Bernadette Peters
Born 02/28/1948
(76 years old)
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
A native of Ozone Park, New York, Peters began her performing career at the age of 3 with appearances on Juvenile Jury, the classic TV game show Name That Tune, and The Horn & Hardart Children's Hour. She made her theatrical debut in This is Goggle, starring James Daly and Kim Hunter, directed by the legendary Otto Preminger. Still in her teens, she appeared in The Most Happy Fella and The Penny Friend and performed in the national touring company of Gypsy. Peters made her broadway debut in 1967 in Johnny No-Trump, and in 1968 starred with Joel Grey in the musical George M!, earning a Theatre World Award for her memorable portrayal of Josie Cohan. That same year, she received a Drama Desk Award for her show stopping performance in the smash hit off-Broadway musical Dames at Sea, and quickly became one of the most sought-after stars in musical theatre.
One of Broadway's brightest stars, Peters received both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her critically acclaimed performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical Song and Dance. In June 1999, Peters earned her second Tony Award, her third Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Annie Oakley in one of Broadway's most popular musicals, the smash Tony Award-winning hit Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun. Peters also received Tony nominations for her work in the 1992 musical 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 memorable portrayal of the Witch in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
In addition to numerous Grammy Award-winning Broadway cast albums including Gypsy andAnnie Get Your Gun, Peters has recorded six solo albums: Sondheim, Etc., Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It);Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein (Grammy Nomination); Sondheim Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall (Grammy Nomination); I'll Be Your Baby Tonight(Grammy Nomination); Bernadette Peters; andNow Playing.
Peters has received numerous accolades throughout her distinctive career, ranging from the Tony Award to a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Police Athletic League (PAL), an organization which runs 84 youth centers and 150 summer camps for New York City's neediest children, named her as Woman of the Year for 1999. A few weeks earlier, the Actors Fund of America bestowed Peters with their Artistic Achievement Award. She has received the Special Advocate Award from the City of New York for her contributions to the gay and lesbian community, and is the youngest person to be inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. Peters also received the 2000 New York Heroes Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. In 2004, she was the Arts and Entertainment recipient of the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications, Inc. Other honors include the Sarah Siddons Actress of the Year Award and Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year for her "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment."
Bernadette devotes her time and talents to numerous events that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, in addition to her "pet project" Broadway Barks!. In 2009 she performed a critically acclaimed one night only concert in New York City at the Minskoff Theatre, "Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares", which the proceeds went to both organizations.
She resides in New York City and Los Angeles.
Indican Pictures
Actress
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Cinderella the Reunion (TV movie) |
2021 |
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age |
2018 |
Broadway: The Next Generation |
2013 |
Six by Sondheim (TV movie) - a.f. |
2010 |
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (concert) |
2002 |
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' |
1998 |
A Bing Crosby Christmas |
Bernadette Peters in Concert (concert) |
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Hey, Mr Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (concert) |
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1995 |
50 Years of Funny Females (TV movie) |
1993 |
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (TV movie) |
1987 |
Happy 100th Birthday Hollywood (TV movie) |
Music videos | |
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2021 |
Todrick Hall & Brandy: Cinderella Medley |
Theatrical recording | |
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1991 |
Into the Woods |
Short | |
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1992 |
The Last Mile (TV movie) |