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The answered prayers of Christine Baranski - CBS News
Jan 23, 2022 1 min, 39 secs

Correspondent Mo Rocca asked Baranski, "Why do you think so often you've been cast as intellectual, sophisticated, high-status characters?".

"And I think it may have been the beginning of my feeling for, wow, the performing arts, performers.

When Baranski was eight years old, her father died abruptly from an aortic aneurysm.

"'Cause you were putting on a Broadway show and you were just one person!" said Rocca.

"No, not one person.

Baranski said, "I went to Catholic school for 12 years – eight years of grammar school, and then four years to an all-girls Catholic high school.".

"What did going to an all-girls school do for you?".

I did things that I might've been shy doing it if I was in a school with guys.

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And in 1970, Baranski applied to New York City's prestigious Juilliard School to study drama.

Rocca asked, "I'm curious, what did the teenage, pre-Juilliard Christine Baranski sound like?".

The first person Baranski told that she'd gotten into Juilliard was her mother: "I still remember meeting my mother and telling her the news.

"And I was so happy that she shared in that moment," Baranski said.

And I remember going to my high school, and there was a grotto with a statue of the Virgin Mary.

"One night he asked me if I wanted a ride home on his motorcycle," Baranski said.

"Were you scared?" asked Rocca.

And there was a little bit of motorcycle – there was a black stain, so I never had the gown cleaned, 'cause I wanted to keep that black stain.".

The next year proved George Orwell had it wrong; 1984 was a great year for Baranski.

"That whole year was just … oh, who has a year like that.

"You're bigger than you've ever been – " said Rocca

"I don't know if I'm bigger, but I'm busier," said Baranski

It continues to be a rich life for Christine Baranski, on and off the stage

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