← Home
Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters

Acting

Born: February 28, 1948Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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
Filmography
Last Train to Fortune

Last Train to Fortune

2025
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion

Self

2024
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Self - Guest

2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Self (voice)

2023
Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20

Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20

Self

2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Self

2022
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

Deb

2021
tick, tick... BOOM!

tick, tick... BOOM!

"Sunday" Legend #11

2021
The Broken Hearts Gallery

The Broken Hearts Gallery

Eva Woolf

2020
Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert

Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert

Self - Performer

2020
Celebrating Sondheim

Celebrating Sondheim

Host

2019
On Broadway

On Broadway

Self (archive footage)

2019
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special

The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special

Herself

2017
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Glinda (voice)

2014
Six by Sondheim

Six by Sondheim

Self (archive footage)

2013
Coming Up Roses

Coming Up Roses

Diane

2011
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Self

2010
Bernadette Peters: Live in Australia

Bernadette Peters: Live in Australia

Self

2009
Living Proof

Living Proof

Barbara Bradfield

2008
Come le formiche

Come le formiche

Mary Ann

2007
Children Will Listen

Children Will Listen

Narrator

2004
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

Sue (voice)

2003
It Runs in the Family

It Runs in the Family

Rebecca Gromberg

2003
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits

Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits

Self (archive footage)

2003
Bobbie's Girl

Bobbie's Girl

Bailey Lewis

2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

Self

2002
Prince Charming

Prince Charming

Margo / 'Titania'

2001
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish

Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish

Rita (voice)

1999
Let It Snow

Let It Snow

Elise Ellis

1999
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

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

1998

Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

Self

1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas

A Bing Crosby Christmas

Self (archive footage)

1998
Bernadette Peters in Concert

Bernadette Peters in Concert

1998
Holiday in Your Heart

Holiday in Your Heart

Faith Shawn

1997
What the Deaf Man Heard

What the Deaf Man Heard

Helen Ayers

1997
Anastasia

Anastasia

Sophie (voice)

1997
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Angelique (voice)

1997
Cinderella

Cinderella

Cinderella's Stepmother

1997
The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Circe

1997
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff

Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff

Rita (voice)

1996
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

Fay Apple

1995
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

1995
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

Self

1995
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

Self

1995
The Last Mile

The Last Mile

The Soprano

1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Self

1992
Impromptu

Impromptu

Marie D'Agoult

1991
Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Witch

1991
Alice

Alice

Muse

1990
The Last Best Year

The Last Best Year

Jane Murray

1990
Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece

Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece

Self (archival footage)

1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Self

1990
Fall From Grace

Fall From Grace

Tammy Faye Bakker

1990
Pink Cadillac

Pink Cadillac

Lou Ann McGuinn

1989
Slaves of New York

Slaves of New York

Eleanor

1989
David

David

Marie Rothenberg

1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Self (archive footage)

1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

1987
Sunday in the Park with George

Sunday in the Park with George

Dot / Marie

1986
Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

1985
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

Self

1983
Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie

1983
George Burns and Other Sex Symbols

George Burns and Other Sex Symbols

Self

1982
Annie

Annie

Lily St. Regis

1982
Baryshnikov in Hollywood

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

The Girl in 'The Sheik'

1982
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical

Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical

Self / Lily

1982
Heartbeeps

Heartbeeps

Aqua

1981
Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven

Eileen

1981
Tulips

Tulips

Rutanya Wallace

1981
The Jerk

The Jerk

Marie Kimble Johnson

1979
Musical Comedy Tonight

Musical Comedy Tonight

1979
The Islander

The Islander

Trudy Engles

1978
The Beatles Forever

The Beatles Forever

Self

1977
The People's Command Performance: '77

The People's Command Performance: '77

Self - Host

1977
Vigilante Force

Vigilante Force

Little Dee

1976
Silent Movie

Silent Movie

Vilma Kaplan

1976
W.C. Fields and Me

W.C. Fields and Me

Melody

1976
The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

Miss Toot

1974
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

Allison

1973
Once Upon a Mattress

Once Upon a Mattress

Lady Larkin

1972
Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

Libby Michaels

1971
George M!

George M!

Josie Cohan

1970
Bing Crosby: Cooling It

Bing Crosby: Cooling It

Self

1970

The Christmas Tree

Girl

1958