Rumer Willis
Andrew Patterson
Published May 16, 2026
08/28/2018 – Rumer Willis – 2018 Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood – Arrivals – Sunset Tower Hotel, 8358 Sunset Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Rumer Glenn Willis
Place of Birth: Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Date of Birth: August 16, 1988
Ethnicity: German, English, Scottish, as well as some Dutch, French, Welsh, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Rumer Willis is an American actress and singer.
She is the eldest daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. Rumer has a daughter with her partner, singer Derek Richard Thomas.
Rumer’s paternal grandfather was David Andrew Willis (the son of Edgar George Willis and Martha Florence Tingle). David was born in New Jersey. Edgar was the son of Edgar Prettyman Willis and Cora Augusta Tarburton. Martha was the daughter of David Henry Tingle and Julia Martha Parsons.
Rumer’s paternal grandmother is named Marlene K. Marlene was German.
Rumer’s maternal grandfather was named Charles Foster Harmon, Sr.
Rumer’s maternal grandmother was Beverley/Beverly Virginia King (the daughter of William Marshall King and Elizabeth Marie Metcalf). Beverley was born in California. William was the son of Edward McDowell King and Blanche Campbell. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Carrol Metcalf and Effie May Graves.
Sources: Genealogies of Rumer Willis –
Rumer’s paternal grandfather, David Andrew Willis, on the 1930 U.S. Census –
Genealogies of Rumer’s maternal grandparents, Charles Foster Harmon, Sr. and Beverley/Beverly Virginia King –
Rumer’s maternal great-grandfather, William Marshall King, on the 1930 U.S. Census –
Rumer’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Marie Metcalf, on the 1930 U.S. Census –
Willis in 2009, by Anthony Citrano from Los Angeles, California