David Duchovny Parents: Meet Amram Ducovny, Margaret Ducovny

Publish date: 2024-05-18

David Duchovny is a versatile American actor, writer, producer, and director. He is the son of Amram Ducovny and Margaret Ducovny.

His father Amram “Ami” Ducovny was a writer and publicist who worked for the American Jewish Committee, and his mother Margaret was a school administrator and teacher.

David Duchovny’s mother is a Scottish immigrant from Aberdeen, Scotland. His father was Jewish, and his mother was Lutheran.

Duchovny’s paternal grandpa was a Jewish emigrant from Berdychiv, Ukraine, while his paternal grandmother was a Jewish emigrant from Congress Poland.

His father, Amram, penned seven factual books as well as the drama The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, which premiered on Broadway in 1967 and was quickly adapted for television.

Amram Ducovny realized a lifetime desire in 2001 when he wrote Coney, a novel that earned favorable reviews. It was inspired by his early experiences as the child of Jewish immigrants before World War II.

In 2003, his father Amram Ducovny died from heart disease in Paris, where he lived. He was 75 years old.

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