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Occupation: |
Actress, Director |
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Born: |
April 4th, 1950 in Birminham, MI |
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Education: |
1968 - 1972 University of Michigan at Ann Harbour, Major: Language, speech and drama (BA) -
Florida State University: Fine Arts (MA), studied with Uta Hagen and William Esper |
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Married to: |
Thomas Schlamme (Director) |
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Children: |
Wilson (7/5/1988), Joseph and Emma (Twins) (8/3/1993) |
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Mother: |
Elisabeth M. Lahti (nee Tabor), died of breast cancer 12/23/1995 |
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Father: |
Paul Theodore Lahti (Surgeon) |
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Brothers: |
Two |
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Sisters: |
Two |
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Factoid: |
The Name Lahti means "Bay of Water" and is also the name of a town near Helsinki. |
Christine Lahti's television credits include the television movie
"No Place Like Home", for which she won a Golden Globe Award
as Best Actress and an Emmy Award nomination.
For her role in the miniseries "Amerika" she was nominated
for both Emmy and Golden Globe awards.
Christine Lahti has also appeared in such acclaimed television
programs as "The Executioner's Song" with Tommy Lee Jones
and "The Last Tenant" with Lee Strasberg.
She won an Oscar for directing "Lieberman in Love", a short
film for Showtime in which she also starred and a CableACE Award for
Best Actress for her role in the tv-movie "Crazy From the
Heart." She also appeared in "The Fear Inside". Christine
Lahti's feature films include Sidney Lumet's "Running on Empty"
for which she received the 1988 Los Angeles Film Critics Award
and a Golden Globe nomination, "The Doctor" with William
Hurt, "Leaving Normal" with Meg Tilly, "Whose Life Is It,
Anyway?" with Richard Dreyfuss and "...And Justice For
All" with Al Pacino.
For her role as Goldie Hawn's best friend in Jonathan Demme's World
War II comedy "Swing Shift" she received the Best Supporting
Actress Award from the New York Film Critics Circle as well as
nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Recent projects include "Pie in the Sky" with John Goodman
and "Hideaway" with Jeff Goldblum.
On the New York stage Christine Lahti starred in Wendy Wasserstein's
"The Heidi Chronicles."
She received an Obie Award for her performance in the revival of
Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders."
Christine Lahti won a Theater World Award for her role in David
Mamet's "The Woods."
On the Los Angeles stage, Lahti recently appeared with Richard
Dreyfuss in "Three Hotels" at the Mark Taper Forum. She also
appeared in Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke"and in A.R.
Gurney's "Love Letters."
