Winona Ryder Actress - Born October 29, 1971 in Winona, Minnesota, USA
Birth Name Winona Laura Horowitz
Nickname Noni
Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m)
Mini Bio (1) Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Winona, Minnesota, USA and was named after a nearby town, Winona, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Cynthia (Istas), an author and video producer, and Michael Horowitz, a publisher and bookseller. Her father's family is Russian Jewish and Romanian Jewish. She grew up in a ranch commune in Northern California which had no electricity. She is the goddaughter of Timothy Leary. Her parents were friends of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and once edited a book called "Shaman Woman Mainline Lady", an anthology of writings on the drug experience in literature, which included one piece by Louisa May Alcott. Ryder would later play the lead role of Josephine March in the adaptation of this author's novel Little Women (1994).
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Winona Ryder Actress - Born October 29, 1971 in Winona, Minnesota, USA Birth Name Winona Laura Horowitz Nickname Noni Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m) Mini Bio (1) Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Winona, Minnesota, USA and was named after a nearby town, Winona, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Cynthia (Istas), an author and video producer, and Michael Horowitz, a publisher and bookseller. Her father's family is Russian Jewish and Romanian Jewish. She grew up in a ranch commune in Northern California which had no electricity. She is the goddaughter of Timothy Leary. Her parents were friends of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and once edited a book called "Shaman Woman Mainline Lady", an anthology of writings on the drug experience in literature, which included one piece by Louisa May Alcott. Ryder would later play the lead role of Josephine March in the adaptation of this author's novel Little Women (1994).