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Morgan Freeman was born on June 1st, to Morgan and Maymie Freeman in Memphis, Tennessee.

He spent much of his early childhood at his grandmother Avie&#;s home in Charleston, Mississippi after his parents had moved north.

From this unpromising beginning, he forged an acting career.  However, success did not come to him until when he was fifty and the film Driving Miss Daisy became a big hit.   He lives close to his roots in a acre ranch in Charleston.

Slavery

What is known about Morgan&#;s origins is from DNA analysis.  Some of his ancestors were from Niger.  A little over one-quarter came from the area that stretches from present-day Senegal to Liberia; while the remaining three-quarters came from the Congo-Angola region.

What is not known is how and when his ancestor came to America.  It was probably in a slave ship and he must have survived the journey.

Curiously, the path through slavery here was mainly traced in its later stages through t

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Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born )

For the director, see Morgan J. Freeman.

Morgan Freeman^[2] (born June 1, ) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning five decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in , an AFI Life Achievement Award in , the Cecil B. DeMille Award in , and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time.^[3][4]

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi, where he began acting in school plays. He studied theater arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the fo

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All About Morgan Freeman's Children and Grandchildren

Morgan Freeman is one of the most recognizable names in Hollywood, thanks to his legendary acting career that has spanned five decades, but the Oscar winner is also a father of four.

Freeman first became a dad in the early s, welcoming his sons, Alfonso and Saifoulaye, with two different women. Over the years, Freeman has been candid about dedicating his early life to acting.

"I'm not sure fatherhood changed me," Freeman admitted to The Telegraph in "It took a while for me to become a father. inom was busy trying to be an actor, and the two didn't really go together in my youth."

Morgan Freeman's Life in Photos

Freeman's first marriage to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw in resulted in two more children: He adopted Bradshaw's daughter from a previous relationship, Deena, and the couple had another daughter together named Morgana. He also helped raise Deena's daughter, E'dena Hines, with his second wife, Myrna Colley-Lee.