Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an
American actress and
film director.
Early life
Lahti was born in
Birmingham, Michigan, the daughter of Elizabeth Margaret (
née Tabar), a painter, homemaker and nurse, and Paul Theodore Lahti, a
surgeon.
[Christine Lahti Biography (1950-)] Lahti has
Finnish ancestry. Her surname means "a gulf", "a bay" or "a cove" in
Finnish;
Lahti is also a city in
Finland, near
Helsinki. Lahti studied fine arts at
Florida State University and received her
bachelor's degree in drama from the
University of Michigan, where she joined
Delta Gamma sorority. She then toured
Europe as part of a pantomime acting troupe.
