Publish date: 2023-12-23

Clueless actor, Ron Orbach, shares his roots with the Law & Order star, Jerry Orbach. Ron and Jerry are cousins who were born and raised in the United States.

Ron Orbach is an actor best recognized for his roles in Love Crimes, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and Clueless.  The Ellis Jump, a play by Jim McGrath, earned him a Theater LA/Ovations award in 1996 for “best director.”

For his portrayal of Amos Hart in the first national tour of Chicago, he was nominated for a Theater LA/Ovations award and received a Jeff Award from Chicago in 1997–1998.

Is Ron Orbach Related To Jerry Orbach?

The late Jerry Orbach, best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order, is Ron Orbach’s blood relative. A native of the United States, Ron and Jerry are cousins.

Jerry was a regular cast member on the first Law & Order series for twelve years, from 1992 to 2004 (Seasons 3 through 14), making him one of the longest-serving actors in the show’s 20-year history.

At the age of 69, Jerry passed away from prostate cancer on December 28, 2004. Even though he allegedly had this cancer for more than ten years, it wasn’t made public until just a few weeks before his death.

One of the highest honors in American theater was bestowed upon him the day after his passing: the Broadway marquees were dimmed in remembrance of him. The Law & Order episode “C.O.D.” was rebroadcast on NBC that same day in his honor.

Insight On Ron Orbach Family Tree

Ron Orbach was born to a theatrical family on March 23, 1953, in Newark, New Jersey. His parents, Manfred and Evelyn Orbach, reside in Delray Beach.

The daughter of Rose and Leo, his mother Evelyn Shevelove was born in or around 1929. She was 11 years old and resided in Elizabeth, New Jersey, with her parents, two brothers, and her father in 1940.

Manfred made numerous theater appearances at the Off Broadway Theatre. He performed the lead role of King of the Kosher Grocers in December 1995.

Who Is Ron Orbach’s Wife Kathleen Orbach? A Look At Their Children

Ron Orbach’s wife Kathleen Eads worked as a marketing manager for the Walt Disney Company’s theater business in New York until March 2002.

Daughter of the late Jack Eads and Carolyn Eads Pate of Stockton, California, she received her degree from San José State University in California.

In the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center, Kathleen Eads and Ron Orbach exchanged vows on July 13, 2002.

The marriage ceremony was officiated by Larry Moss, who was selected by Los Angeles County to serve as a deputy commissioner of civil marriages.

Since Kathleen was 38 and Ron was 50 when they got married, there is a 12-year age difference between the two. It is not known if they gave birth to any children.

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