Jonathan Demme - Family and Companions

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• father : was p.r. director for the Fontainebleu Hotel in Miami in the 1960s
• mother Dorothy Demme: died on November 20, 1995 of emphysema at age 81; appeared in bit roles in son's films
• brother Rick Demme:
• brother Peter Demme:
• cousin Robert Castle: subject of Demme's 1992 feature documentary "Cousin Bobby"; minister at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, NYC and a believer in liberation theology; grass roots community organizer; had lost touch with Demme for over 30 years before reuniting with him in 1989 to work on the film; subsequently acted in Demme's "Philadelphia" (1993)
• nephew Ted Demme: directed the features "Who's the Man?" and "The Ref"; born on October 26, 1963; died on January 13, 2002
• niece Jennifer Demme: worked for MTV
• daughter Ramona Castle Demme: born c. 1987
• son Brooklyn James Demme: born c. 1989
• daughter Josephine Demme:

• wife Evelyn Purcell: produced Demme's first film as a director "Caged Heat" (1974); produced and was second unit director on "Fighting Mad" (1976); divorced
• wife Joanne Howard: