Christine Ebersole

Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole, 2005
Born	Christine Ebersole February 21, 1953 (1953-02-21) (age 58) Chicago, Illinois USA
Years active	1975-present
Spouse	Peter Bergman (1976-1981) Bill Moloney (1988-present)

Christine Ebersole (born February 21, 1953) is an American actress and singer.

Early life

Ebersole was born in Winnetka, Illinois, where she attended New Trier High School. She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois.

She met Marc Shaiman when he was 19 and the musical director of her first club act.^[1]

Career

She appeared in Ryan's Hope in 1977 and 1980, and later was part of the cast of Saturday Night Live, acting as Weekend Update co-anchor with Brian Doyle-Murray and at times impersonating Mary Travers, Cheryl Tiegs, Barbara Mandrell, Diana, Princess of Wales, and Rona Barrett. Following SNL, she appeared in One Life to Live and Valerie. She played the title role in the short-lived television series Rachel Gunn, R.N. and has guest-starred on Will & Grace, The Nanny, Dolly!, Just Shoot Me, Murphy Brown, Ally McBeal, Samantha Who, Boston Legal, The Colbert Report, and Royal Pains, among others. She also appeared in the 1993 television adaptation of Gypsy starring Bette Midler. In 2011, she appeared with a recurring role on the TV Land sitcom Retired at 35.

Ebersole's films have included Amadeus (1984), Mac and Me (1988), My Girl 2 (1994), Richie Rich (1994), Black Sheep (1996), 'Til There Was You (1997), and My Favorite Martian (1999).

Ebersole has found considerable success on stage. Off-Broadway she has appeared in Three Sisters and Talking Heads, and her Broadway credits include On the Twentieth Century, the 1979 revival of Oklahoma!, the 1980 revival of Camelot, the 2000 revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man, the 2001 revival of 42nd Street (for which she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical), the 2002 revival of Dinner at Eight (for which she was nominated for another Tony Award), and Steel Magnolias.

She was also in Going Hollywood, a musical by David Zippel and Jeremy Shaeffer. She was in the chorus in 1983 with Jerry Mitchell. They were both excited about the possibility of going to Broadway.It never made it. She also was a part of Paper Moon by Larry Grossman and Ellen Fitzhugh at Carole Hall.^[2]

In 2006, Ebersole took the dual roles of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale ("Big Edie") and Edith Bouvier Beale ("Little Edie") in Grey Gardens, a musical based upon the film of the same name. After a sold-out off-Broadway run, Ebersole remained with the roles when the production moved to Broadway later in the year. For this role, she won her second Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Most recently she appeared as Elvira in the 2009 revival of the Noël Coward comedy Blithe Spirit.

Music

She also has worked on numerous albums. She was featured on the Bright Lights, Big City concept album. She also recently released an album of Noel Coward songs after browsing through them for scene change music for Blithe Spirit.^[3]

Personal life

Ebersole has been married twice, to Peter Bergman and to her present spouse Bill Moloney, with whom she has adopted three children, Elijah, Mae Mae, and Aron. She is the aunt of actress Janel Moloney through marriage. She currently lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with her family.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://broadwayworld.com/article/InDepth_InterView_Christine_Ebersole_20101022_page2
2. ^ http://broadwayworld.com/article/InDepth_InterView_Christine_Ebersole_20101022_page2
3. ^ http://broadwayworld.com/article/InDepth_InterView_Christine_Ebersole_20101022_page2
4. ^ Tammy La Gorce (14 October 2007). "For Future Teachers, a New Look on the Runway". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/14model.html. Retrieved 2008-07-03. 

External links

• Christine Ebersole official website
• Christine Ebersole at the Internet Movie Database
• Christine Ebersole at the Internet Broadway Database
• Christine Ebersole at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Production: Grey Gardens Working in the Theatre by the American Theatre Wing, November 2006
• Performance Working in the Theatre video from the American Theatre Wing, September 2001
• Star File: Christine Ebersole at Broadway.com
• TonyAwards.com Interview with Christine Ebersole
• BroadwayWorld.com interview with Christine Ebersole, August 16, 2007

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Preceded by Brian Doyle-Murray as solo anchor	Co-anchor of Weekend Update as SNL Newsbreak with Brian Doyle-Murray 1982	Succeeded by Brad Hall

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Name	Ebersole, Christine
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Date of birth	1953-02-21
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois USA
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