March 23, 2005
Claim to Fame
Aside from being a distant cousin to George Burns - as Nathan Birnbaum he was my grandmother's first cousin - I also went to high school with someone who would become sort of famous. You might have heard of him by now: Giamatti. Not the former president of Yale/baseball commissioner, that was his dad. And not Paul, either. I graduated from high school with Marcus Giamatti. I had quite the crush on him when we were in The Crucible together. I played Goody Nurse. Hung, you know.
I've been watching Marcus on reruns of Judging Amy, just sort of catching up. I never knew Paul because he didn't go to the same high school. Apparently, he went to another preppy school with a more famous name. But there was that crush on Marcus. As with most high school crushes, he never knew.
So I thought, gosh, Tyne Daly reminds me a little bit of Marcus' mother, Toni Giamatti. I was in an after school drama group she taught when I was a kid. I had more fun than should be legal. She was just wonderful. Then Mrs. Giamatti came to teach at our school and the Giamattis became a fixture.
I remembered I had pictures taken one day after the last workshop, and went digging. Lo and behold, I DID know Paul (don't remember him, though). Below is a picture of me, Mrs.Giamatti, and her younger son Paul.
We were supposed to look goofy, OK? Costumes were the most fun part of the drama workshop. Oh, for the days of childhood!
Posted by Alexandra at March 23, 2005 04:37 PM