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.
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Known For
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
Self
2024
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
2023
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
2022
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Deb
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
"Sunday" Legend #11
2021
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special
Herself
2017
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
2017
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Glinda (voice)
2014
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
2013
Coming Up Roses
Diane
2011
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Self
2010
Bernadette Peters: Live in Australia
Self
2009
Living Proof
Barbara Bradfield
2008
Come le formiche
Mary Ann
2007
Children Will Listen
Narrator
2004
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
Sue (voice)
2003
It Runs in the Family
Rebecca Gromberg
2003
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
2003
Bobbie's Girl
Bailey Lewis
2002
Prince Charming
Margo / 'Titania'
2001
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish
Rita (voice)
1999
Let It Snow
Elise Ellis
1999
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
Self
1998
Bernadette Peters in Concert
1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Self (archive footage)
1998
Holiday in Your Heart
Faith Shawn
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
Helen Ayers
1997
Anastasia
Sophie (voice)
1997
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Angelique (voice)
1997
Cinderella
Cinderella's Stepmother
1997
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Self
1995
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Self
1992
Impromptu
Marie D'Agoult
1991
Into the Woods
Witch
1991
Alice
Muse
1990
The Last Best Year
Jane Murray
1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Self
1990
Fall From Grace
Tammy Faye Bakker
1990
Pink Cadillac
Lou Ann McGuinn
1989
Slaves of New York
Eleanor
1989
David
Marie Rothenberg
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
1988
Sunday in the Park with George
Dot / Marie
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Self
1983
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie
1983
Annie
Lily St. Regis
1982
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
The Girl in 'The Sheik'
1982
Heartbeeps
Aqua
1981
Pennies from Heaven
Eileen
1981
The Jerk
Marie Kimble Johnson
1979
The Beatles Forever
Self
1977
The People's Command Performance: '77
Self - Host
1977
Vigilante Force
Little Dee
1976
Silent Movie
Vilma Kaplan
1976
W.C. Fields and Me
Melody
1976
The Longest Yard
Miss Toot
1974
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Allison
1973
Last Train to Fortune
High Desert
Roslyn / Ginger · (8 episodes)
2023
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant · (1 episode)
2021
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Eva Woolf
2020
Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert
Self - Performer
2020
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest · (1 episode)
2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Deb · (3 episodes)
2020
Celebrating Sondheim
Host
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Good Fight
Lenore Rindell · (9 episodes)
2017
Mozart in the Jungle
Gloria Windsor · (40 episodes)
2014
Smash
Leigh Conroy · (6 episodes)
2012
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2009
Ugly Betty
Jodie Papadakis · (5 episodes)
2006
Grey's Anatomy
Sarabeth Breyers · (2 episodes)
2005
Boston Legal
Judge Marianna Folger · (1 episode)
2004
American Idol
Self · (1 episode)
2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Self
2002
Teacher's Pet
(2 episodes)
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Stella Danquiss · (1 episode)
1999
Will & Grace
Gin · (1 episode)
1998
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · (5 episodes)
1998
Ally McBeal
Cassandra Lewis · (2 episodes)
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Odyssey
Circe
1997
The Odyssey
Circe · (2 episodes)
1997
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
Rita (voice)
1996
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Self
1995
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Frasier
Rachel (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
Animaniacs
Rita (voice) · (172 episodes)
1993
The Last Mile
The Soprano
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
(1 episode)
1992
The Carol Burnett Show
Skit characters · (9 episodes)
1991
Carol & Company
Kate · (38 episodes)
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(2 episodes)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
George Burns and Other Sex Symbols
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie · (1 episode)
1982
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Self / Lily
1982
Tulips
Rutanya Wallace
1981
The Tim Conway Show
Self · (1 episode)
1980
The Martian Chronicles
Genevieve Seltzer · (1 episode)
1980
Musical Comedy Tonight
1979
The Islander
Trudy Engles
1978
All's Fair
Charlotte 'Charley' Drake · (24 episodes)
1976
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star · (1 episode)
1976
The Sonny and Cher Show
(1 episode)
1976
Donny & Marie
Self · (1 episode)
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
McCoy
Brenda · (4 episodes)
1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Once Upon a Mattress
Lady Larkin
1972
Maude
(1 episode)
1972
Paradise Lost
Libby Michaels
1971
Great Performances
Libby · (1 episode)
1971
All in the Family
Linda Galloway · (1 episode)
1971
George M!
Josie Cohan
1970
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
Self
1970
McCloud
(1 episode)
1970
Love, American Style
(1 episode)
1969
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest · (6 episodes)
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
Self/ Various Characters · (4 episodes)
1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (10 episodes)
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · (1 episode)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
The Christmas Tree
Girl
1958
Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical Comedy
Kraft Music Hall
(2 episodes)
1958
Tony Awards
Self - Performer · (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
1956
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Helen Ayers · (1 episode)
1951