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Bernadette Peters Biography (1948-)

Original name, Bernadette Lazzara; born February 28, 1948, in Jamaica (some sources say Queens), NY; daughter of Peter (a truck driver) and Marguerite (ahomemaker; maiden name, Maltese) Lazzara; married Michael Wittenberg (an investment advisor), July 20, 1996. Addresses: Agent: Jeff Hunter, WilliamMorris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 15, New York, NY 10019-6026.

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, singer, dancer

Birth Details

February 28, 1948

Jamaica, New York

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Tessie, The Most Happy Fella, New York City Center Theatre, New York City, 1959
• Alice Burton, This Is Google, 1962
• Jenny, Riverwind, 1966
• Cinderella, The Penny Friend, Stage 73 Theatre, New York City, 1966-1967
• (Broadway debut) The Girl in the Freudian Slip, Booth Theatre, NewYork City, 1967
• Bettina, Johnny No-Trump, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1967
• Alice, Curley McDimple, Wheeler Theatre, New York City, 1967-1968
• Josie Cohan, George M!, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1968
• Ruby, Dames at Sea, Bowerie Lane Theatre, New York City, 1968-1969
• Gelsomina, La Strada, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1969
• Consuelo, Nevertheless They Laugh, Lambs Club Theatre, New York City, 1971
• Hildy, On the Town, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1971-1972
• Dorine, Tartuffe, Philadelphia Drama Guild Theatre, Philadelphia,PA, 1972-1973
• Mabel Normand, Mack and Mabel, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1974
• Sally, Sally and Marsha, Manhattan Theatre Club/Downstage, New York City, 1982
• Dot, Sunday in the Park with George, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1983 then Booth Theatre, 1984-1985
• Emma, Song and Dance, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986
• Witch, Into the Woods, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1987-1989
• The Goodbye Girl, 1993
• Annie Oakley (title role), Annie Get Your Gun, Marquis Theatre, 1999
• Broadway Bears III, Hudson Theatre at Millenium Broadway, New YorkCity, 2000
• Bernadette Peters, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX, 2001
• Major Tours
• Gypsy, U.S. cities, 1961-1962
• Carolotta Monti, W. C., U.S. cities, 1971
• Film Appearances
• Allison, Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
• Warden's secretary, The Longest Yard, Paramount, 1974
• Vilma Kaplan, Silent Movie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
• Dee, Vigilante Force, United Artists, 1976
• Melody, W. C. Fields and Me, Universal, 1976
• Marie, The Jerk, Universal, 1979
• Aqua, Heartbeeps, Universal, 1981
• Eileen, Pennies from Heaven, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1981
• Rutanya Wallace, Tulips, Avco Embassy, 1981
• Lily, Annie, Columbia, 1982
• Eleanor, Slaves of New York, Tri-Star, 1989
• Lou Ann McGuinn, Pink Cadillac, Warner Brothers, 1989
• Muse, Alice, Orion, 1990
• Marie d'Agoult, Impromptu, Hemdale, 1991
• Peter Allen: The Boy from Oz, 1995
• Voice of Angelique, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas(animated), 1997
• Voice of Sophie, Anastasia (animated), 1997
• Voice of Rita, Wakko's Wish, 1999
• Elise Ellis, Snow Days (also known as Let It Snow), 1999
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Lily St. Regis, Lights, Camera, Annie!, 1982
• Rothenberg, David, ABC, 1988
• Jane Murray, The Last Best Year of My Life, ABC, 1990
• Cinderella's stepmother, Cinderella (also known as Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella), ABC, 1997
• Helen Ayers, What the Deaf Man Heard, NBC, 1997
• Faith Shawn, Holiday in Your Heart, ABC, 1997
• Prince Charming, TNT, 2001
• Specials
• Josie Cohan, George M! (adaptation of the Broadway musical), NBC,1970
• Bing Crosby--Cooling It, NBC, 1970
• Lady Larken, Once Upon a Mattress, CBS, 1972
• Burt and the Girls, NBC, 1973
• Bing Crosby--Cooling It, CBS, 1973
• Josie Cohan, George M!, CBS, 1976
• Bing Crosby's White Christmas, CBS, 1976
• Ringmaster, Circus of the Stars, CBS, 1977
• Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Tribute to Vaudeville, NBC, 1977
• Uncle Tim Wants You, CBS, 1977
• The Beatles Forever, NBC, 1977
• Mac Davis's Christmas Odyssey: 2010, NBC, 1978
• Perry Como's Springtime Special, ABC, 1979
• Ringmaster, Circus of the Stars, CBS, 1979
• Musical Comedy Tonight, PBS, 1979
• Sally, Bob Hope in the Star Makers, NBC, 1980
• Baryshnikov in Hollywood, CBS, 1982
• Bob Hope's All-Star Birthday at Annapolis, NBC, 1982
• Texaco Star Theatre: Opening Night, NBC, 1982
• George Burns and Other Sex Symbols, NBC, 1982
• Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala, NBC, 1982
• Bob Hope's Women I Love--Beautiful But Funny, 1982
• George Burn's Celebrates Eighty Years in Show Business, NBC, 1983
• Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming, NBC, 1985
• The Night of 100 Stars II, ABC, 1985
• Dot and Marie, Sunday in the Park with George, Showtime, 1986
• Happy Birthday Hollywood, ABC, 1987
• The Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap, PBS, 1987
• A Star-Spangled Celebration, ABC, 1987
• Evening at Pops, PBS, 1987
• Ruby Lee Carter, Diana Ross ... Red Hot Rhythm and Blues, ABC, 1987
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1989
• A Broadway Christmas, Showtime, 1990
• Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II, PBS, 1995
• Salute to Steven Speilberg (also known as The 23rd American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Steven Spielberg), NBC, 1995
• Hey Mr. Producer (also known as Hey Mr. Producer!: The MusicalWorld of Cameron Mackintosh), PBS, 1998
• Bernadette Peters in Concert, PBS, 1999
• AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000
• Awards Presentations
• The 38th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1984
• The 40th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1986
• The 41st Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1987
• The 59th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1987
• The 42nd Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1988
• The 44th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1990
• The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1991
• Series
• Charlotte (Charley) Drake, All's Fair, CBS, 1976-1977
• Voice of Rita, Animaniacs (animated), 1993
• The Closer, CBS, 1998
• Episodic
• House Party, 1952
• Horn & Hardart Children's Hour, 1953
• "We Interrupt This Season," NBC Experiment in Television, NBC, 1967
• Love, American Style, 1969
• Carol Burnett Show, CBS, 1969 and 1974
• "Lost Paradise," Theatre in America, PBS, 1971
• Kathy Griffith, "The Split: Rumpus in the Rumpus Room," Maude, 1972
• "Love and the Hoodwinked Honey," Love, American Style, ABC, 1973
• "The Double Date," Maude, CBS, 1975
• Linda Galloway, "Gloria Suspects Mike," All in the Family, CBS, 1975
• "In Again, Out Again," McCoy, NBC, 1976
• "The Day New York Turned Blue," McCloud, NBC, 1976
• The Muppet Show, 1977
• Multiple characters, Carol Burnett and Friends, 1977
• Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1981
• "Sleeping Beauty," Faerie Tale Theater, Showtime, 1983
• "Trevor Farrell," An American Portrait, CBS, 1984
• Tammy Faye Bakker, "Fall from Grace," Sunday Night at the Movies,NBC, 1990
• Witch, "Into the Woods," American Playhouse, PBS, 1991
• The Carol Burnett Show, CBS, 1991
• The soprano, "The Last Mile," Great Performances, PBS, 1992
• "Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall," Great Performances, PBS, 1992
• "Montana," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1994
• The Closer, CBS, 1998
• Voice of Fifi, "Fifi," Teacher's Pet (animated), ABC, 2000
• Cohost, Live with Regis, ABC, 2000-2001
• Rachel, "Sliding Frasiers," Frasier, NBC, 2001
• Cassandra Lewis, "The Getaway," Ally McBeal, Fox, 2001
• Cassandra Lewis, "The Obstacle Course," Ally McBeal, Fox, 2001
• Appeared as a child on Juvenile Jury and Name That Tune; appeared as host, Rich, Thin, and Beautiful; also appeared in They Said It with Music; Lonely Man; House of Numbers; Ten Seconds to Hell; and Warriors Five.
• Pilots
• Doris, The Owl and the Pussycat, NBC, 1975
• Marie Trudy Engels, The Islander, CBS, 1978
• Miniseries
• Genevieve Seltzer, The Martian Chronicles, NBC, 1980
• Circe, The Odyssey (also known as Die Abenteuer ver des Odysseus, Homer's Odyssey, and Odissea), NBC, 1997
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Bernadette Peters, MCA, 1980
• Now Playing, MCA, 1981
• Sondheim: Sunday in the Park with George, RCA, 1985
• A Collector's Sondheim, 1985
• Bernadette Peters in "Song and Dance": The Songs, 1986
• I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, Angel, 1996
• Sondheim Etc., Angel, 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• People Weekly, March 29, 1982, p. 70