Anecdotes

Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London with Albert Finney and Peter O'Toole as classmates.

Best known for her sly, subtle digs as Elliott Gould's wife in a recurring role on the classic sitcom "Friends," the politely disapproving mother of Courteney Cox Arquette and David Schwimmer.

Auditioned for the role of Dr. Katharine Pulaski on Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987).

Broadway stage actress born in Britain who has played everything from Ibsen and Chekhov to Pirandello and Moliere in New York during the '60s. Turned to TV soaps and guest comedy roles in the mid-'70s.

Naturalized U.S. citizen.

She has a son, Oliver, and a daughter, Rebecca.

Sister of actress Vivian Pickles.

Christina attended Crossley and Porter School in Halifax, Yorkshire.

Niece of actor Wilfred Pickles.

Aunt of actor Harry Gostelow.

She was awarded the 1985 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Undiscovered Country" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

She was awarded the 1988 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Darlinghissima," in a Sundays at the Itchey Foot production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Sister of Judge James Pickles.