Bernadette Peters

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernadette Peters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Grey's Anatomy

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Kelly Clarkson Show

All Movies (87)

• The Debut2026
• Last Train to Fortune2025 · as Miss Lily
• Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion2024 · as Self
• Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love2023 · as Self - Guest
• Being Mary Tyler Moore2023 · as Self (voice)
• Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/202022 · as Self
• Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends2022 · as Self
• Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas2021 · as Deb
• tick, tick... BOOM!2021 · as "Sunday" Legend #11
• The Broken Hearts Gallery2020 · as Eva Woolf
• Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert2020 · as Self - Performer
• Celebrating Sondheim2019 · as Host
• On Broadway2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special2017 · as Herself
• Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return2014 · as Glinda (voice)
• Six by Sondheim2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Coming Up Roses2011 · as Diane
• Sondheim! The Birthday Concert2010 · as Self
• Bernadette Peters: Live in Australia2009 · as Self
• Living Proof2008 · as Barbara Bradfield
• Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'2008 · as Self
• Come le formiche2007 · as Mary Ann
• Children Will Listen2004 · as Narrator
• The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration2003 · as Sue (voice)
• It Runs in the Family2003 · as Rebecca Gromberg
• Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bobbie's Girl2002 · as Bailey Lewis
• The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'2002 · as Self
• Prince Charming2001 · as Margo / 'Titania'
• Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish1999 · as Rita (voice)
• Let It Snow1999 · as Elise Ellis
• Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh1998
• Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years1998 · as Self
• Bernadette Peters in Concert1998
• A Bing Crosby Christmas1998 · as Self (archive footage)
• Holiday in Your Heart1997 · as Faith Shawn
• What the Deaf Man Heard1997 · as Helen Ayers
• Anastasia1997 · as Sophie (voice)
• Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas1997 · as Angelique (voice)
• Cinderella1997 · as Cinderella's Stepmother
• Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff1996 · as Rita (voice)
• Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall1995 · as Fay Apple
• Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger1995
• Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II1995 · as Self
• A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim1995
• Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz1995 · as Self
• The Last Mile1992 · as The Soprano
• Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall1992 · as Self
• Impromptu1991 · as Marie D'Agoult
• Into the Woods1991 · as Witch
• Alice1990 · as Muse
• The Last Best Year1990 · as Jane Murray
• Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece1990 · as Self (archival footage)
• Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!1990 · as Self
• Fall From Grace1990 · as Tammy Faye Bakker
• Pink Cadillac1989 · as Lou Ann McGuinn
• Slaves of New York1989 · as Eleanor
• David1988 · as Marie Rothenberg
• Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · as Self
• Sunday in the Park with George1986 · as Dot / Marie
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business1983 · as Self
• Sleeping Beauty1983 · as Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie
• George Burns and Other Sex Symbols1982 · as Self
• Annie1982 · as Lily St. Regis
• Baryshnikov in Hollywood1982 · as The Girl in 'The Sheik'
• Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical1982 · as Self / Lily
• Heartbeeps1981 · as Aqua
• Pennies from Heaven1981 · as Eileen
• Tulips1981 · as Rutanya Wallace
• The Jerk1979 · as Marie Kimble Johnson
• Musical Comedy Tonight1979
• The Islander1978 · as Trudy Engles
• The Beatles Forever1977 · as Self
• The People's Command Performance: '771977 · as Self - Host
• Vigilante Force1976 · as Little Dee
• Silent Movie1976 · as Vilma Kaplan
• W.C. Fields and Me1976 · as Melody
• The Longest Yard1974 · as Miss Toot
• Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies1973 · as Allison
• Once Upon a Mattress1972 · as Lady Larkin
• Paradise Lost1971 · as Libby Michaels
• George M!1970 · as Josie Cohan
• Bing Crosby: Cooling It1970 · as Self
• The Christmas Tree1958 · as Girl
• Broadway: The Next Generation— · as Self

All TV Shows (63)

• High Desert2023 · as Roslyn / Ginger
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune2021 · as Self - Contestant
• Stars in the House2020 · as Self - Special Guest
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist2020 · as Deb
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Good Fight2017 · as Lenore Rindell
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Musical Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Mozart in the Jungle2014 · as Gloria Windsor
• Smash2012 · as Leigh Conroy
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Ugly Betty2006 · as Jodie Papadakis
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Sarabeth Breyers
• Boston Legal2004 · as Judge Marianna Folger
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• American Idol2002 · as Self
• Teacher's Pet2000
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Stella Danquiss
• Will & Grace1998 · as Gin
• Hollywood Squares1998 · as Self - Panelist
• Ally McBeal1997 · as Cassandra Lewis
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Odyssey1997 · as Circe
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as Rachel (voice)
• Animaniacs1993 · as Rita (voice)
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Bernadette Peters
• The Carol Burnett Show1991 · as Skit characters
• The Carol Burnett Show1991 · as Skit Characters
• Carol & Company1990 · as Kate
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie
• The Tim Conway Show1980 · as Self
• The Martian Chronicles1980 · as Genevieve Seltzer
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
• The Magic of David Copperfield1978 · as Self
• All's Fair1976 · as Charlotte 'Charley' Drake
• The Muppet Show1976 · as Self - Special Guest Star
• The Sonny and Cher Show1976
• Donny & Marie1976 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• McCoy1975 · as Brenda
• Tony Orlando and Dawn1974 · as Self
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Maude1972 · as Kathy Griffith
• Great Performances1971 · as Libby
• All in the Family1971 · as Linda Galloway
• McCloud1970
• Love, American Style1969 · as Nellie
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self - Guest
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self/ Various Characters
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Kraft Music Hall1958
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Performer
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Helen Ayers