Bebe Neuwirth

Also Credited As: Beatrice Neuwirth

Birth Place: Princeton, NJ, USA

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Bebe Neuwirth BIO

Neuwirth began to study dance at the age of five, and chose it as her field of concentration when she attended Juilliard in New York City in 1976 and 1977. During this period, she performed with the Princeton Ballet Company in Peter and the Wolf, The Nutcracker, and Coppelia and appeared in community theater musicals.

Neuwirth made her Broadway debut in the role of Sheila in A Chorus Line in 1980. She has been featured in revivals of Little Me (1982) Sweet Charity (1986), for which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and Damn Yankees (1994). It was with the 1996 revival of Chicago, in which she starred as showgirl and killer Velma Kelly, that she gained her greatest stage recognition. Her performance garnered her Tony and Drama Desk Awards as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She voiced Binky in the series CyberChase. In 2004 she mounted a show, Here Lies Jenny, that featured songs by Kurt Weill, sung and danced by Neuwirth and a four-person supporting cast, as part of an unspoken ambiguous story in an anonymous seedy bar possibly in Berlin in the 1930s. This show was performed in the Zipper Theater on W. 37 St. in New York, initially only at 11 p.m. on weekends. It was eventually expanded to include an earlier show. Here Lies Jenny was also presented by Ms. Neuwirth in San Francisco in 2005. On December 31, 2006, her 48th birthday, Neuwirth returned to the still-running Broadway production of Chicago, this time in the role of Roxie Hart. Neuwirth recently did a reading for the upcoming musical adaption of The Addams Family as Morticia opposite Nathan Lane. The show is currently scheduled to debut next year with a 2010 Broadway opening.

Her screen credits include Green Card, Bugsy, Say Anything, Jumanji, Summer of Sam, Liberty Heights, Tadpole (for which the Seattle Film Critics named her Best Supporting Actress), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Faculty and Woody Allen's Celebrity.

On television, Neuwirth had a recurring role from 1986 to 1993 as Dr. Lilith Sternin, the conservatively dressed and emotionally repressed psychiatrist who married Dr. Frasier Crane on the hit comedy series Cheers. She auditioned for this role with her arm in a sling, following a fall a week earlier. She won two Emmy Awards for the role, in 1990 and 1991. The character also made an appearance in the series Wings and 11 episodes of the Cheers spin-off Frasier, which earned her a 1995 Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Her additional small screen credits include three short-lived dramatic series, Deadline (2000), Hack (2003) and Law & Order: Trial by Jury in (2005), as well as the miniseries Wild Palms and an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She has appeared as herself in episodes of Will and Grace, Strangers with Candy and Celebrity Jeopardy!.

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Bebe Neuwirth STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival Production, 2024
Fraulein Schneider

[Off-Broadway]
City Center Encores! Production, 2018
Mimi

[Off-Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2012
Maria Malibran

[Off-Broadway]
Classic Stage Company Production, 2012
Titania

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2010
Morticia Addams

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2004
Performer

Jenny

[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2003
Carla

[Off-Broadway]
2003
Sheila

[Off-Broadway]
2002
Performer [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Actors' Fund Concert, 2002
Fanny Brice

[Off-Broadway]
2001
Performer

[San Francisco (Regional)]
ACT Production, 1999
Jenny

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1999
Performer [Replacement]

[Regional (US)]
World Premiere, 1999
Sabina [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1996
Velma Kelly [Replacement]

Matron "Mama" Morton [Replacement]

Roxie Hart [Replacement]

Velma Kelly

[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert, 1996
Velma Kelly

[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert, 1995
Melba Snyder

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1994
Lola

[West End]
London Production, 1992
Spider Woman/Aurora [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1986
Nickie

Charity (Standby)

[Off-Broadway]
1982
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1982
Performer

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1982
Ensemble

Boom Boom Girl

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1978
Performer [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 1975
Sheila Bryant [Replacement]

Cassie Ferguson (Understudy) [Replacement]

[Los Angeles]
West Coast Revival, 1992
Velma Kelly


Bebe Neuwirth Movies

[1989]Say Anything Mrs. Evans

[1990]Green Card Lauren

[1991]Bugsy Countess di Frso

[1992]The Paint Job Margaret

[1993]Malice Dana

[1995]Jumanji Nora Shepherd

[1996]All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 Anabelle

[1996]The Associate Camille

[1996]The Adventures of Pinocchio Felinet

[1998]The Faculty Principal Valerie Drake

[1998]Celebrity Nina - the Hooker

[1999]Liberty Heights Ada Kurtzman

[1999]Getting to Know You Trix

[1999]Summer of Sam Gloria

[2002]Tadpole Diane Lodder, Eve's friend

[2003]The Divorce Julia Manchevering

[2003]How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Lana Jong

[2004]The Big Bounce Alison Ritchie

[2005]Game 6 Joanna Bourne

[2008]Adopt a Sailor Patricia

[2009]Fame Ms. Kraft

[2017]Humor Me CC Rudin

[2019]Jumanji: The Next Level Nora

[2020]Modern Persuasion Vanessa Perry

[2021]tick, tick... BOOM! Sunday Legend #9


Bebe Neuwirth TV Shows

Aladdin Mirage

All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series Annabelle

Blue Bloods Kelly Peterson

Bored to Death Caroline Taylor

Cheers Dr. Lilith Sternin

Deadline Nikki Masucci

Frasier Dr. Lilith Sternin

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bureau Chief ADA Tracey Kibre, Nina Laszlo

Law & Order: Trial by Jury Bureau Chief ADA Tracey Kibre

Madam Secretary Nadine Tolliver

Pepper Ann Ms. Bladdar

The Good Fight Judge Claudia Friend

The Good Wife Judge Claudia Friend

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 Windows, a new play written by New York Times Bestselling Author Tawni O'Dell will make its world premiere, in a strictly limited engagement March 25th - 27th at The Town Hall. Learn more about the play and find out who is starring here!

Tony Award Nominee Brenda Braxton to Join Broadway Theatre Project Guest Faculty This Summer

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Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY - MUSICAL IN CONCERT, London Palladium

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Video: The Best of Broadway at the Kennedy Center Honors

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The Entertainment Community Fund Reveals 2023 Alex Dubé Scholarship Recipients

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Amanda Reckonwith to Perform Final Show At Pangea in December

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Photos: The Gasp Collection

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FOR YEARS TO COME TV Pilot To Return To NYC In Dances With Films

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Natascia Diaz and Henry Gottfried Join the Cast of CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB on Broadway

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Bebe Neuwirth and Steven Skybell Join the Cast of CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB on Broadway

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19th Annual Fred Ebb Award To Be Presented To Freya Catrin Smith & Jack Williams

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Bebe Neuwirth FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Bebe Neuwirth has appeared on Broadway in 11 shows.

Bebe Neuwirth has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.

Bebe Neuwirth's first West End show was Kiss of the Spider Woman which opened in 1992

Bebe Neuwirth has been nominated for several awards throughout her career, including Outstanding Actress in a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Addams Family," a Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Chicago," Best Actress - Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Chicago," Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Chicago," Outstanding Actress - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Chicago," and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Sweet Charity."

Bebe Neuwirth has won several awards for her performances in Broadway shows. She received the Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League Awards for "Chicago," Best Actress - Musical from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Chicago," Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical from the Tony Awards for "Chicago," Outstanding Actress - Musical from the Drama Desk Awards for "Chicago," and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical from the Tony Awards for "Sweet Charity."

Bebe Neuwirth's next show will be Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club which opens on 4/21/2024 on Broadway.

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