Spelling was born on May 16, 1973 in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Candy (nÃ©e Marer; born 1945) and television and film producer Aaron Spelling (1923â2006). She has a younger brother, Randy, a former actor who as of 2009 works as a life coach. Spelling's parents were from Jewish families whose ancestors moved to the United States from Russia and Poland.