Christine Baranski
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He died before I was born.
But my grandmother, Janina, lived with us in Buffalo.
When I transferred out of that crib...
I made my way to another bedroom that I shared with Nana.
She didn't act on the stage anymore, but she had a radio show that she wrote with her friend, and they wrote a comedy show on Buffalo Polish Radio.
So I grew up with an actress.
We had twin beds, and Nana was to the left of me, and she was a huge influence on my life.
But I have very fond memories, and to this day I treasure my Polish-American upbringing.
Well, she performed.
She was also a singer.
She sang in the Countess Maritza and the Merry Widow.
And I don't know what kind of plays.
You see, I didn't see her on the stage, but she certainly...
in her life, behaved like an actress.
I always say she was my Auntie Mame.
She had a flamboyant, utterly gracious personality.
She wore vivid, colorful clothes.
She claimed she knew Mae West, and she had some clothes.
One was a feather fan that she said belonged to Mae West.
How she might have known Mae West, I don't know.