Christine Ebersole

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Christine Ebersole (b. 21 February 1953) is a two-time Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. <p>Ebersole was born in Chicago, Illinois, 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. <p>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). <p>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,...