Lisa Kudrow shocked by 'Holocaust' history

Lisa Kudrow shocked by 'Holocaust' history
Lisa Kudrow shocked by 'Holocaust' history (Image credit: PA Archive/PA Photos)

Lisa Kudrow has told of her shock after learning that members of her family were killed in the holocaust. The former Friends star is an executive producer on the US version of Who Do You Think You Are? and admitted that, while she had an 'incredible time' filming her segment for the series, it was also a very emotional experience. "It was good, incredible," she told the Metro newspaper. "I have done some filming in New York and I just got back from Belarus. "I was tracing my family tree and I found out some members of my family were killed in the Holocaust, which was such a terrible shock." Lisa also joked that visiting Belarus was the craziest thing she had ever done in her life. She told the paper: "When you land they tell you to fill out your form and declare currency over a certain amount, any agricultural goods and any radioactive materials you might be carrying. I thought that was alarming." It was recently reported that Lisa's former Friends co-star David Schwimmer will be appearing in the UK version of the series on BBC1. Lisa also denied reports that a Friends movie is in the making. "That's a falsehood," she said. "It's made up." Keep up to date with all the latest American shows. Subscribe to TV&Satellite Week

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.