Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Lazzara
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Bernadette Peters (née Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress and singer. Over a career spanning more than six 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 Drama Desk Award nominations, 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). She starred in the revue Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends both in the West End (2023) and on Broadway (2025). She has recorded six solo albums and many cast albums, and has performed regularly in solo concert acts. Peters first performed on the stage as a child actress and then a teenager in the 1960s, and in film and television from the 1970s. She was praised for this early work and for appearances on, among other programs, The Muppet Show and The Carol Burnett Show, and for her roles in films including Silent Movie (1976), The Jerk (1979), Pennies from Heaven (1981, for which she won a Golden Globe Award), and Annie (1982). She has also acted in television shows such as Ally McBeal, Smash (2012–2013), Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2018), The Good Fight (2017–2018), Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020–2021) and High Desert (2023).
Career
- 1948Born
- 1968Won Theatre World Award
- 1986Won Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- 1999Won Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- 2012Won Isabelle Stevenson Award
- 2016Won John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Queens
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: singer, child actor, voice actor, writer
- •Plays: voice
What happened recently
Alfred Molina On Being The First To Die In RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK Bernadette Peters (XRdf0uMgg9)
Odds and Ends: Broadway Barks Returns With Bernadette Peters and Andrew Rannells, Phantom 40th Anniversary Cast Set & More
Bernadette Peters Shows You the Right Way to Eat FroYo in This Commercial From the ’90s
BROADWAY BARKS 28th Annual Event to Return in July, Hosted by Bernadette Peters and Andrew Rannells
Unlimited Frozen Margaritas, A Busted Lip, Bernadette Peters! Go Behind the Scenes at the 2026 Tony Awards
Darren Criss Jokingly Checks Out Bernadette Peters on 2026 Tony Awards Red Carpet 11 Years After She Ogled Him
Bernadette Peters dazzles in figure-hugging red gown at the 79th Tony Awards
Photos: Luke Evans, Bernadette Peters, Pink, Queen Latifah More Walk the 2026 Tony Awards Red Carpet
Video: Annaleigh Ashford, Christopher Jackson, Bernadette Peters, Ben Platt and Patrick Wilson Perform 'Putting It Together'
See Bernadette Peters, Annaleigh Ashford, Ben Platt, Christopher Jackson, Patrick Wilson Serenade Stephen Colbert With Sondheim
Weekend Roundup: Bernadette Peters, Paris Storytelling Festival, Children’s theatre show
Broadway star Bernadette Peters to headline Lexington Opera House 140th anniversary celebration
Concert Review: ‘Bernadette Peters presented by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’ at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
‘Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends’ Starring Bernadette Peters And Lea Salonga Rounds Out Broadway Cast With Beth Leavel, Gavin Lee, Ryan McCartan & Many More
Bernadette Peters Says She’s ‘So Proud’ to Be a Gay Icon, LGBTQIA+ People Have ‘Beautiful Souls’
Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga to Star in Sondheim’s ‘Old Friends’ on Broadway, in LA
Bernadette Peters shuts down protesters at Broadway Barks event: 'Is that not what you want?'
Bernadette Peters Shuts Down Protesters At Her Broadway Barks Pet Adoption Event
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