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Bernadette Peters (née Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author.

She is a critically acclaimed Broadway performer, having received seven nominations for Tony Awards, winning two (plus an honorary award), and nine nominations for Drama Desk Awards, winning three. Peters has appeared extensively in film and on television, having been nominated for four Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, winning one. She has also recorded solo albums, and four of her cast albums have won Grammy Awards.

Performances[edit]

Stage[edit]

Broadway[edit]

Year Show Role Venue Ref.
1959 The Most Happy Fella Tessie New York City Center
1967 The Girl in the Freudian Slip Leslie Maugham Booth Theatre – Broadway debut (standby) [1][2]
1967 Johnny No-Trump Bettina Cort Theatre – Closed after one official performance [3]
1968 George M! Josie Cohan Palace Theatre [4]
1969 La Strada Gelsomina Lunt-Fontanne Theatre – Closed after one official performance. [5][6][7]
1971 On the Town Hildy Esterhazy Imperial Theatre [8]
1974 Mack & Mabel Mabel Normand Majestic Theatre [9]
1983 Sunday in the Park with George Dot/Annette Playwrights Horizons [10]
1984 Dot/Marie Booth Theatre [11]
1985 Song and Dance Emma Royale Theatre [12]
1987 Into the Woods The Witch Martin Beck Theatre [13]
1989
1993 The Goodbye Girl Paula Shubert Theatre, Chicago and Marquis Theatre [14]
1994 Sunday in the Park with George Dot/Marie St. James Theatre – Benefit concert [15]
1997 Into the Woods The Witch Broadway Theatre – Benefit concert [16]
1999 Annie Get Your Gun Annie Oakley Marquis Theatre [17]
2003 Gypsy Rose Shubert Theatre [18]
2010 A Little Night Music Desiree Armfeldt Walter Kerr Theatre
Replacement for Catherine Zeta-Jones (July 2010 – January 2011) 		[19]
2011 Follies Sally Durant Plummer Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. and Broadway's Marquis Theatre [20][21]
2018 Hello, Dolly! Dolly Gallagher Levi Shubert Theatre
Replacement for Bette Midler (January – July 2018) 		[22]

Other[edit]

Year Show Role Notes Ref.
1958 This Is Goggle Professional stage debut [23]
1961 Gypsy Thelma/Hawaiian Girl US National Tour
1968 Dames at Sea Ruby Bouwerie Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway [24]
1968 A Mother's Kisses Performer Three weeks of out-of-town tryouts in New Haven and Baltimore.
Cancelled before Broadway premiere. 		[25]
1971 Nevertheless, They Laugh Consuelo Lamb's Club, New York City, March 1971 (5 performances) [26]
1971 W.C. Carlotta Monti Played only out-of-town from May to October 1971; Never in NYC [27][28]
1972 Tartuffe Dorine Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA [29]
1982 Sally and Marsha Sally Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway [30]
1995 Anyone Can Whistle Fay Apple Carnegie Hall concert [31]
2013 A Bed and a Chair Performer New York City Center [32]
2023 Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Herself/Various Revue: Gielgud Theatre, London [33]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1973 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies Allison
1974 The Longest Yard Miss Toot
1976 W.C. Fields and Me Melody
Silent Movie Vilma Kaplan
Vigilante Force Little Dee
1979 The Jerk Marie
1981 Tulips Rutanya Wallace
Pennies from Heaven Eileen
Heartbeeps Aqua
1982 Annie Lily St. Regis
1989 Slaves of New York Eleanor
Pink Cadillac Lou Ann McGuinn
Dragon and Slippers Guinevere Voice
1990 Alice Muse
1991 Impromptu Marie D'Agoult
1997 Anastasia Sophie Voice[34]
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Angelique Voice, direct-to-video[34]
1998 Barney's Great Adventure Singer, title song
1999 Snow Days Elise Ellis [35]
Wakko's Wish Rita Voice, direct-to-video[34]
2003 It Runs in the Family Rebecca Gromberg
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration Sue Voice, direct-to-video[34]
2007 Come le formiche Mary Ann AKA Wine and Kisses
2011 Coming Up Roses Diane Released in 2012
2014 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Glinda Voice[36][34]
2016 10 Little Rubber Ducks Narrator Voice[37]
2020 The Broken Hearts Gallery[38] Eva Woolf
2021 Tick, Tick... Boom! "Sunday" Legend Cameo

Television[edit]

Year Show Role Notes
1969–70 The Kraft Music Hall Herself 4 episodes[39]
1969–78
1991 		The Carol Burnett Show 11 episodes
1970 Bing Crosby – Cooling It Herself TV special[40]
George M! Josie Cohan Television film
1971 Paradise Lost Libby
The Ed Sullivan Show Herself–singer Television appearance[41]
1972 Once Upon a Mattress Lady Larken Television film
1973 Love American Style Nellie Episode: "Love and the Hoodwinked Honey"
Break Up Herself Music comedy special for ABC
1975 Maude Kathy Griffith Episode: "Rumpus in the Rumpus Room"
All in the Family Linda Galloway Episode: "Gloria Suspects Mike"
1976 Bing Crosby's White Christmas Special[42] Herself TV special
McCoy Brenda Brooks Episode: "In Again Out Again"
McCloud B.B. Murchison Episode: "The Day New York Turned Blue"
Tony Orlando and Dawn Herself[39]
1976–77 All's Fair Charley Drake 24 episodes
1977 The Muppet Show Herself Episode: "Bernadette Peters"
1978 The Islander Trudy Engles Television film
1980 The Tim Conway Show Herself Episode #1.6
The Martian Chronicles Genevieve Seltzer Miniseries
1981 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Bernadette Peters/Billy Joel/The Go-Go's"
1983 Faerie Tale Theatre Sleeping Beauty
Princess Debbie 		Episode: "Sleeping Beauty"
1986 Sunday in the Park with George Dot / Marie Television film
1987 Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm & Blues Herself TV special
1988 David Marie Rothenberg Television film
1990 Fall from Grace Tammy Faye Bakker
The Last Best Year Jane Murray
Carol & Company Kate Benton Episode: "The Jingle Belles"
1991 Into the Woods The Witch Television film
1992 The Last Mile The Soprano TV short
1993–96 Animaniacs Rita, Cheshire Cat Voice, 16 episodes[34]
1994 The Larry Sanders Show Bernadette Peters Episode: "Montana"
1995 A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim Herself A&E Stage[43]
1997 The Odyssey Circe Miniseries
Cinderella Cinderella's Stepmother Television film
What the Deaf Man Heard Helen Ayers
Holiday in Your Heart Faith Shawn
1998 The Closer Victoria Sherwood Episode: "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
2000 Inside the Actors Studio Herself Episode #7.2
Teacher's Pet Fifi Voice, episode: "Fifi"
2001 Frasier Rachel Voice, episode: "Sliding Frasiers"
Ally McBeal Cassandra Lewis 2 episodes
2002 Bobbie's Girl Bailey Lewis Television film
2003 Prince Charming Margo / Titania
2005 Adopted Sarah Leaf Unsold ABC pilot
2006 Will & Grace Gin Episode: "Whatever Happened to Baby Gin?"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Stella Danquiss Episode: "Choreographed"
2007 Boston Legal Judge Marianna Folger Episode: "Guantanamo By The Bay"
2008 Grey's Anatomy Sarabeth Breyers Episode: "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
Living Proof Barbara Bradfield Television film
2009 Ugly Betty Jodie Papadakis 5 episodes
2012–13 Smash Leigh Conroy 6 episodes[44]
2014–18 Mozart in the Jungle Gloria Windsor 35 episodes[45][46]
2014 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Annie Episode: "Rule #21: Leave Childishness to the Children"
2017–18 The Good Fight Lenore Rindell 9 episodes
2020 Katy Keene Ms. Freesia 3 episodes
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Celebration Herself TV special
2020–21 Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Deb[47] 3 episodes
2021 Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas Deb[48] Television film
2023 High Desert Rosalyn / Ginger 8 episodes

Discography[edit]

Solo recordings[49]
  • Bernadette Peters (1980) MCA. Billboard 200 #114 (retitled and expanded as Bernadette in a 1992 CD reissue)
  • "Gee Whiz" (1980) Billboard Hot 100 #31 (single)
  • Now Playing (1981) MCA US Billboard 200 #151
  • I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (1996) Angel Records – Grammy Award nominee
  • Sondheim, Etc. – Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall (1997) Angel Records – Grammy Award nominee[50]
  • Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein (2002) Angel Records – Grammy Award nominee
  • Sondheim Etc., Etc. Live At Carnegie Hall: The Rest of It (2005) Angel Records
  • "Kramer's Song" (2008) Blue Apple Books (single)
  • "Stella's Song" (2010) Blue Apple Books (single)
Cast recordings
  • George M! – Sony (1968)
  • Dames at Sea – Columbia Masterworks (1969)
  • Mack and Mabel – MCA (1974)
  • Sunday in the Park with George – RCA Records (1984) – Grammy Award winner (Best Cast Show Album, 1985)
  • Song and Dance – The Songs – RCA Victor (1985)
  • Into the Woods – RCA Victor Records (1988) – Grammy Award winner (Best Musical Cast Show Album, 1989)
  • The Goodbye Girl – Columbia Records (1993)
  • Anyone Can Whistle Live at Carnegie Hall – Columbia Records (1995)
  • Annie Get Your Gun The New Broadway Cast Recording – Angel Records (1999) – Grammy Award winner (Best Musical Show Album, 2000)
  • Gypsy The New Broadway Cast Recording – Angel Records (2003) – Grammy Award winner (Best Musical Show Album, 2004)
  • Sherry! – Studio Cast Recording – Angel Records (2004)
  • Legends of Broadway–Bernadette Peters Compilation (2006) – Sony Masterworks Broadway (Original versions of songs from Dames At Sea, Annie Get Your Gun, Anyone Can Whistle, Sunday in the Park with George, Mack and Mabel, Song and Dance, Into The Woods and Gypsy)[51]
  • Follies – PS Classics (2011)
Other recordings
  • Dress Casual – selections from Evening Primrose with Mandy Patinkin – CBS Records (1990)[52]
  • Flirting with the Edge – John Whelan – Narada (1998)
  • Dewey Doo-It Helps Owlie Fly Again – Randall Fraser Publishing (2005)
  • "Eloise" stories – audiobook, Simon & Schuster Audio (2015)[53]

Concerts[edit]

Major concerts
Other notable concerts
  • "Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall" – June 10, 1992 (broadcast on PBS Great Performances in 1993), singing "Not a Day Goes By" and "Sunday"[68]
  • "Hey Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh" – June 7, 1998, singing, among others, "Unexpected Song", "Being Alive" and "You Gotta Have a Gimmick"[69]
  • Hollywood Bowl Sondheim Concert – July 8, 2005, performing in the "Opening Doors Medley" and "Being Alive".[70][71]
  • "Sondheim: The Birthday Concert", the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, a celebration of Sondheim's 80th birthday – March 15 and 16, 2010. Peters sang "Move On" with Mandy Patinkin and "Not a Day Goes By".[72]

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