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Apr 26, 2022 · December 26, 1987 (83) Los Angeles, CA, United States. Place of Burial: Niles, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Immediate Family: Daughter of Samuel Spinner and Shefra (Sarah) Spinner. Wife of Max Nimoy. Mother of Private and Leonard Nimoy. Sister of Meyer Spinner; Pine Spinner and Benjamin Spinner.
Dora “Etta”. Spinner. Nimoy. Birth. 19 Nov 1904. Iziaslav, Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytska, Ukraine. Death. 26 Dec 1987 (aged 83) Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Dec 26, 1987 · Dora Nimoy formerly Spinner aka Shpanger. Born about 19 Nov 1904 in Zaslav, Russia. Ancestors. Daughter of Samuel Spinner and Sarah (Mazur) Spinner. Sister of Meyer Spinner, Pine Spinner and Benjamin Spinner. Wife of Max Mordko Nimoy — married 5 Nov 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts. Descendants.
- Female
- November 19, 1904
- Max Mordko Nimoy
- December 26, 1987
Actor: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants.
- March 26, 1931
- February 27, 2015
Leonard Nimoy. Leonard Nimoy was an actor best known for his iconic role as Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek. He grew up in the West End, and was trained in performance at the Elizabeth Peabody House. Leonard Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931 to Max and Dora Nimoy, Jewish immigrants from present-day Ukraine.
His mother, Dora (née Spinner; 1904–1987), was a homemaker, and his father, Max Nimoy (1901–1987), owned a barbershop in the Mattapan section of Boston. He had an elder brother, Melvin (1926–2022). He also had a distant cousin, Jeff Nimoy, a writer and actor.
