Leo Penn was an American actor and director. Leo Penn's parents were Russian and Lithuanian Jews. Claims of their Sephardic extraction (the original surname was reportedly Piñon and was allegedly altered by officials at Ellis Island; see) are highly improbable: there were no known Sephardic Jews in Russia, where Penn is a relatively common Ashkenazic surname. He was married to actress Eileen Ryan, and the father of singer Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn. Wikipedia
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