Theatre Legends
Bernadette Peters
About 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 is regarded as one of the most critically acclaimed Broadway performers, having received nominations for seven Tony Awards, winning two (plus an honorary award), and nine Drama Desk Awards, winning three.
At age nine, she obtained her Actors Equity Card. In her teen years, she attended the Quintano’s School for Young Professionals. Peters is particularly noted for her roles on the Broadway stage, including in the musicals Mack and Mabel, Sunday in the Park with George, Song and Dance, Into the Woods, Annie Get Your Gun and Gypsy.
Peters was praised for her early work and for appearances on The Muppet Show, The Carol Burnett Show and in other television work, and for her roles in films like Silent Movie, The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven and Annie. She also has recorded six solo albums and several singles. Peters been nominated for three Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
Peters serves on the Board of Trustees of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and is the co-founder of Broadway Barks with Mary Tyler Moore.
Artist Links
Videos
GREAT PERFORMANCES | Sondheim! The Birthday Concert | "Move On" | PBS
Red Carpet: Bernadette Peters (2015)
Tony Award Winner Bernadette Peters: ‘I’m A Doganizer’ | TODAY
Select Credits
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Follies - Sally Durant Plummer, Marquis Theatre
2012 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical [nominee]
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Gypsy - Rose, Shubert Theatre
2003 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Musical [nominee]
2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical [nominee] -
Annie Get Your Gun - Annie Oakley, Mar 04, 1999 - Sep 01, 2001
1999 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Musical
1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical -
Into the Woods - the Witch, Al Hirschfeld Theatre
1988 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical [nominee]
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Sunday in the Park with George - Dot, Booth Theatre
1984 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Musical [nominee]
1984 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical [nominee]
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Mack & Mabel - Mabel Normand, Majestic Theatre
1975 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Musical [nominee]
1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical [nominee]
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On the Town - Hildy Esterhazy, Imperial Theatre
1972 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Musical [nominee]
