Christine Ebersole
Biography
Christine Ebersole was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Marian Esther (Goodley) and Robert Amos Ebersole, a steel company president. She won the 2007 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in "Grey Gardens". Previously, she was awarded the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama League awarded her both a citation and the Outstanding Performance of the Year, and she was named to its dais for 2007. She also received a special citation from the New York Drama Critics' Circle and the Obie for her off-Broadway turn in "Grey Gardens".
73years old
Turns 74 on February 21in 132 days
- Born Winnetka
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 42 years1984 to 2026
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A first
Ebersole joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for 1981-82, the first full season with Dick Ebersol as producer, and shared Weekend Update co-anchor duties with Brian Doyle-Murray.
Behind the award
Ebersole won her second Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for playing Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and Edith Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens, staying with the roles from off-Broadway through the Broadway closing in July 2007.
Beyond film
While looking for music to play between scenes in Blithe Spirit, Ebersole went through Noel Coward songs and then put out an album of them.
Christine Ebersole movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Donald Petrie directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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David St. James's page
All films by Donald Petrie
Box office
What Christine Ebersole's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$753 million
14 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 14 worldwide figure; 4 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 4Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$407M54.0% of the total
- 2$90M11.9% of the total
- 3$38M5.1% of the total
- 4$38M5.0% of the total
- 5$37M4.9% of the total
- 6$32M4.2% of the total
- 7$28M3.7% of the total
- 8$25M3.4% of the total
$57.9 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 2001 to 2007, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2007 | Best Actress in a Musical | Won | |
| 2001 | Best Actress in a Musical | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Won | ||
| Drama League Award | Won | ||
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