Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan Idina Menzel was not entirely gleeful at the prospect of playing Lea Michele’s on-screen mom. In 2010, the Broadway star, 52, appeared on hit series Glee as Shelby ...

Idina Menzel is speaking out about playing Lea Michele’s mother on the hit Fox series “Glee,” saying it “wasn’t great for the ego.” The Broadway diva, now 52, was just 38 when she was ...

In an interview with Stellar’s “Something to talk About,” Menzel recalled being cast to play the mom of a teenager when she and Michele were only 15 years apart. “You’re worried you’re ...

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"Lea [Michele is] the right choice," Idina Menzel said of her former Glee onscreen daughter, who currently stars as Fanny Brice in Broadway's revival of Funny Girl Glenn Garner is a form writer ...

Idina Menzel is looking back at her time as Shelby Corcoran on Glee with some not-so-fond memories, admitting playing Lea Michele’s mom“wasn’t great” for her ego. “I had my son Walker ...

Here's a look at how Idina Menzel was cast to play Lea Michele's mom on the hit musical TV show 'Glee'. The character of Shelby was first introduced into the world of Glee in 2010, going on to ...

She added, playfully, that she "sucked myself into my clothes" and was still breastfeeding at the time. Menzel went on to portray the character on Glee for three more seasons.

Savenok/Getty, Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan Idina Menzel and Lea Michele, who portrayed on-screen mother-daughter duo Shelby Corcoran and Rachel Berry in 'Glee.' Idina Menzel was not entirely ...

While casting Idina Menzel to play Lea Michele's mom on Glee may have been one of the biggest no-brainer decisions in recent television history, Menzel wasn't always so keen on the idea.

Idina Menzel didn’t always love the idea of playing Lea Michele’s TV mom. In a new interview recounting her time on Glee, the Tony Award winner reveals that she was conflicted when she got the ...