Sarah Jessica Parker remembers ‘papou’ Paul on 80th birth anniversary: You were peaceful

Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) Actress Sarah Jessica Parker has remembered her beloved stepfather, Paul Giffin Forste, on his 80th birth anniversary.

Parker shared a string of pictures of her late stepfather with her children. She also posted a picture of herself from her toddler days with Paul.

She wrote: “Daddy, Papou, Paul, June 4th, 1946- September 28th, 2022. Today we are remembering you. You would be 80. More of you with your grandchildren. And lastly, holding me and Rachel. When we were grown and with you, we always handed our babies to you.

Because you were the whisperer.”

“And you never tired of time with your grandchildren in your arms. You were peaceful. And made up the best songs. Ever. Which we still sing. And then of course, miss you more. Aren’t we lucky? Xxx, Your Sarah Jessica,” she concluded on Instagram.

Talking about Parker, the 61-year-old actress has had a career in Hollywood spanning five decades. She has been feted with honours such as six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

She has worked in projects such as Hocus Pocus, Mars Attack!, Sex And The City And Just Like That… Concurrently, Parker continued to appear in films, such as The Family Stone, Failure to Launch, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, New Year’s Eve.

Parker married actor Matthew Broderick in 1997 in an Episcopal ceremony officiated by Broderick’s sister. The couple had been introduced by one of her brothers at the Naked Angels theater company, where she and Broderick both performed.

They welcomed their son James Wilkie Broderick in 2002 and twin daughters, Marion and Tabitha, in 2009, via surrogacy.

She was last seen on screen in 2022’s Hocus Pocus 2 directed by Anne Fletcher. It is the second in the Hocus Pocus film series, and features Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Doug Jones reprising their roles from the first film.

Sam Richardson, Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, Tony Hale, and Hannah Waddingham join the cast.

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