The Untold Truth Of The Deschanel Sisters

It makes sense that the parents of two successful actresses would also be in the entertainment industry. The Deschanel sisters' mom, Mary Jo Deschanel, is an actress too. Her professional roles go all the way back to 1967, and she's appeared in notable projects like Twin Peaks, The Patriot, and The Right Stuff. 

Their father, Caleb Deschanel, is a successful cinematographer. He's been the director of photography for more than 20 movies, including National Treasure, Being There, and Fly Away Home. He's been nominated for five Oscars, most recently in 2005 for The Passion of the Christ. Impressive family! 

When the sisters were really young, the whole family would travel with their father to the location where he was filming. When his daughters got older, he took eight years off from shooting feature films to be with his family. He resumed his work when his kids were toward the end of high school because, as he told The Hollywood Reporter, "they had their friends and they didn't need their dad as much anymore."