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Bernadette Peters
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Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author. Over a career spanning five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released recordings. 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. Four of the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred have won Grammy Awards.
Regarded by many as the foremost interpreter of the works of Stephen Sondheim, Peters is particularly noted for her roles on the Broadway stage, including in the musicals…
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Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author. Over a career spanning five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released recordings. 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. Four of the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred have won Grammy Awards. Regarded by many as the foremost interpreter of the works of Stephen Sondheim, Peters is particularly noted for her roles on the Broadway stage, including in the musicals Mack and Mabel (1974), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Song and Dance (1985), Into the Woods (1987), The Goodbye Girl (1993), Annie Get Your Gun (1999), Gypsy (2003), A Little Night Music (2010), Follies (2011), and Hello, Dolly! (2018). Peters first performed on the stage as a child and then a teenaged actress in the 1960s, and in film and television in the 1970s. She was praised for this early work and for appearances on The Muppet Show, The Carol Burnett Show and in other television work, and for her roles in films including Silent Movie, The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven and Annie. In the 1980s, she returned to the theatre, where she became one of the best-known Broadway stars over the next three decades. She also has recorded six solo albums and several singles, as well as many cast albums, and performs regularly in her own solo concert act. Peters continues to act on stage, in films and on television in such series as Smash and Mozart in the Jungle. She has been nominated for three Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, winning once. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernadette Peters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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BODY OF WORK
Bernadette Peters's Filmography
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The Debut
as Serena Cherry
Last Train to Fortune
as Miss Lily
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
as Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
as Deb
tick, tick... BOOM!
as "Sunday" Legend #11
The Broken Hearts Gallery
as Eva Woolf
Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert
as Self - Performer
Celebrating Sondheim
as Host
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special
as Herself
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as Glinda (voice)
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
Coming Up Roses
as Diane
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
Bernadette Peters: Live in Australia
as Self
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'
as Self
Living Proof
as Barbara Bradfield
Come le formiche
as Mary Ann
Children Will Listen
as Narrator
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
as Sue (voice)
It Runs in the Family
as Rebecca Gromberg
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
as Self (archive footage)
Bobbie's Girl
as Bailey Lewis
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Self
Prince Charming
as Margo / 'Titania'
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish
as Rita (voice)
Let It Snow
as Elise Ellis
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
as Self
Bernadette Peters in Concert
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
Holiday in Your Heart
as Faith Shawn
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Helen Ayers
Anastasia
as Sophie (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
as Angelique (voice)
Cinderella
as Cinderella's Stepmother
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
as Rita (voice)
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
as Fay Apple
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
as Self
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
as Self
The Last Mile
as The Soprano
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
as Self
Impromptu
as Marie D'Agoult
Into the Woods
as Witch
Alice
as Muse
The Last Best Year
as Jane Murray
Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece
as Self (archival footage)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self
Fall From Grace
as Tammy Faye Bakker
Pink Cadillac
as Lou Ann McGuinn
Slaves of New York
as Eleanor
David
as Marie Rothenberg
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Poster
Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Sunday in the Park with George
as Dot / Marie
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
as Self
Sleeping Beauty
as Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie
George Burns and Other Sex Symbols
as Self
Annie
as Lily St. Regis
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as The Girl in 'The Sheik'
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
as Self / Lily
Heartbeeps
as Aqua
Pennies from Heaven
as Eileen
Tulips
as Rutanya Wallace
The Jerk
as Marie Kimble Johnson
Musical Comedy Tonight
The Islander
as Trudy Engles
The Beatles Forever
as Self
The People's Command Performance: '77
as Self - Host
Vigilante Force
as Little Dee
Silent Movie
as Vilma Kaplan
W.C. Fields and Me
as Melody
The Longest Yard
as Miss Toot
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
as Allison
Once Upon a Mattress
as Lady Larkin
Paradise Lost
as Libby Michaels
George M!
as Josie Cohan
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
as Self
No Poster
The Christmas Tree
as Girl
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self