she was a stunning older lady, must have been gorgeous in her youth ![]() Also I watched this with a jaundiced view, not particularly liking Minnie Driver but she bowled me over within about 10 minutes, I thought she was a lovely person and completely made me do a 180. Good programme
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Couple of comments here.
A poster said that Minnie's Mother was a looker - dead right, she was a stunning older lady, must have been gorgeous in her youth ![]() Also I watched this with a jaundiced view, not particularly liking Minnie Driver but she bowled me over within about 10 minutes, I thought she was a lovely person and completely made me do a 180. Good programme ![]() |
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Couple of comments here.
A poster said that Minnie's Mother was a looker - dead right, she was a stunning older lady, must have been gorgeous in her youth ![]() Also I watched this with a jaundiced view, not particularly liking Minnie Driver but she bowled me over within about 10 minutes, I thought she was a lovely person and completely made me do a 180. Good programme ![]() |
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Just been reading this online :
First wife Annie only discovered that her husband had a secret family after attending a polo match in Windsor with her daughter Susan. An acquaintance remarked to her daughter: “How delightful to see the family all together - you and your half-sisters.” Annie divorced him soon after When he suffered a heart attack in 2009, aged 87, he was attended in hospital by Minnie, sister Kate and their mother Gaynor, his second wife Misty, their son Charles, now 28, and his eldest daughter Susan. So they have met. I see Gaynor married in 1976. Interestingly Charles engagement was announced in the Times and one month later he was getting married, in a chapel at St Paul's. In both announcements he is 'Driver DFM' but in the description of the marriage the DFM is dropped. The bride's tulle veil was held in place with a coronet of of orange blossom and she carried a bouquet of odontoglossum orchids, pink roses & carnations and stephanotis. |
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I wonder what year the wife found out, must have been after Minnie was born. Gaynor said they split after 13 years that's 1975 when Minnie was 5, if he was divorced why didn't they marry or live together.
I see Gaynor married in 1976. Interestingly Charles engagement was announced in the Times and one month later he was getting married, in a chapel at St Paul's. In both announcements he is 'Driver DFM' but in the description of the marriage the DFM is dropped. The bride's tulle veil was held in place with a coronet of of orange blossom and she carried a bouquet of odontoglossum orchids, pink roses & carnations and stephanotis. |
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What's DFM?
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Couple of comments here.
A poster said that Minnie's Mother was a looker - dead right, she was a stunning older lady, must have been gorgeous in her youth ![]() Also I watched this with a jaundiced view, not particularly liking Minnie Driver but she bowled me over within about 10 minutes, I thought she was a lovely person and completely made me do a 180. Good programme ![]() |
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The Distinguished Flying Medal.
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She came across really well. Much better than the awful Havers episode.
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Couple of comments here.
A poster said that Minnie's Mother was a looker - dead right, she was a stunning older lady, must have been gorgeous in her youth ![]() Also I watched this with a jaundiced view, not particularly liking Minnie Driver but she bowled me over within about 10 minutes, I thought she was a lovely person and completely made me do a 180. Good programme ![]() BIB I was completely the same
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Love love love MInnie
What a lovely lady! |
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Why does Minnie Driver keep referring to her Grandfather as "Dad"?
I had to look up her date of birth to make sure I wasn't hearing things... She's at it again: Dad and Heligoland ![]() ![]() ![]() Photo: My Grannie and my Dad????? Did he die in WW2 or not??? Dad was born in 1921.. I really don't understand ![]() "Look at your lovely house" ![]() How condescending is that from someone who has thousands of square feet in Hollywood |
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Why does Minnie Driver keep referring to her Grandfather as "Dad"?
I had to look up her date of birth to make sure I wasn't hearing things... She's at it again: Dad and Heligoland ![]() ![]() ![]() Photo: My Grannie and my Dad????? Did he die in WW2 or not??? Dad was born in 1921.. I really don't understand ![]() |
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No, he didn't die in WW2. He died relatively recently. Minnie Driver, as she said, was the same generation as the old biddy she went to see because of the ages people were when they had children.
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He died in WW2, and all the stuff is about him. I really don't understand....
His best friend died in WW2. |
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The photo was of Minnie's granny and Minnie's dad, i.e. her dad and his mother.
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He died in WW2, and all the stuff is about him. I really don't understand....
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Why does Minnie Driver keep referring to her Grandfather as "Dad"?
I had to look up her date of birth to make sure I wasn't hearing things... She's at it again: Dad and Heligoland ![]() ![]() ![]() Photo: My Grannie and my Dad????? Did he die in WW2 or not??? Dad was born in 1921.. I really don't understand ![]() "Look at your lovely house" ![]() How condescending is that from someone who has thousands of square feet in Hollywood I didn't think it sounded condescending she sounded genuinely interested.You can live in a mansion but still appreciate a warm and cosy home
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I didn't think it sounded condescending she sounded genuinely interested.You can live in a mansion but still appreciate a warm and cosy home ![]() I agree, not condescending at all- I think she genuinely appreciated being invited into the woman's home and complimented it accordingly. Of course, she'd have faced as much criticism if she'd walked in and announced "bit poky in here isn't it? My house in LA has three pools". The age gap thing is the same in my family. I'm 21, but have a second cousin who is 73. My mum had me relatively late (38) whereas my cousin was born when my great aunt (his mum) was 17. |
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Minnie Driver is also a very good singer. She toured with Neil Finn a few years ago, and she came across on stage as very down-to-earth and not at all starry.
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The age gap thing is the same in my family. I'm 21, but have a second cousin who is 73. My mum had me relatively late (38) whereas my cousin was born when my great aunt (his mum) was 17.
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I didn't think it sounded condescending she sounded genuinely interested.You can live in a mansion but still appreciate a warm and cosy home ![]() I remember when Emilia Fox did hers and everyone was saying what a lovely person she came across as. Same with Minnie. |
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