{"id":7999,"date":"2016-06-02T13:15:14","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T21:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=7999"},"modified":"2016-06-13T19:58:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T03:58:09","slug":"did-christine-baranski-get-her-start-on-the-brady-bunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/06\/02\/did-christine-baranski-get-her-start-on-the-brady-bunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Christine Baranski Get Her Start on the Brady Bunch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/tv-legends-revealed-history\/\">here<\/a> to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">TV URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: One of Christine Baranski&#8217;s earliest roles was as a friend of Marcia&#8217;s on the Brady Bunch.<\/p>\n<p>Reader Rob N. wrote in with this one a while back. <\/p>\n<p>The story is a simple one. In the Season 2 episode, &#8220;The Slumber Caper,&#8221; Marcia almost is not allowed to have a big slumber party because her principal believes she drew an unflattering portrait of her teacher. Marcia insists that it was just a drawing of George Washington that someone else captioned in such a manner as to make it look like Marcia was insulting her teacher. Her parents eventually trust her enough to let her throw the party, but Marcia then disinvites a friend of hers that she thought wrote the caption. In the end, it turns out it was a different friend who did it, thinking that only Marcia would see the humorous caption. <\/p>\n<p>The friend, Paula, was played by a child actress named Chris Charney&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/baranski.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/baranski-375x240.jpg\" alt=\"baranski\" width=\"375\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/baranski-375x240.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/baranski-515x330.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/baranski.jpg 981w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=legenrevea-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00NN78U9U&#038;asins=B00NN78U9U&#038;linkId=CB65RFYUXDIKKUJA&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the rumor has been that Chris Charney was the stage name for a young Christine Baranski, star of shows like Cybill and The Good Wife&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/christine-baranski1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/christine-baranski1-515x343.jpg\" alt=\"christine-baranski1\" width=\"515\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/christine-baranski1-515x343.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/christine-baranski1-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/christine-baranski1.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is that true?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIt is not. <\/p>\n<p>Baranski gave<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blogtalkradio.com\/celebrities\/christine-baranski-brady-bunch\/\"> BlogTalkRadio host<\/a> Eileen Williams the lowdown&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI was never on The Brady Bunch. People Google my name and that comes up. We tried to get it off Google. I was never a child actor. I started acting in high school. And then I went to drama school. It is a little girl who looks remarkable like she could be me. But I was never, never on The Brady Bunch. I wish I could shout it from the rooftops. The first real TV show I was on was Cybill. And I was in my 40s when I did that. So I was never a child actor-except in my own living room in Buffalo, New York.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The real life Chris Charney was just a child actress who did a few TV shows in her career. She&#8217;s also a good five years younger than Baranski. <\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: False<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Rob for the question and thanks to BlogTalkRadio and Baranski for the information!<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/tv-legends-history\/\">my archive of TV Legends Revealed<\/a> for more urban legends about the world of television.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future installments! My e-mail address is bcro&#110;&#105;&#x6e;&#x40;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x67;ends&#114;&#101;&#x76;&#x65;&#x61;&#x6c;&#x65;d.co&#109;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. 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