Christine Ebersole

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* MacMurray College (1975)
* American Academy of Dramatic Arts
* Peter Bergman(m. 1976; div. 1981)
* Bill Moloney (m. 1988)

 File:Ebersole, Christine (2006).jpg  **Christine Ebersole** (born February 21, 1953) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage. She starred in the Broadway musicals *42nd Street* and *Grey Gardens*, winning two Tony Awards. She has co-starred on the TBS sitcom *Sullivan & Son*, in which she played Carol Walsh, and earned an Emmy Award nomination for her work in *One Life to Live*.

## Early life

Ebersole was born in Winnetka, Illinois, the daughter of Marian Esther (née Goodley) and Robert "Bob" Ebersole. Her father was the president of a steel company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has Swiss-German and Irish ancestry. Ebersole graduated from New Trier High School in 1971. She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois, class of 1975, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

## Career

She met Marc Shaiman when he was 19 and the musical director of her first club act. She appeared in two different parts on *Ryan's Hope* in 1977 (as a nurse) and 1980 (as Lily Darnell), and was a cast member of *Saturday Night Live* during 1981–82, the first full season under new producer Dick Ebersol (their similar surnames being a coincidence), 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* as daffy Maxie McDermott (receiving an Emmy nomination) and *Valerie*. She co-starred with Barnard Hughes on the sitcom *The Cavanaughs*, played the title role in the short-lived sitcom *Rachel Gunn, R.N.*, and guest-starred on *Will & Grace*, *Dolly!*, *Just Shoot Me*, *Murphy Brown*, *Ally McBeal*, *Samantha Who*, *Boston Legal*, *The Colbert Report*, and *Royal Pains*. In 1991, she appeared as the titular Miss Jones in a pilot for an ABC series about a single mother, but the series was not taken up.

She appeared in the 1993 television movie adaptation of *Gypsy* starring Bette Midler, and in the 2000 ABC-TV movie *Mary and Rhoda* starring Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper.

In 2011, she had a recurring role on the TV Land sitcom *Retired at 35*. In 2014, she played Carol Walsh on the TBS sitcom *Sullivan & Son*. She has a recurring role on the USA Network television show *Royal Pains* as Ms. Newberg.

Ebersole's films have included *Tootsie* (1982), *Amadeus* (1984), *Three Men and a Baby* (1987), *Mac and Me* (1988), *My Girl 2* (1994), *Richie Rich* (1994), *Black Sheep* (1996), and *My Favorite Martian* (1999).

Ebersole has found considerable success on stage. She appeared 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, but it never made it. She was featured in *Paper Moon* by Larry Grossman and Ellen Fitzhugh and Carol Hall, which ran at the Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey) in September 1993. 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!* (as Ado Annie), the 1980 revival of *Camelot* and the 2000 revival of *Gore Vidal's The Best Man*.

In 2001, she appeared in the Broadway revival of *42nd Street* as Dorothy Brock, for which she won her first Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, She next appeared in the 2002 Broadway revival of *Dinner at Eight* as Millicent Jordan for which she was nominated for the Tony Award, Featured Actress in a Play. In 2005 she played M'Lynn in the Broadway production of *Steel Magnolias*.

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 in November 2006, and remained with the show through its closing in July 2007. For this role, she won her second Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. She appeared as Elvira in the 2009 Broadway revival of the Noël Coward comedy *Blithe Spirit*.

She appeared in the new musical *War Paint*, which premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago on June 28, 2016, for a run through August 2016. The show began previews at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway on March 7, 2017, and opened on April 6, 2017. It closed on November 5, 2017. She played the role of Elizabeth Arden, opposite Patti LuPone as Helena Rubinstein. The musical had a book by Doug Wright with the music composed by Scott Frankel (music) and Michael Korie (lyrics).

In December 2011, for their annual birthday celebration to "The Master", the Noel Coward Society invited Ebersole as the guest celebrity to lay flowers in front of Coward's statue at New York's Gershwin Theatre, thereby commemorating the 112th birthday of Sir Noel.

### Concerts

Ebersole appears in concerts and cabaret engagements at venues such as the Cinegrill and Cafe Carlyle. She won the 2010 Nightlife Award for Outstanding Cabaret Vocalist in a Major Engagement for her 2009 Café Carlyle cabaret. In 2009 she performed with Michael Feinstein at his club, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, (New York City) in a cabaret titled "Good Friends". She was one of the performers on the *Playbill* Cruise in September 2011. In November 2011, she performed for two sold-out nights at Birdland in New York City with jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein and his trio.

In 2015, Ebersole toured her show *Big Noise from Winnetka*, which included the 1938 jazz song *Big Noise from Winnetka* and a stop in Illinois.

### Recording

She also has appeared on several albums. She was featured on the *Bright Lights, Big City* concept album. She also released an album of Noël Coward songs after browsing through them for scene change music for *Blithe Spirit*. She is also the voice actress for White Diamond on the popular show *Steven Universe*.

## Personal life

Ebersole has been married twice, to actor Peter Bergman from 1976 though 1981, and since 1988 to Bill Moloney, with whom she has adopted three children, Elijah, Mae Mae, and Aron. She lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with her family. She is the aunt of actress Janel Moloney through marriage.

## References

1. ↑ Zwecker, Bill (February 16, 1997). "Good 'Ink'", *Chicago Sun-Times*.
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3. ↑ Witchel, Alex (June 3, 2007). "Between a Mother and a Daughter", *The New York Times*.
4. ↑ "Ebersole Hoping A Bit O'luck Falls On 'Cavanaughs'", *Chicago Tribune* (August 21, 1988).
5. ↑ LeVasseur, Andrea."Christine Ebersole biography" *The New York Times* (Rovi), accessed November 27, 2011
6. ↑ Timberg, Scott."Influences: Actress and singer Christine Ebersole"*Los Angeles Times* (latimesblogs), October 26, 2011
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Cerasaro, Pat."InDepth InterView: Christine Ebersole" broadwayworld.com, October 22, 2010
8. ↑ Hamlin, Jesse."Christine Ebersole wraps up S.F. cabaret" *San Francisco Chronicle*, April 22, 2010
9. ↑ Gus Wezerek (2019-12-14). "The 'S.N.L.' Stars Who Lasted, and the Ones Who Flamed Out", *The New York Times*. "Some of the names here will be familiar only to die-hard fans; others, like Murphy, defined what was funny for generations of viewers."  Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "nytimes2019-12-14" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "nytimes2019-12-14" defined multiple times with different content
10. ↑ Template:Cite book
11. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "New Comedy "Retired at 35," With Christine Ebersole, George Segal, Jessica Walter, Debuts Jan. 19" Template:Webarchive *Playbill*, January 19, 2011
12. ↑ Christine Ebersole at IMDb
13. ↑ Gans, Andrew. ""Royal Pains" TV Series, with Tony Winner Ebersole, Debuts June 4" *Playbill*, June 4, 2009
14. ↑ Abrams, Natalie. "First Look: NBA star Muggsy Bogues cameos on 'Royal Pains'" *Entertainment Weekly*, May 28, 2015
15. ↑ Klein, Alvin."THEATER; 'Paper Moon' Changes Its Outlook as a Musical"*The New York Times*, September 26, 1993
16. ↑ Jones, Kenneth and Simonson, Robert. "Tony-Winner Ebersole Returns to '42nd Street' March 12" *Playbill*, March 12, 2002
17. ↑ Gans, Andrew."Christine Ebersole Surprised By 2003 Tony Nomination" Template:Webarchive playbill.com, May 17, 2003
18. ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "Still Teasing: 'Steel Magnolias' Plays Its 100th Performance June 30" Template:Webarchive *Playbill*, June 30, 2005
19. ↑ Gans, Andrew and Jones, Kenneth."'Grey Gardens 'Will Close on Broadway July 29" Template:Webarchive playbill.com, July 2, 2007
20. ↑ Gans, Andrew."'Blithe Spirit' Revival, with Lansbury, Ebersole and Everett, Opens on Broadway March 15" Template:Webarchive *Playbill*, March 15, 2009
21. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole Apply 'War Paint', Starting Tonight" Playbill, June 28, 2016
22. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole Apply 'War Paint' on Broadway, Starting March 7" *Playbill*, March 7, 2017
23. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Tony Winner Christine Ebersole Begins Carlyle Engagement Jan. 11" Template:Webarchive *Playbill*, January 11, 2011
24. ↑ Holden, Stephen. "Channeling a Chummier Time, in Tandem" *The New York Times*, September 11, 2009
25. ↑ Rudetsky, Seth. "Onstage & Backstage: A Playbill Cruise With Christine Ebersole, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Andrea Martin and Debra Monk" Template:Webarchive playbill.com, Sep 26, 2011
26. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Christine Ebersole Will Offer Strings Attached Concerts at Birdland" *Playbill*, November 22, 2011
27. ↑ DeVore, Sheryl (October 20, 2015). "Christine Ebersole returns to roots with 'Big Noise from Winnetka'". *Chicago Tribune*. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/skokie/lifestyles/ct-skr-go-christine-ebersole-tl-1015-20151020-story.html.
28. ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "Someday I'll Find You": Ebersole Will Record Blithe Spirit Interlude Songs for CD" *Playbill*, March 31, 2009
29. ↑ Drexel, Paul. "Night and Day" *New Jersey Monthly*, December 19, 2007
30. ↑ La Gorce, Tammy (14 October 2007). "For Future Teachers, a New Look on the Runway", *The New York Times*.
31. ↑ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/christine-ebersole-39183

## External links

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* 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
* Interview with Christine Ebersole, TonyAwards.com
* interview with Christine Ebersole, *BroadwayWorld.com*, August 16, 2007

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