Christine Ebersole Biography
Born: February 21, 1953
A trained Broadway singer and dancer, Christine Ebersole started acting in the 1970s on the ABC soap opera Ryan's_Hope. On Broadway, she shared the stage with many greats in shows like +Camelot. In 1981, she joined the cast of Saturday_Night_Live before returning to soaps to play Maxi McDermott on One Life to Live and earning a Daytime Emmy nomination. In 1985, Ebersole moved on to the sitcoms The Cavanaughs and Valerie. She sang the theme song as well as starred in the short-lived Fox sitcom Rachel Gunn, R.N. After making her film debut with a bit part in Tootsie, she had a few film roles, including opera diva Katerina Cavalieri in Milos_Forman's Amadeus. She also starred in the family sci-fi feature Mac and Me, the Bill_Cosby vehicle Ghost_Dad, and several made-for-TV movies. Some of her credits include My_Girl_2, Folks!, Pie in the Sky, and the Bette_Midler TV version of Gypsy. In 2001, Ebersole received a Tony award for her work on the Broadway revival of +42nd Street. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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