Bernadette Peters
Acting • Born 1948-02-28
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernadette Peters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
145 credits
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Movie • 2021
Deb
Pink Cadillac
Movie • 1989
Lou Ann McGuinn
Silent Movie
Movie • 1976
Vilma Kaplan
The Longest Yard
Movie • 1974
Miss Toot
The Jerk
Movie • 1979
Marie Kimble Johnson
It Runs in the Family
Movie • 2003
Rebecca Gromberg
Living Proof
Movie • 2008
Barbara Bradfield
Into the Woods
Movie • 1991
Witch
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Movie • 1990
Self
Alice
Movie • 1990
Muse
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
Movie • 2003
Sue (voice)
Anastasia
Movie • 1997
Sophie (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Movie • 1997
Angelique (voice)
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie • 2021
"Sunday" Legend #11
The People's Command Performance: '77
Movie • 1977
Self - Host
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
Movie • 1995
Cinderella
Movie • 1997
Cinderella's Stepmother
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Movie • 1995
Self
Annie
Movie • 1982
Lily St. Regis
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie • 2023
Self - Guest
Pennies from Heaven
Movie • 1981
Eileen
Impromptu
Movie • 1991
Marie D'Agoult
The Beatles Forever
Movie • 1977
Self
Slaves of New York
Movie • 1989
Eleanor
W.C. Fields and Me
Movie • 1976
Melody
Prince Charming
Movie • 2001
Margo / 'Titania'
Heartbeeps
Movie • 1981
Aqua
David
Movie • 1988
Marie Rothenberg
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Movie • 2023
Self (voice)
Vigilante Force
Movie • 1976
Little Dee
On Broadway
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Movie • 2010
Self
Bobbie's Girl
Movie • 2002
Bailey Lewis
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Movie • 1992
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Coming Up Roses
Movie • 2011
Diane
Sunday in the Park with George
Movie • 1986
Dot / Marie
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Children Will Listen
Movie • 2004
Narrator
Fall From Grace
Movie • 1990
Tammy Faye Bakker
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Movie • 1998
The Last Best Year
Movie • 1990
Jane Murray
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Movie • 2014
Glinda (voice)
Holiday in Your Heart
Movie • 1997
Faith Shawn
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Movie • 1973
Allison
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish
Movie • 1999
Rita (voice)
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie • 2022
Self
Last Train to Fortune
Movie • 2025
The Islander
Movie • 1978
Trudy Engles
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Movie • 1982
The Girl in 'The Sheik'
Paradise Lost
Movie • 1971
Libby Michaels
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
Movie • 1998
Self
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
Movie • 1970
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
What the Deaf Man Heard
Movie • 1997
Helen Ayers
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Movie • 2022
Self
Bernadette Peters: Live in Australia
Movie • 2009
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Tulips
Movie • 1981
Rutanya Wallace
Bernadette Peters in Concert
Movie • 1998
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
Movie • 2024
Self
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Movie • 1983
Self
Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 1983
Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie
Let It Snow
Movie • 1999
Elise Ellis
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2017
Herself
Six by Sondheim
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
George M!
Movie • 1970
Josie Cohan
Once Upon a Mattress
Movie • 1972
Lady Larkin
Come le formiche
Movie • 2007
Mary Ann
The Christmas Tree
Movie • 1958
Girl
Celebrating Sondheim
Movie • 2019
Host
Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert
Movie • 2020
Self - Performer
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Movie • 2020
Eva Woolf
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
Movie • 1996
Rita (voice)
The Last Mile
Movie • 1992
The Soprano
Musical Comedy Tonight
Movie • 1979
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Movie • 2002
Self
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Movie • 1982
Self / Lily
George Burns and Other Sex Symbols
Movie • 1982
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
No One Cares
Movie
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Movie • 1995
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Movie • 1995
Self
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Movie • 1995
Fay Apple
Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece
Movie • 1990
Self (archival footage)
The Odyssey
Movie • 1997
Circe
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Cassandra Lewis
The Sonny and Cher Show
TV • 1976
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Bernadette Peters
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Linda Galloway
Maude
TV • 1972
Kathy Griffith
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Teacher's Pet
TV • 2000
The Martian Chronicles
TV • 1980
Genevieve Seltzer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Stella Danquiss
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self
All's Fair
TV • 1976
Charlotte 'Charley' Drake
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Jodie Papadakis
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Gin
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Self - Special Guest Star
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Helen Ayers
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Judge Marianna Folger
McCoy
TV • 1975
Brenda
McCloud
TV • 1970
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Carol & Company
TV • 1990
Kate
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1991
Skit characters
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
High Desert
TV • 2023
Roslyn / Ginger
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV • 1974
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Odyssey
TV • 1997
Circe
Mozart in the Jungle
TV • 2014
Gloria Windsor
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Sarabeth Breyers
Frasier
TV • 1993
Rachel (voice)
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Lenore Rindell
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self/ Various Characters
Animaniacs
TV • 1993
Rita (voice)
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self - Special Guest
Smash
TV • 2012
Leigh Conroy
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
TV • 2020
Deb
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Libby
The Tim Conway Show
TV • 1980
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1991
Skit Characters
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self