Yes! Andrew and Elisabeth Shue are brother and sister. Elisabeth, born on Oct. 6, 1963, is four years older than Andrew, who was born on Feb. 20, 1967. The siblings were born and raised in Wilmington, Del., to parents James Shue and Anne Harms, and are the only famous ones in their family.
Elisabeth and Andrew’s brother, John Shue, is a managing director at Harvard Management Company. The Shue siblings came together in 2007 to shoot their semi-biographical film Gracie. Interestingly enough, the film was directed by Elisabeth’s husband, Davis Guggenheim.
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Gracie tells the story of how soccer connected the siblings after their brother William’s tragic death in 1988. Elisabeth explained to MPR News in 2007 that making a film about Will’s accident was the best way they could “honor [their] brother and tell a story about a family getting over loss."
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