
Bernadette Peters
Known for Acting · 143 credits
- Born
- 1948-02-28 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Bernadette Lazzara · Μπερναντέτ Πίτερς
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.
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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Stella Danquiss

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Sarabeth Breyers

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Musical Guest
TV Shows (57)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Stella Danquiss

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Sarabeth Breyers

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Musical Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Frasier
1993
as Rachel (voice)

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host

The View
1997
as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest

Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist

Will & Grace
1998
as Gin

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest

Boston Legal
2004
as Judge Marianna Folger

Love, American Style
1969
as Nellie

American Idol
2002
as Self

Great Performances
1971
as Libby

The Good Fight
2017
as Lenore Rindell

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Animaniacs
1993
as Rita (voice)

Smash
2012
as Leigh Conroy

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Performer

The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Self/ Various Characters

Ugly Betty
2006
as Jodie Papadakis

The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Bernadette Peters

Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Special Guest

All in the Family
1971
as Linda Galloway

McCloud
1970

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Dinah!
1974
as Self

Ally McBeal
1997
as Cassandra Lewis

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie

Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Gloria Windsor

Maude
1972
as Kathy Griffith

Kraft Music Hall
1958

The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant

Teacher's Pet
2000

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
2020
as Deb

The Odyssey
1997
as Circe

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self

Donny & Marie
1976
as Self

High Desert
2023
as Roslyn / Ginger

Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self

The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
Carol & Company
1990
as Kate

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Helen Ayers

All's Fair
1976
as Charlotte 'Charley' Drake

The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
as Self

The Martian Chronicles
1980
as Genevieve Seltzer

The Tim Conway Show
1980
as Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1991
as Skit characters / Skit Characters

Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
McCoy
1975
as Brenda
Movies (86)

Anastasia
1997
as Sophie (voice)

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
as Angelique (voice)

The Jerk
1979
as Marie Kimble Johnson

Annie
1982
as Lily St. Regis

The Longest Yard
1974
as Miss Toot

The Broken Hearts Gallery
2020
as Eva Woolf

Pink Cadillac
1989
as Lou Ann McGuinn

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as "Sunday" Legend #11

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self

The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
2003
as Sue (voice)

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
as Glinda (voice)

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest

Last Train to Fortune
2025

Living Proof
2008
as Barbara Bradfield

Cinderella
1997
as Cinderella's Stepmother

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

No One Cares

Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Alice
1990
as Muse

Silent Movie
1976
as Vilma Kaplan

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self

Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish
1999
as Rita (voice)

Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021
as Deb

It Runs in the Family
2003
as Rebecca Gromberg

Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self

On Broadway
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998

Pennies from Heaven
1981
as Eileen

Impromptu
1991
as Marie D'Agoult

Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
1982
as Self / Lily

Vigilante Force
1976
as Little Dee

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002
as Self

Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
as Self

Into the Woods
1991
as Witch

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
as Self

Sunday in the Park with George
1986
as Dot / Marie

Heartbeeps
1981
as Aqua

Fall From Grace
1990
as Tammy Faye Bakker

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992
as Self

Tulips
1981
as Rutanya Wallace

Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
as Self (voice)

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
as Self

Prince Charming
2001
as Margo / 'Titania'

Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995
as Self

The Last Best Year
1990
as Jane Murray

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
2024
as Self

What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Helen Ayers

Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
1996
as Rita (voice)

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973
as Allison

W.C. Fields and Me
1976
as Melody

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
as Self

Sleeping Beauty
1983
as Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
as Self

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983
as Self

Slaves of New York
1989
as Eleanor

George M!
1970
as Josie Cohan

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995

Coming Up Roses
2011
as Diane

Holiday in Your Heart
1997
as Faith Shawn

David
1988
as Marie Rothenberg

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
The Christmas Tree
1958
as Girl

A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
as Self (archive footage)

Paradise Lost
1971
as Libby Michaels

The Last Mile
1992
as The Soprano

Let It Snow
1999
as Elise Ellis

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998
as Self

The Islander
1978
as Trudy Engles

Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982
as The Girl in 'The Sheik'

The People's Command Performance: '77
1977
as Self - Host

Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
2003
as Self (archive footage)

Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert
2020
as Self - Performer

The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special
2017
as Herself

Bing Crosby: Cooling It
1970
as Self

Once Upon a Mattress
1972
as Lady Larkin

The Beatles Forever
1977
as Self

Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
1995
as Fay Apple

Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece
1990
as Self (archival footage)

Bobbie's Girl
2002
as Bailey Lewis

Come le formiche
2007
as Mary Ann

Bernadette Peters in Concert
1998

Children Will Listen
2004
as Narrator

George Burns and Other Sex Symbols
1982
as Self

Celebrating Sondheim
2019
as Host

Bernadette Peters: Live in Australia
2009
as Self

Musical Comedy Tonight
1979
About Bernadette Peters
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… With 143 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Bernadette Peters has appeared in 86 films and 57 TV shows.
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- Anastasia (1997) — as Sophie (voice)
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) — as Angelique (voice)
- The Jerk (1979) — as Marie Kimble Johnson
- Annie (1982) — as Lily St. Regis
- The Longest Yard (1974) — as Miss Toot
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