Christine Baranski is one of the most popular American actresses and film producers. She started her career in the early 1980s, and today she can be proud of being a real star of the small screen. She created the character of Maryann Thrope in the sitcom “Cybill”, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, as well as Beverly Hofstadter in the hit series “The Big Bang Theory”. In turn, younger audiences certainly know her as Martha May Whovier from the cult film. Although its popularity has not waned for decades, still few people know that it has .
She spoke Polish at home and English at school. Today, Baranski is not ashamed of being Polish
The actress never hid her origins and proudly talked about her ancestors. Although she was born in 1952 in Buffalo, New York, she speaks perfectly the native language of her parents, Virginia Mazurowski and Lucien Baranski. Her parents have always made sure to teach their children correct Polish. They attached so much importance to it that at one point they completely neglected learning English, which caused problems at school. – My brother spoke Polish fluently because his parents raised him in this language. It got to the point that when he entered kindergarten, he didn’t know English well enough. My parents were so concerned about this that they only spoke to me in English. I regret it very much – Baranski in “Tele Tygodnik”.
He owes his passion for acting to his grandmother. She was the one who made sure she didn’t squander her talent
The actress returned to her story again in 2019 on Stephen Colbert’s show. She then revealed that she inherited her talent and skills from her grandparents, who performed on the stage of Polish theaters in the United States. – Did you know that my grandparents performed at the Polish theater in Buffalo? – presenter. – At that time, the Polish-American community had a theater where dramatic plays and even musicals were performed in Polish. Grandma and grandpa were real actors. Although I didn’t know my grandfather, he died before I was born, but my grandmother lived with us for several years, I even shared a room with her. Later, she wrote a comedy program that was broadcast on Polish radio, she said, not hiding her pride.
It was the aforementioned grandmother, Janina, who had the greatest influence on her future and choice of profession. She infected Christina with passion and love for the stage, and even willingly played various etudes with her. Noticing her granddaughter’s talent and potential, she began to encourage her to study in this field. Ultimately, Baranski listened to the suggestion and enrolled in the acting department of the famous Juilliard university in the United States, where she became convinced that this was the path she wanted to follow. Today she does not regret this choice, and her filmography is full of many excellent productions. The most popular ones include: the second part of “The Adams Family”, “The Birdcage”, “School of Seduction” or .
Source: Gazeta
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