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Christine Estabrook (born September 13, 1952) is an American television and film actress. She has been featured in several motion pictures mostly in supporting roles. Her more recent films include Grind, Spider-Man 2 and Catch That Kid. She had a recurring role on the popular ABC television series, Desperate Housewives playing Martha Huber, the widowed, nosy neighbour of the street and best friend of Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan). Other appearances include a 2002 episode of the HBO original series, Six Feet Under where she played Emily Previn, a woman who died alone without any family... MORE

Christine Estabrook (born September 13, 1952) is an American television and film actress. She has been featured in several motion pictures mostly in supporting roles. Her more recent films include Grind, Spider-Man 2 and Catch That Kid. She had a recurring role on the popular ABC television series, Desperate Housewives playing Martha Huber, the widowed, nosy neighbour of the street and best friend of Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan). Other appearances include a 2002 episode of the HBO original series, Six Feet Under where she played Emily Previn, a woman who died alone without any family or friends. The episode sparked much discussion in the following days about the character's death. Estabrook has also guest starred on 7th Heaven, Dharma and Greg, The Guardian, Veronica Mars and NYPD Blue. In 2009 she guest starred in two episodes of the hit CBS drama Ghost Whisperer as Evelyn James, Eli's mom. Christine attended the Yale School of Drama in the 1970s with fellow students Wendy Wasserstein, Christopher Durang, Meryl Streep, and Albert Innaurato, among others. Known for her comic abilities, she was Lidia in the student production of Durang's Titanic, and played a radical feminist in LESS