What Ethnicity is Maya Rudolph? Is Maya Rudolph Father White?

Maya Rudolph was born in Gainesville, Florida, to the songwriter, Minnie Riperton and composer, Richard Rudolph. Her mother was African-American and her father is Ashkenazi Jewish.

Maya’s paternal grandfather was Sidney Rudolph, a philanthropist who once owned all of the Wendy’s and Rudy’s restaurants in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Is Maya Rudolph Father White?

Maya Rudolph’s father is Ashkenazi Jewish (from a family from Lithuania, Russia, Germany and Hungary).

Maya’s dad, Richard Rudolph is an American songwriter, musician, music pusher and producer. Besides producing music for and music supervision, Rudolph has also overseen films for cable, mini-series and movies made for television.

He served as Executive Music Producer on the Whitney Houston