Cynthia Cleese is a British actress and the daughter of John Cleese. Cynthia Cleese’s father is one of the most iconic and beloved comedians of our time. He co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life in the 1960s. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Cheers (1987) and was nominated for 3rd Rock from the Sun (1998) and Will & Grace (2004).

Cynthia Cleese: Bio Summary

Who is John Cleese’s Daughter?

Cynthia Cleese was born on February 17, 1971, in Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. As of 2023, she is 52 years old. Cynthia is the daughter of John Cleese and his first Connie Booth. The couple first met in the US and they married in 1968.

With Booth, Cleese wrote the scripts for and co-starred in both series of Fawlty Towers, although the two were divorced before the second series was finished and aired. Cleese and Booth are said to have remained close friends since. Though Cynthia is the only child of the couple, she has a half-sibling, Camilla Cleese from her father’s other relationship.

Cynthia Cleese is an actress

John Cleese’s daughter Cynthia is an actress. According to her IMDb profile, she is an actress, known for A Fish Called Wanda (1988) where she played daughter Portia to her father’s character Archie Leach. She was credited as Cynthia Caylor, with Caylor being her maternal grandmother’s maiden name. She is known for Fierce Creatures (1997) and I’m on Fire (1998). 

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In the film Fierce Creatures, Cynthia Cleese made her second big film appearance, again starring with her father. Cynthia played the supporting role of Pip, the small mammal keeper at the Marwood Zoo. In this film, which she co-produced and co-written by John Cleese, she is credited with her own name rather than a stage name. In the film, Cynthia repeats her father’s well-known Black Knight line, “It’s just a flesh wound!”

The Monty Python star appeared on the US chat show Conan O’Brien where he moans that children cost a fortune and ‘grow up like their mothers’. The Monthy Python star John Cleese hit out at his ex-wives for costing him so much money – and prompted him to wish they would all die.

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They are not the only women to incur his wrath, Cleese is not happy with his two daughters either – Camilla and Cynthia Cleese – as they have turned out like their mothers and he complained that he wished he’d never had children, the Daily Mail reported. Many describe his comment as a joke by a comedian.

Cynthia Cleese is a mother

Cleese has two grandchildren, Evan and Olivia, through Cynthia’s marriage to writer/director Ed Solomon. The couple tied the knot in 1995 and called it a quit in 2011. The reason behind their divorce was not made public. Cynthia’s ex-husband is best known for writing the screenplays to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989), Men in Black (1997), and Now You See Me (2013).

Solomon is known to have begun his career in college as a joke writer, stand-up comedian, and playwright. While still in college, he was a staff writer for Laverne & Shirley – making him (at the time) the youngest member of the Writers Guild of America.

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