Julia Roberts is not the only child that her parents had, but she was the last of their three children. Their kids followed in the footsteps; Eric started to act when he was in his early twenties and the same can be said for Julia Roberts.Emma Roberts, who can be considered as lucky to have such proximity to people who are major stakeholders in the film industry, had a much earlier start in her career, a decision that her mother was against. Julia Roberts is the daughter of Walter Grady Roberts and Betty Lou Bredemus. Julia Roberts is the daughter of Walter Grady Roberts and Betty Lou Bredemus. Their son, Michael Cannata, Jr. (born 1957) was her only child. The first two children were, Eric and Lisa. Doris Roberts wuchs bei ihrer Mutter Ann Melzer im New Yorker Stadtteil Bronx auf. Doris Roberts was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Ann (Meltzer) and Larry Green. She was raised in New York, and took her stepfather's surname. As a child, she would visit her father while he was on set and when the relationship between her father and his sister was fixed (as they had been estranged for years), Emma had more access to her aunt who she also visited on the set of films. Of all her siblings, Eric is the link that Julia has to Emma, as Emma Roberts is the daughter of Eric which makes Emma Roberts the niece of Julia Roberts.The Roberts family is riddled with people who have made a name for themselves by acting, starting from Betty Lou Bredemus who is the matriarch of the Hollywood Roberts family. Roberts was a 20-year veteran of the Broadway stage before she began appearing steadily in character roles in film and on television during the 1970s. She can outwork it, outdrink it, good kisser, I was joking! She had three grandchildren: Kelsey, Andrew and Devon. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1951. Betty and her husband, Walter Grady Roberts, met while they gave performances at training centers for the armed forces. Bredemus had a long career in acting that was mostly spent with her teaching acting classes, her husband was also an actor but she was the more famous one of the duo. She achieved continuing success in television, becoming known for her role as Mildred Krebs in She appeared as a guest on many talk and variety shows, as well as a panelist on several game shows. "Here's how good she was: She played the most intrusive, overbearing, nosy woman—always starting fights and whatnot and meddling in our business—and yet when I asked the fans who their favorite character was, all the time it was her. The time she spent there was a catalyst in her decision to become an actress, and in the course of her career, she has been featured in three films alongside her aunt.Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. There are many cases of family members working in the same field or just two people bearing the same last name in a particular field, the entertainment industry is rife with such cases. Unlike the younger Roberts whose parents never got married and separated in the early 90s, Julia’s parents had their divorce in 1971 and were actually a married couple, this rules out the possibility of them having the same parents.These actresses are definitely related but not as siblings. This actress hails from a blended family of sorts; this is because of the multiple marriages that have existed between her parents and other people which have resulted in her having siblings from these different marriages. The Roberts family's drama isn't limited to the big screen. When the actress was still a baby, her parents split up and got married to other people.