Bernadette on screen
Bernadette on screen
#1Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/6/11 at 11:27pm
Which of her movie/TV roles are worth seeking out?
Movie-wise I think I've only seen her in It Runs In The Family with Michael Douglas, in which she was the most interesting thing (for me anyway). As for TV, she was great in Ally McBeal and I loved seeing her in Ugly Betty, though she was underused.
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#2Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/6/11 at 11:28pmPennies from Heaven and The Jerk
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#2Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/6/11 at 11:30pmShe did a TV movie something like 23 years ago called DAVID that's amazing. It's a true story in which she plays the mother of a boy whose father sets him on fire. I believe it's on DVD and definitely worth checking out.
#3Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/6/11 at 11:53pm
DAVID can be digitally bought on Amazon for $9.99.
Sounds fascinating. I want to see it. I love seeing Bernadette in dramatic roles.
http://www.amazon.com/David/dp/B001OSEYG8
Updated On: 6/6/11 at 11:53 PM
#4Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/6/11 at 11:54pm
Thanks.
Never heard of David, but sounds great - a real chance for her to show off her acting skills. Alas, amazon don't seem to stock it. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for it though.
I feel like I should've already seen Pennies From Heaven and The Jerk, so they're the next two I'm gonna go for, after Slaves of New York.
Edit - didn't notice the digital download of David...couldn't find it at all - thanks!
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Updated On: 6/6/11 at 11:54 PM
#5Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/6/11 at 11:56pmI really thought it was on DVD. I have a vhs tape of it from when it first aired somewhere. I think it was an "ABC Movie of the week". Remember those??
#6Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 12:31amYou can buy David on Itunes, Holiday in Your Heart is a very good performance of Bernadette's as is Annie and Bobbie's Girl.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#7Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 12:53am"Ah said, we only have 30 minutes" she purrs to Burt Reynolds.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#8Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 1:07am
Go to her IMDB list, she was on like every sitcom and TV variety show in the 80's and 90's.
One of my favs is IMPROMTU directed by Lapine with Kevin Kline, Hugh Grant and Judy Davis about Chopin and George Sand.
#9Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 6:54am
Pennies From Heaven
Slaves of New York
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
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#10Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 8:00amShe does great slapstick in Silent Movie, including a hilarious dance number near the end.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#11Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 9:51amOh, I thought this was going to be a thread about "Bernadette" from PRISCILLA.
#12Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 10:07am
Silly Ego 
Don't forget to watch Bernadette & Mary Tyler Moore in "The Last Best Year"
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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#13Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 10:40amDon't forget about the timeless masterpiece Heartbeeps!
#14Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 10:47amShe is great in The Jerk and I absolutely love Holiday in your Heart!
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#16Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 11:27amShe is in an episode of All in the Family where she comes on to Mike (Rob Reiner)
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#17Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 12:00pm
Pink Cadillac with Clint Eastwood
Didn't she also once play Tammy Fays Baker??
#18Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 12:06pmShe did play Tammy Faye Bakker in the movie "Fall From Grace"
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#19Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 12:37pm
Hi Jay Lerner Z
I have posted this in another thread, Bernadette has a new movie coming out soon - not sure of date called Coming Up Roses, i think she will be fantastic in it.
Click the link and hear the song written especially for her in this movie
http://cominguproses-movie.com/
I too love The Last Best Year and Bobbie's Girl
#20Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 1:11pmI like that song a lot, thanks for posting the link. Bernadette's hair looks great too!
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#23Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 4:55pm
She did play Tammy Faye Bakker in the movie "Fall From Grace"
Opposite Kevin Spacey's Jim Bakker.
#24Bernadette on screen
Posted: 6/7/11 at 5:31pm
You can also see her as "Little Dee" in a little known action flick, VIGILANTE FORCE co-starring Kris Kristofferson, Jan-Michael Vincent and Victoria Principal.
I SWEAR I DIDN'T MAKE THAT UP!!!
Updated On: 6/7/11 at 05:31 PM
