Mezue ahịrịokwu a: A mụrụ Beatrice Benaderet n'April 4, 1906, na New York City. Nne ya, Margaret (née O'Keefe), bụ onye Irish American, na nna ya, Samuel David Benaderet, onye Turkish Sephardic emigrant, bụ onye na-ere ụtaba nke si na New York gaa San Francisco na 1915 mgbe o sonyere na
Panama-Pacific International Exposition. N'otu afọ ahụ, ọ mepere ụlọ ahịa anwụrụ ọkụ nke rụrụ ọrụ ruo afọ 65, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ onye kacha ochie na-ere ahịa na California n'oge mmechi ya na 1980.