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Christine Ebersole

ActorBorn 1953On stage 1975 to 201714 productions on this page

Christine Ebersole
NBC

Christine Ebersole (born February 21, 1953) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage. She has received two Tony Awards, and a Drama Desk Award as well as a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award. Ebersole made her Broadway debut in the play Angel Street (1975). She won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for playing a prima donna in the musical revival 42nd Street (2001) and for her dual roles as Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale in the original musical Grey Gardens (2006). She was Tony-nominated for playing a society matron in Dinner at Eight (2003), and Elizabeth Arden in War Paint (2017). On film, she made her…

On stage

14 productions, 42 years
1975
Angel StreetBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Revival
52 performances
1978
On the Twentieth CenturyBroadway St. James Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
449 performances
1979
Oklahoma!Broadway Palace Theatre. Revival. Directed by William Hammerstein
293 performances
1980
CamelotBroadway New York State Theatre. Revival. Directed by Frank Dunlop
56 performances
1985
Harrigan ‘n HartBroadway Longacre Theatre. Original. Directed by Joe Layton
4 performances
1996
Getting Away With MurderBroadway Broadhurst Theatre. Original. Directed by Jack O'Brien
17 performances
2000
Gore Vidal's The Best ManBroadway Virginia Theatre. Revival. Directed by Ethan McSweeny
121 performances
2001
42nd StreetBroadway Revival
1,524 performances
2002
Dinner at EightBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Revival. Directed by Gerald Gutierrez
45 performances
2005
Steel MagnoliasBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Original. Directed by Jason Moore
136 performances
2006
Grey GardensBroadway Walter Kerr Theatre. Original. Directed by Michael Greif
307 performances
2009
Blithe SpiritBroadway Shubert Theatre. Revival. Directed by Michael Blakemore
145 performances
2010
BrigadoonBroadway Shubert Theatre. Revival. Directed by Charlotte Moore
1 performance
2017
War PaintBroadway Original. Directed by Michael Greif
236 performances

Worked with more than once

4 names

Also credited on

1 work

The Producers

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