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Christine Laitta

American actor and teacher

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ5111095 ↗
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Christine Laitta is an American actress from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Biography

Born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Laitta is a member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.

Her credits include author, director, choreographer, teacher and actor. She is a graduate of Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Laitta originated the role as Ms. Frizzle on the first national tour of the Magic School Bus Live.

Laitta has performed at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Civic Light Opera Cabaret Theater. The CLO Cabaret is the only extended run venue in Pittsburgh. Laitta starred in Girls Only, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Forbidden Broadway, and Forbidden Broadway: SVU. Laitta wrote and performs in an audience participation show entitled TV Tunes. This original cabaret became the inspiration for Armstrong Cable's Television Plus advertising campaign: The Golden Age of Television.

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The public source identifies “Christine Laitta” as american actor and teacher. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Christine, Laitta and American.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current 139-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Christine, Laitta and American providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5111095. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Christine Laitta” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.