Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters is an American actress, singer, and children's book author. Over the course of a career that has spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television, and film, performing in solo concerts and recordings. She is probably best known for voicing Rita in the animated series . Her other television credits include , Shelley Duvall's , , and hosting . Among her extensive theatrical credits are , , and (both with Steve Martin), , (with ), , (with Martin Short), and Mel Brooks' .
==History==
Peters has worked with the Muppets twice, guest-starring in Episode 212 of The Muppet Show, and as a guest star when Kermit the Frog hosted in 1979. In a Broadway.com "Ask a Star" video, she responded to a user-submitted question by admitting that the hardest thing about working with the Muppets was refraining from kissing them so as not to leave lipstick on them, saying, "You try being near a Muppet and not kiss it!"
She is one of only two celebrities to actually sing one of their songs ("Just One Person") from The Muppet Show on a Muppet Show album. The other was Peter Sellers ("A Gypsy's Violin"), with both songs appearing on The Muppet Show 2 album. (In all other cases, a new version was recorded without the guest star, such as "We Got Us".)
She has won two as (musicals): in 1986 for and in 1999 for a revival of . In the late 90's, she and co-created "Broadway Barks", a charity organization for the adoption of shelter animals.
Her other roles in Disney media include portraying Cinderella's stepmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, as well as voicing Angelique in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.
==Roles==
Cinderella's Stepmother.jpg|Cinderella's Stepmother(Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella)
Beauty-beast-christmas-disneyscreencaps.com-6433.jpg|Angelique(Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas)
==Gallery==
Jane Seymour Bernadette Peters Masquerade Ball.jpg|Bernadette Peters with Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, Jane Seymour, and Jim Henson at a Henson Company's Masquerade Ball.
Bernadette Peters behind the scenes BatB Enchanted Christmas.jpg|Bernadette Peters behind the scenes of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas. 
Bernadette Peters 67th Tonys.jpg|Bernadette Peters speaks onstage at the 67th annual Tony Awards in June 2013.
Bernadette Peters 54th NYFF.jpg|Bernadette Peters attending the 54th annual New York Film Fest in October 2016.
Bernadette Peters 74th Golden Globes.jpg|Bernadette Peters attending the 74th annual Golden Globes in January 2017.
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