Rosebud in NYC - Christine Baranski
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What childhood experiences shaped Christine Baranski's career?
Welcome to Rosebud, presented by Giles Brandreth, produced by Harriet Jane, and listened to by you. Yes, you! Cue the music, it's just for you.
Hello, this is Giles Brownruth, this is Rosebud, and if you sense a little excitement in my voice and manner, it's because I am excited. I'm excited, first of all, because I'm in New York City. This is where, today, we happen to be recording an episode of Rosebud. But it's a special episode of Rosebud. It's with a great American actress. People often say, Charles, we love Rosebud. And we love the range of guests you get. And you seem to guest people that other people can't get. How do you do it? Well, all sorts of ways. But one of the ways we do it is I chat to people who've been on Rosebud and seem to have enjoyed it and say to them, who do you think would be good on this? Who do you think would like doing this?
Because there's no point inviting on somebody who actually doesn't want to talk about their past, their childhood, doesn't want to remember things. And I was talking with Julian Fellows, the creator of Downton Abbey, scriptwriter, actor, and a very old friend of mine. And I told him, I said, I'm going over to New York. Who should I get? And he said, do you watch The Gilded Age, my TV series? I said, I do watch The Gilded Age. I love it. You know, you're doing for America in the 1890s what you did for Downton at the turn of the 20th century. He said, exactly. He said, it's huge. He said, do you want someone who's constantly being nominated for Emmys because of it? I said, I do. And he said, well, do you want somebody who is funny and revealing and rather touching and fascinating?
I said, please, please, please. Who is it? And he said, it's Christine Baranski. I said, well, she's your leading lady. He said, yeah. But if I introduce you, she might do it. She hates doing podcasts. She says no to podcasts. But if I affect the introduction, you might hit lucky. And we have hit lucky. Christine Baranski is an actress. And, well, she's going to be in the West End coming up shortly this fall because she's going to be in a wonderful play, Hay Fever, by Noel Coward. But I don't think I realised that she was really a classical actress. A lot of Shakespeare. Ibsen. the great works.
How did Christine Baranski cope with the loss of her father?
She then became, of course, a television star. Most people probably introduced to her through the sitcom, where Sybil, where she played the character Marianne. People loved her in Mamma Mia. Oh, Mamma Mia. So Christine Baranski is our guest. And do watch this on YouTube as well as listening to her, because she comes... looking like a star. She is a star. She's glamorous, so intelligent, so perceptive. You can't help listening and enjoying our special guest today, Christine Baranski. Cue the music. This is the Gilded Age of Rosebud.
Christine Baranski, we're very excited that you're here on Rosebud. Julian Fellows, creator of The Gilded Age, said, oh, you're going to be in New York. If you are lucky, you may get a chance to encounter Christine Baranski. Yeah. Julian, as you know, is one of my oldest friends, has been on Rosebud. You were with him this week?
I was with him, and I had dinner with him two nights in a row. How lucky was I? And I sat to his right, and yes, both times I sat to his right and had the pleasure of his company. Marvelous man. I'm in love with him. Good.
Well, I'm already in love with you. Love is in the air. And we have the example of Julian, of course, who I think proposed to his wife on the day of their first encounter.
Yes, a half hour into their meeting, he knew he was going to marry her. But when you see them, and when you see, of course, when you see Emma, you think, well, of course. What a marvellous woman.
Well, I'm so grateful to Julian for the introduction. I'm grateful to you. And I'm going to take you right back, Christine Baranski. Am I pronouncing the name correctly? Yes. Good. Born May the 2nd, 1952. I have to ask you this to begin with. What, Christine, is your very first memory?
My very first memory was standing in a crib in my home, in my childhood home in Buffalo, New York.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What childhood experiences shaped Christine Baranski's career?
0:00–2:48
2
How did Christine Baranski cope with the loss of her father?
2:48–5:50
3
What influence did Christine's grandmother have on her life?
5:50–9:15
4
What was Christine Baranski's journey to Juilliard like?
9:15–12:51
5
How did Christine Baranski get her start in theater?
12:51–17:31
6
What challenges did Christine face as a young actress?
17:31–20:22
7
How did Christine Baranski's career evolve in television and film?
20:22–23:21
8
What life lessons has Christine Baranski learned through her experiences?
23:21–1:05:14