Sam Waterston
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Personal life. Waterston grew up in New York City, the son of actor Sam Waterston and Barbara Rutledge Johns. His father later remarried, making Waterston the older half-brother of actresses Elisabeth Waterston and Katherine Waterston, and filmmaker Graham Waterston. [1]
Waterston welcomed his first child, James, in 1969 alongside his ex-wife, Barbara Rutledge Johns. The couple divorced in 1975.
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James Waterston is Sam’s only child with his first wife. He went to college at Yale, where he formed the theater company Malaparte with his friends Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard .
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His eldest son, James, is from his first marriage, while his other three children (Elisabeth, Katherine, and Graham) are from his second marriage. Their father frequently let them be on set with him during their childhood.
Sam has one child with his first wife, their son James Waterston (age 54). James also studied at Yale and followed in his footsteps to become an actor. At Yale, he was a member of the all-male...
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Waterston married his second wife, former model Lynn Louisa Woodruff, in 1976. They have three children: daughters Katherine Waterston and Elisabeth Waterston (who are also actresses), and a son, Graham.
Sam welcomed James in 1969 with his first wife, magaizne editor Barbara Rutledge-Johns. They got divorced in 1975, and the following year, Sam married former model Lynn Louisa Woodruff.
