Christine Estabrook

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Christine Estabrook
Born
Mary Christine Estabrook [1]

(1952-09-13) September 13, 1952 (age 71)
East Aurora, New York [2]
Education East Aurora High School
Alma mater State University of New York, Oswego (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
Years active1979–present
Spouse Vic Polizos (since 1998)
Children2

Christine Estabrook (born Mary Christine Estabrook; September 13, 1952) is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series The Crew , Nikki , Desperate Housewives , and American Horror Story ; she had a recurring role on the drama Mad Men during the show's fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons. Estabrook has received an Obie Award and Drama Desk Award. [3]

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Early life

Estabrook was born to Julianne Shed in East Aurora, New York, and graduated from East Aurora High School. She has three brothers and one sister. [2] Estabrook also has a nephew, Adam McLaughlin, who is a comedian.

Career

At the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, she created the role of the young daughter in Kevin O'Morrison's Ladyhouse Blues, which then moved to off-Broadway. On Broadway, she was in The Inspector General and Andrei Șerban's production of The Cherry Orchard. She won an Obie Award for her performance in Deborah Eisenberg's Pastorale at the Second Stage, off-Broadway. She also created the role of Helen opposite William H. Macy in Durang's Baby with the Bathwater at Playwrights Horizons. On Broadway, she took over the role of Feni in Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig. In the fall of 2006, she returned to Broadway in the musical Spring Awakening , playing all the adult female roles.

Since the 1990s, she has mostly done TV and movies, the latter including include Second Sight, Sea of Love, Presumed Innocent, and Spider-Man 2 .

She had a recurring role on the popular ABC television series, Desperate Housewives playing Martha Huber, the widowed, nosy neighbor of the street and only friend of Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan). Her other appearances include a 2002 episode of the HBO original series, Six Feet Under , wherein she played Emily Previn, a woman who died alone without any family or friends. The episode sparked much discussion in the following days about the character's death. Estabrook has also guest-starred on 7th Heaven , Dharma and Greg , The Guardian , Veronica Mars , and NYPD Blue . In 2009, she guest-starred in two episodes of the CBS drama Ghost Whisperer as Evelyn James, Eli's mom.

In 2011, she appeared on the first season of FX series Murder House as Marcy. She later appeared in a recurring role in the AMC cable-television series Mad Men , playing Joan Harris' mother, Gail Holloway.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 The Bell Jar Student editor
1982 The Wall Rutka
1984 The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck Janet ReissTelevision movie
1985 Almost You Maggie
1989 Sea of Love Gina Gallagher
1989 Second Sight Priscilla Pickett
1990 Presumed Innocent Lydia MacDougall
1991One Special VictoryRuthieTelevision movie
1995 The Usual Suspects Dr. Plummer
1995Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty—Television movie
1996Special Report: Journey to Mars—Television movie
1997 Murder Live! Dr. Christine WinterTelevision movie
2002 Chance Desiree
2003Living in Walter's WorldRobinShort film
2003 Grind Sarah Jensen
2004 Catch That Kid Sharon
2004 Spider-Man 2 Mrs. Jameson
2006 Lovers, Liars & Lunatics Elaine Rayne
2008 Meet Marker Mom
2010Backyard WeddingJoanne BlakeTelevision movie
2016 Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Shirley Parsons

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 George Washington Abigail Adams 3 episodes
1985 Hometown Jane Parnell9 episodes
1987 Tales from the Darkside IreneEpisode: "The Enormous Radio"
1990 L.A. Law Susan ParralEpisode: "Blood, Sweat and Fears"
1993 Frasier LouEpisode: "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street"
1994 The X-Files Agent HendersonEpisode: "Young at Heart"
1995 Cybill PattyEpisode: "The Replacements"
1995–96 The Crew Lenora Zwick21 episodes
1997 The Practice Judge Maureen ZiskEpisode: "Part VI"
1997 Dharma & Greg LindsayEpisode: "Haus Arrest"
1997 Almost Perfect Lindsay WolfEpisode: "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
1998 The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer Mary Todd Lincoln 4 episodes
1999 Ally McBeal Bonnie MannixEpisode: "The Green Monster"
2000 Chicago Hope Rene SederbergEpisode: "Boys Will Be Girls"
2000 Titus Juanita TitusEpisode: "Mom's Not Nuts"
2000 Touched by an Angel Kate RadcliffEpisode: "Pandora's Box"
2000–02 Nikki Marion11 episodes
2002 Six Feet Under Emily PrevinEpisode: "The Invisible Woman"
2002 Crossing Jordan Anne LauerEpisode: "Scared Straight"
2002–03 The Guardian Aunt Liz2 episodes
2004 7th Heaven Ruthie's teacherEpisode: "Don't Speak Ill of the Living or the Dead"
2004–12 Desperate Housewives Martha Huber12 episodes
2004 Strong Medicine Berri KaplanEpisode: "Quarantine"
2004 NYPD Blue Lynn CahillEpisode: "The 3-H Club"
2005 Veronica Mars Madame SophieEpisode: "Blast from the Past"
2006 Numb3rs Laura PriceEpisode: "Dark Matter"
2006 Bones Lisa SupacEpisode: "The Titan on the Tracks"
2008 Law & Order Hensley's attorneyEpisode: "Angelgrove"
2009 Ghost Whisperer Evelyn James2 episodes
2010 Nip/Tuck Sheila CarltonEpisode: "Sheila Carlton"
2011 American Horror Story: Murder House Marcy 6 episodes
2012–15 Mad Men Gail Holloway8 episodes
2012 Anger Management JudyEpisode: "Charlie Gets Romantic"
2013 Rules of Engagement ModeratorEpisode: "Baby Talk"
2014 State of Affairs TherapistEpisode: "Pilot"
2015 Looking RealtorEpisode: "Looking for Sanctuary"
2015 Blunt Talk MelEpisode: "The Queen of Hearts"
2015–16 American Horror Story: Hotel Marcy3 episodes
2016 Designated Survivor Governor Chris NicholsEpisode: "The Interrogation"
2016, 2018 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Mrs. Patricia Davis2 episodes
2018 American Woman Peggy3 episodes
2018-2019 9-1-1 Gloria Wagner2 episodes
2019 Why Women Kill Joyce Dubner1 episode
2020 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Margaret Fogle1 episode
2020 Bless This Mess MaryanneEpisode: "The Table"

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976Ladyhouse BluesEylie
1976–77Marco PoloPrincess Kogatin
1977 The Cherry Orchard Dunyasha
1978 The Inspector General Marya Antonovna
1978City SugarNicola Davies
1979Ladyhouse BluesEylie
1981 Inadmissible Evidence Joy
1982PastoraleRachel
1983 What I Did Last Summer Elsie
1983Win/Lose/DrawVariousNominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
1983–84 Baby with the Bathwater Helen
1984The Flight of the EarlsBridgette Earl
1985–88 I'm Not Rappaport Clara
1988–89For Dear LifeDottie
1988 The Boys Next Door Sheila Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
1989The Widow's Blind DateMaggy Burke
1990What a Man WeighsJoan
1993–94 The Sisters Rosensweig Pfeni Rosensweig
2006–07 Spring Awakening The Adult Woman

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References

  1. ↑ "Mary Christine Estabrook in the U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016". Ancestry Institute. Ancestry. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Pergament, Alan (November 7, 2004). "CALL HER CRAZY EAST AURORA NATIVE CHRISTINE ESTABROOK WARMS TO THE ZANY ROLES SHE GETS, INCLUDING HER LATEST IN 'DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES'". The Buffalo News. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ Christine Estabrook Awards Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine , Internet Broadway Database
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