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Throughout her illustrious career, Ms. Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage and television, in concert, and on recordings. Ms. Peters enjoys a career which boasts an impressive list of television credits, including co-starring in Amazon Prime's highly popular Mozart in the Jungle, which won the 2016 Golden Globe for Best TV Comedy or Musical series. She also co-starred in the CBS All-Access series, The Good Fight, a spin-off of the network's popular series, The Good Wife.
One of Broadway's most critically acclaimed performers, Peters has won numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, two Grammy Awards, three Emmy nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She recently appeared in City Center's Encores! production, A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair featuring the music of Stephen Sondheim and orchestrations by Wynton Marsalis. Other Broadway credits include Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music and Follies, which also played the Kennedy Center.
Peters received both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Song and Dance. She earned her second Tony Award for her performance in Annie Get Your Gun. She also received Tony nominations for her outstanding performances in Sam Mendes' critically acclaimed revival of Gypsy (as Momma Rose), in Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl, Stephen Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, the Jerry Herman/Gower Champion Ode to the Movies, Mack and Mabel and the Leonard Bernstein/Comden and Green musical On The Town. In addition to these honors, Peters earned a Drama Desk nomination for her unforgettable portrayal of the Witch in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods. Her most recent appearance on Broadway was in the revival of Hello, Dolly! in which she starred as the title character.
Other television credits include NBC-TVs Smash, ABC-TV's Grey's Anatomy and Ugly Betty, to name a few. In addition to starring in the Lifetime TV movie Living Proof, Peters has lit up the silver screen in 17 films throughout her distinguished career. She received a Golden Globe Award for her memorable performance in Pennies From Heaven. Other film credits include the 1997 Cinderella (recently released on Disney+), The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie Annie, Pink Cadillac, Slaves of New York, Woody Allen's Alice, Impromptu, It Runs in the Family and Coming Up Roses.
Peters has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy-nominated I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall and Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein, in addition to numerous original Broadway cast recordings.
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[1973]Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies Allison
[1974]The Longest Yard Warden's Secretary
[1976]Silent Movie Vilma Kaplan
[1976]W.C. Fields and Me Melody
[1976]Vigilante Force Little Dee
[1979]The Jerk Marie
[1981]Heartbeeps Aqua
[1981]Tulips Rutanya Wallace
[1981]Pennies from Heaven Eileen
[1982]Annie Lily
[1989]Pink Cadillac Lou Ann McGuinn
[1989]Slaves of New York Eleanor
[1990]Alice Muse
[1991]Impromptu Marie D'Agoult
[1997]Anastasia Sophie
[1999]Let It Snow Elise Ellis
[2003]It Runs in the Family Rebecca Gromberg
[2007]Wine and Kisses Mary Ann
[2011]Coming Up Roses Diane
[2013]Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Glinda
[2020]The Broken Hearts Gallery Eva Woolf
[2021]tick, tick... BOOM! Sunday' Legend
[2021]Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas Deb
Kraft Theatre Anna Stieman
The Christmas Tree Girl
George M! Josie Cohan
Once Upon a Mattress Lady Larken
Maude Kathy Griffith
All in the Family Linda Galloway
The Owl and the Pussycat Doris
McCloud B.B. Murchison
McCoy Brenda Brooks
[ 1976-1977]All's Fair Charley Drake
The Islander Trudy Engles
The Martian Chronicles Genevieve Seltzer
Baryshnikov in Hollywood The Girl in 'The Sheik'
Faerie Tale Theatre Sleeping Beauty, Princess Debbie
David Marie Rothenberg
Carol & Company Kate Benton
Fall from Grace Tammy Faye Bakker
The Last Best Year Jane Murray
The Carol Burnett Show Skit Characters
[ 1986-1991]American Playhouse The Witch, Dot, Marie
The Larry Sanders Show Bernadette Peters
What the Deaf Man Heard Helen Ayers
Holiday in Your Heart Faith Shawn
The Odyssey Circe
Cinderella Cinderella's Stepmother
The Closer Victoria Sherwood
Teacher's Pet Fifi
Prince Charming Margo, Titania
Ally McBeal Cassandra Lewis
Frasier Rachel
Bobbie's Girl Bailey Lewis
Adopted Sarah Leaf
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Stella Danquiss
Will & Grace Gin
Boston Legal Judge Marianna Folger
Living Proof Barbara Bradfield
Grey's Anatomy Sarabeth Breyers
Ugly Betty Jodie Papadakis
[ 2012-2013]Smash Leigh Conroy
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Annie
[ 2014-2018]Mozart in the Jungle Gloria Windsor
[ 2017-2018]The Good Fight Lenore Rindell
Katy Keene Ms. Freesia
[ 2020-2021]Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Deb
High Desert Rosalyn, Ginger
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Bernadette Peters, Gypsy
Bernadette Peters, Annie Get Your Gun
Bernadette Peters, Annie Get Your Gun
Bernadette Peters, Annie Get Your Gun
Bernadette Peters, The Goodbye Girl
Bernadette Peters, The Goodbye Girl
Bernadette Peters, Into the Woods
Bernadette Peters, Song and Dance
Bernadette Peters, Song and Dance
Bernadette Peters, Sunday in the Park with George
Bernadette Peters, Sunday in the Park with George
Bernadette Peters, Sally and Marsha
Bernadette Peters, Mack & Mabel
Bernadette Peters, Mack and Mabel
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Bernadette Peters has appeared on Broadway in 21 shows.
Bernadette Peters has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Bernadette Peters has been nominated for several awards throughout her career in musical theater. These include the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Actress in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for the show Follies, the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the Tony Awards, Outstanding Actress - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Gypsy, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for Gypsy, Outstanding Actress - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Annie Get Your Gun, Outstanding Actress in a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Annie Get Your Gun, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for Annie Get Your Gun, Best Actress - Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Goodbye Girl, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for The Goodbye Girl, Outstanding Actress - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Into the Woods, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Song and Dance, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for Song and Dance, Outstanding Actress in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Sunday in the Park with George, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for Sunday in the Park with George, Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Sally and Marsha, Outstanding Actress - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Mack & Mabel, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for Mack and Mabel, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for On The Town, Outstanding Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for Dames at Sea, and Performance at the Theatre World Awards for George M!
Bernadette Peters has won several awards throughout her career in musical theater. Some of her notable awards include the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater from the Drama League Awards, the Isabelle Stevenson Award from the Tony Awards, and the Outstanding Actress - Musical from the Drama Desk Awards for her performances in "Gypsy" and "Annie Get Your Gun." She also received the Outstanding Actress in a Musical award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Annie Get Your Gun" and the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Tony Award for the same show. Peters has also been honored with the Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League Awards and the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Tony Award for her performance in "Song and Dance." Additionally, she received the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Tony Award for "On The Town," the Outstanding Performance award from the Drama Desk Awards for "Dames at Sea," and a Performance award from the Theatre World Awards for "George M!"
Bernadette Peters's next show will be Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends which opens on 9/16/2023 on West End.
Bernadette Peters's first West End show was Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends which opened in 2023
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