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Christine Ebersole (b.
21 February 1953) is a two-time Tony Award-winning American actress and singer.
Born in
Winnetka, Illinois, she attended
New Trier High School and graduated from MacMurray College in
Jacksonville, Illinois. After appearances on
Ryan's Hope in 1977 and 1980, she got her first big role as part of the cast of
Saturday Night Live during
Dick Ebersol's (no relation) first full season as executive producer (season seven; 1981-1982) where she was a Weekend Update co-anchor for Brian Doyle-Murray (sometimes switching places with fellow castmember Mary Gross), and after this starred for several seasons on
One Life to Live and
Valerie.
Her film roles to date have included
Mac and Me (1988),
My Girl 2 (1994),
Richie Rich (1994),
'Til There Was You (1997),
My Favorite Martian (1999), and as the diva Katerina Cavalieri in
Miloš Forman's
Amadeus (1984).
Ebersole has also been part of the cast of several failed television series, including
Rachel Gunn, R.N. (1992) in which she played the title role, alongside Will & Grace's
Megan Mullally. She has also had notable guest roles in shows such as
Will & Grace,
The Nanny,
Just Shoot Me,
Murphy Brown and
Ally McBeal.
Ebersole has found her biggest fame on
Broadway. Her most noted roles have included an appearance in
Gore Vidal's
The Best Man (2000), Millicent Jordan in
Dinner at Eight (2002) (for which she was nominated for a Tony Award), M'Lynn in
Steel Magnolias (2005), and the role for which she won the
Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical - Dorothy Brock in the 2001 revival of
42nd Street.
In 2006, Ebersole took the dual role of
Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale ("Big Edie") and
Edith Bouvier Beale ("Little Edie") in
Grey Gardens, a new musical based upon the movie of the same name. After a sold-out off-broadway run, Ebersole remained with the roles when the play moved to Broadway in fall 2006. For this role, she's received rave reviews. She also earned her second
Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for this role.
Ebersole has been married twice, to
Peter Bergman, and to her present spouse Bill Moloney, with whom she's adopted three children. She is also the aunt of
Janel Moloney. She currently lives in
Maplewood, New Jersey with her family.
Political commentary
According to
The New York Post, on
February 20 2007, Ebersole said on San Diego-based
John Conner's radio show: "I think we want to look at our government as sort of like a benevolent father that's going to take care of us and be kind to us and treat us well, and I think it's too much for our people to conceptualize, and I'm sure that's what happened to people in Nazi Germany."
On
February 20 2007, Ebersole said, on San Diego-based
Mark Dice's radio show, that
9/11 was engineered by a faction within the Bush administration.
Celebrity impersonations on SNL
Awards and nominations
Nominations
Grammys 2008 Best Musical Show Album - Grey Gardens (musical)Further Information
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