1. Christina Pickles was born on February 17,1935 and is a British-born American actress.
17 Facts About Christina Pickles
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Christina Pickles is known for her role as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the NBC medical drama St Elsewhere, for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
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Christina Pickles is known for her recurring role as Judy Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, for which she was nominated for the 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
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Christina Pickles won the 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for the Vimeo series Break a Hip.
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Christina Pickles was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Christina Pickles began attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London at age 14 and studied alongside Albert Finney, Peter O'Toole, and Brian Bedford.
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In 1961, Christina Pickles began her acting career in Look Back in Anger at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
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Christina Pickles performed in Measure for Measure in Joe Papp's Shakespeare in the Park, then won the lead role in George Devine's The Way of the World, despite auditioning for the maid's role.
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Christina Pickles played Countess Elena dePoulignac on the NBC soap opera Another World.
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Christina Pickles appeared in such feature films as Seizure and Rush It.
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Christina Pickles remained on St Elsewhere for its entire six-year run and was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on the series.
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Christina Pickles later was a regular on the short-lived CBS sitcom The People Next Door, which aired in 1989.
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From 1994 to 2003, Christina Pickles played the recurring role of Judy Geller, the mother of Ross and Monica Geller, in the NBC sitcom Friends, making appearances throughout the 10-year run of the series.
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Christina Pickles received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nomination for this role in 1995.
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Christina Pickles played the mother of Harmon Rabb in the CBS drama series JAG from 1998 to 2000.
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Christina Pickles has had roles in a number of made-for-television movies.
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Christina Pickles was romantically linked to actor Herbert Edelman, who played her significant other on St Elsewhere, from the mid-1980s until his death in 1996.