# Bernadette Peters on stage, screen and record

Bernadette Peters (née Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author.
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. Peters has appeared extensively in film and on television, having been nominated for four Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, winning one. She has also recorded solo albums, and four of her cast albums have won Grammy Awards.

## Performances
### Stage
#### Broadway

| Year | Show | Role | Venue |
| 1959 | The Most Happy Fella | Tessie | New York City Center |
| 1967 | The Girl in the Freudian Slip | Leslie Maugham | Booth Theatre – Broadway debut (standby) |
| 1967 | Johnny No-Trump | Bettina | Cort Theatre – Closed after one official performance |
| 1968 | George M! | Josie Cohan | Palace Theatre |
| 1969 | La Strada | Gelsomina | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre – Closed after one official performance. |
| 1971 | On the Town | Hildy Esterhazy | Imperial Theatre |
| 1974 | Mack & Mabel | Mabel Normand | Majestic Theatre |
| 1984 | Sunday in the Park with George | Dot/Marie | Booth Theatre |
| 1985 | Song and Dance | Emma | Royale Theatre |
| 1987 | Into the Woods | The Witch | Martin Beck Theatre |
| 1989 | Into the Woods | The Witch | Martin Beck Theatre |
| 1993 | The Goodbye Girl | Paula | Shubert Theatre, Chicago and Marquis Theatre |
| 1994 | Sunday in the Park with George | Dot/Marie | St. James Theatre – Benefit concert |
| 1997 | Into the Woods | The Witch | Broadway Theatre – Benefit concert |
| 1999 | Annie Get Your Gun | Annie Oakley | Marquis Theatre |
| 2003 | Gypsy | Rose | Shubert Theatre |
| 2010 | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeldt | Walter Kerr Theatre Replacement for Catherine Zeta-Jones (July 2010 – January 2011) |
| 2011 | Follies | Sally Durant Plummer | Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. and Broadway's Marquis Theatre |
| 2018 | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Gallagher Levi | Shubert Theatre Replacement for Bette Midler (January – July 2018) |

#### Other

| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | This Is Goggle | | Professional stage debut |
| 1961 | Gypsy | Thelma/Hawaiian Girl | US National Tour |
| 1968 | Dames at Sea | Ruby | Bouwerie Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1968 | A Mother's Kisses | Performer | Three weeks of out-of-town tryouts in New Haven and Baltimore. Cancelled before Broadway premiere. |
| 1971 | Nevertheless, They Laugh | Consuelo | Lamb's Club, New York City, March 1971 (5 performances) |
| 1971 | W.C. | Carlotta Monti | Played only out-of-town from May to October 1971; Never in NYC |
| 1972 | Tartuffe | Dorine | Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1973 | Dames at Sea | Ruby | Paper Mill Playhouse |
| 1974 | Mack & Mabel | Mabel Normand | San Diego Civic Theatre / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion / The Muny / Kennedy Center |
| 1982 | Sally and Marsha | Sally | Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway |
| 1983 | Sunday in the Park with George | Dot/Annette | Playwrights Horizons |
| 1995 | Anyone Can Whistle | Fay Apple | Carnegie Hall concert |
| 2013 | A Bed and a Chair | Performer | New York City Center |
| 2023 | Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends | Herself/Various | Revue: Gielgud Theatre, London |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1973 | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | Allison | |
| 1974 | The Longest Yard | Miss Toot | |
| 1976 | W.C. Fields and Me | Melody | |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Vilma Kaplan | |
| 1976 | Vigilante Force | Little Dee | |
| 1979 | The Jerk | Marie | |
| 1981 | Tulips | Rutanya Wallace | |
| 1981 | Pennies from Heaven | Eileen | |
| 1981 | Heartbeeps | Aqua | |
| 1982 | Annie | Lily St. Regis | |
| 1989 | Slaves of New York | Eleanor | |
| 1989 | Pink Cadillac | Lou Ann McGuinn | |
| 1989 | Dragon and Slippers | Guinevere | Voice |
| 1990 | Alice | Muse | |
| 1991 | Impromptu | Marie D'Agoult | |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Sophie | Voice |
| 1997 | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Angelique | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 1998 | Barney's Great Adventure | N/A | Singer, title song |
| 1999 | Snow Days | Elise Ellis | |
| 1999 | Wakko's Wish | Rita | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2003 | It Runs in the Family | Rebecca Gromberg | |
| 2003 | The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration | Sue | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Come le formiche | Mary Ann | AKA Wine and Kisses |
| 2011 | Coming Up Roses | Diane | Released in 2012 |
| 2014 | Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | Glinda | Voice |
| 2016 | 10 Little Rubber Ducks | Narrator | Voice |
| 2020 | The Broken Hearts Gallery | Eva Woolf | |
| 2021 | Tick, Tick... Boom! | "Sunday" Legend | Cameo |

### Television

| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 1969–70 | The Kraft Music Hall | Herself | 4 episodes |
| 1969–78 1991 | The Carol Burnett Show | Herself | 11 episodes |
| 1970 | Bing Crosby – Cooling It | Herself | TV special |
| 1970 | George M! | Josie Cohan | Television film |
| 1971 | Paradise Lost | Libby | Television film |
| 1971 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Herself–singer | Television appearance |
| 1972 | Once Upon a Mattress | Lady Larken | Television film |
| 1973 | Love American Style | Nellie | Episode: "Love and the Hoodwinked Honey" |
| 1973 | Break Up | Herself | Music comedy special for ABC |
| 1975 | Maude | Kathy Griffith | Episode: "Rumpus in the Rumpus Room" |
| 1975 | All in the Family | Linda Galloway | Episode: "Gloria Suspects Mike" |
| 1976 | Bing Crosby's White Christmas Special | Herself | TV special |
| 1976 | McCoy | Brenda Brooks | Episode: "In Again Out Again" |
| 1976 | McCloud | B.B. Murchison | Episode: "The Day New York Turned Blue" |
| 1976 | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Herself | |
| 1976–77 | All's Fair | Charley Drake | 24 episodes |
| 1977 | The Muppet Show | Herself | Episode: "Bernadette Peters" |
| 1978 | The Islander | Trudy Engles | Television film |
| 1980 | The Tim Conway Show | Herself | Episode #1.6 |
| 1980 | The Martian Chronicles | Genevieve Seltzer | Miniseries |
| 1981 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | Episode: "Bernadette Peters/Billy Joel/The Go-Go's" |
| 1983 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Sleeping Beauty Princess Debbie | Episode: "Sleeping Beauty" |
| 1986 | Sunday in the Park with George | Dot / Marie | Television film |
| 1987 | Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm & Blues | Herself | TV special |
| 1988 | David | Marie Rothenberg | Television film |
| 1990 | Fall from Grace | Tammy Faye Bakker | Television film |
| 1990 | The Last Best Year | Jane Murray | Television film |
| 1990 | Carol & Company | Kate Benton | Episode: "The Jingle Belles" |
| 1991 | Into the Woods | The Witch | Television film |
| 1992 | The Last Mile | The Soprano | TV short |
| 1993–96 | Animaniacs | Rita, Cheshire Cat | Voice, 16 episodes |
| 1994 | The Larry Sanders Show | Bernadette Peters | Episode: "Montana" |
| 1995 | A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim | Herself | A&E Stage |
| 1997 | The Odyssey | Circe | Miniseries |
| 1997 | Cinderella | Cinderella's Stepmother | Television film |
| 1997 | What the Deaf Man Heard | Helen Ayers | Television film |
| 1997 | Holiday in Your Heart | Faith Shawn | Television film |
| 1998 | The Closer | Victoria Sherwood | Episode: "Baby, It's Cold Outside" |
| 2000 | Inside the Actors Studio | Herself | Episode #7.2 |
| 2000 | Teacher's Pet | Fifi | Voice, episode: "Fifi" |
| 2001 | Frasier | Rachel | Voice, episode: "Sliding Frasiers" |
| 2001 | Ally McBeal | Cassandra Lewis | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Bobbie's Girl | Bailey Lewis | Television film |
| 2003 | Prince Charming | Margo / Titania | Television film |
| 2005 | Adopted | Sarah Leaf | Unsold ABC pilot |
| 2006 | Will & Grace | Gin | Episode: "Whatever Happened to Baby Gin?" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Stella Danquiss | Episode: "Choreographed" |
| 2007 | Boston Legal | Judge Marianna Folger | Episode: "Guantanamo By The Bay" |
| 2008 | Grey's Anatomy | Sarabeth Breyers | Episodes: "Dream a Little Dream of Me, Parts 1 & 2” |
| 2008 | Living Proof | Barbara Bradfield | Television film |
| 2009 | Ugly Betty | Jodie Papadakis | 5 episodes |
| 2012–13 | Smash | Leigh Conroy | 6 episodes |
| 2014–18 | Mozart in the Jungle | Gloria Windsor | 35 episodes |
| 2014 | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Annie | Episode: "Rule #21: Leave Childishness to the Children" |
| 2017–18 | The Good Fight | Lenore Rindell | 9 episodes |
| 2020 | Katy Keene | Ms. Freesia | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Celebration | Herself | TV special |
| 2020–21 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Deb | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas | Deb | Television film |
| 2023 | High Desert | Rosalyn / Ginger | 8 episodes |

### Discography
#### Solo recordings

* Bernadette Peters (1980) MCA. Billboard 200 #114 (retitled and expanded as Bernadette in a 1992 CD reissue)
* "Gee Whiz" (1980) Billboard Hot 100 #31 (single)
* Now Playing (1981) MCA US Billboard 200 #151
* I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (1996) Angel Records – Grammy Award nominee
* Sondheim, Etc. – Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall (1997) Angel Records – Grammy Award nominee
* Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein (2002) Angel Records – Grammy Award nominee
* Sondheim Etc., Etc. Live At Carnegie Hall: The Rest of It (2005) Angel Records
* "Kramer's Song" (2008) Blue Apple Books (single)
* "Stella's Song" (2010) Blue Apple Books (single)

#### Cast recordings

* George M! – Sony (1968)
* Dames at Sea – Columbia Masterworks (1969)
* Mack and Mabel – MCA (1974)
* Sunday in the Park with George – RCA Records (1984) – Grammy Award winner (Best Cast Show Album, 1985)
* Song and Dance – The Songs – RCA Victor (1985)
* Into the Woods – RCA Victor Records (1988) – Grammy Award winner (Best Musical Cast Show Album, 1989)
* The Goodbye Girl – Columbia Records (1993)
* Anyone Can Whistle Live at Carnegie Hall – Columbia Records (1995)
* Annie Get Your Gun The New Broadway Cast Recording – Angel Records (1999) – Grammy Award winner (Best Musical Show Album, 2000)
* Gypsy The New Broadway Cast Recording – Angel Records (2003) – Grammy Award winner (Best Musical Show Album, 2004)
* Sherry! – Studio Cast Recording – Angel Records (2004)
* Legends of Broadway–Bernadette Peters Compilation (2006) – Sony Masterworks Broadway (Original versions of songs from Dames At Sea, Annie Get Your Gun, Anyone Can Whistle, Sunday in the Park with George, Mack and Mabel, Song and Dance, Into The Woods and Gypsy)
* Follies – PS Classics (2011)

#### Other recordings

* Dress Casual – selections from Evening Primrose with Mandy Patinkin – CBS Records (1990)
* Flirting with the Edge – John Whelan – Narada (1998)
* Dewey Doo-It Helps Owlie Fly Again – Randall Fraser Publishing (2005)
* "Eloise" stories – audiobook, Simon & Schuster Audio (2015)

#### Concerts
##### Major concerts

* Various venues, summer of 1989: 10-city concert tour with Peter Allen.
* Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California on September 6 and 7, 1996 (solo concert).
* Carnegie Hall, New York City on December 9, 1996 (solo concert with guest singers/dancers, recorded on CD).
* Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia on January 7 and 8, 1998 (solo concert).
* Royal Festival Hall, London on September 17, 1998 (solo concert with guest singers/dancers, recorded on video).
* Radio City Music Hall, New York City on June 19, 2002 (solo concert with guest singers).
* Lincoln Center (Avery Fisher Hall), New York City, on May 1, 2006 (solo concert).
* Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Adelaide, Australia, on June 6 and 7, 2009 (solo concert). Peters headlined, and the concert was televised on June 27, 2009, on Foxtel. A DVD of the concert was released in Australia in June 2010.
* Benefit concert, "Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares", Minskoff Theatre, New York City on November 9, 2009.

##### Other notable concerts

* "Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall" – June 10, 1992 (broadcast on PBS Great Performances in 1993), singing "Not a Day Goes By" and "Sunday"
* "Hey Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh" – June 7, 1998, singing, among others, "Unexpected Song", "Being Alive" and "You Gotta Have a Gimmick"
* Hollywood Bowl Sondheim Concert – July 8, 2005, performing in the "Opening Doors Medley" and "Being Alive".
* "Sondheim: The Birthday Concert", the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, a celebration of Sondheim's 80th birthday – March 15 and 16, 2010. Peters sang "Move On" with Mandy Patinkin and "Not a Day Goes By".