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Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski

American actress

Sep 9, 2026

9:34
And is that different from 2026 as opposed to 1924?
9:42
Well, also, I think people of any era are captivated by showbiz personalities.
9:49
We love personalities that are larger than life.
9:53
And that was described as a performative age.
9:57
People with their cigarette holders and their attitudes and their wit and they carried on.
10:02
This was between the wars.
10:04
People were wanting to forget the horror of World War I.

6 MINS LATER

15:59
Well,
14:51
Be- before your world changes, age of eight, te- describe us, describe your father at that period.
14:57
He was a big, well-built man, also very gentle, very sweet.
15:05
The, the, um...
15:06
I, I just have a me- such a strong memory of Sunday mornings.
15:10
We would have something called a Sunday morning club, and he'd get my brother and I in bed and read us the comics before my mother would drag us off to mass.
15:19
But he was-- he'd wrestle with us on the floor, and he loved dance, and he loved ballet, and so he insisted that I study ballet.
15:28
And my-- I remember my mother having to take me to Lily Szubalski's ballet classes.

46 MINS LATER

61:21
What has life taught you, Chris?

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