Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author.

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. Peters has appeared extensively in film and on television, having been nominated for four Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, winning one. She has also recorded solo albums, and four of her cast albums have won Grammy Awards.

Performances Stage

Broadway Year Show Role Venue Ref. 1959 The Most Happy Fella Tessie New York City Center 1967 The Girl in the Freudian Slip Leslie Maugham Booth Theatre – Broadway debut (standby) The Girl in the Freudian Slip, Playbill, accessed April 18, 2016" The Girl in the Freudian Slip Broadway". Internet Broadway Database, retrieved February 26, 2018 1967 Johnny No-Trump Bettina Cort Theatre – Closed after one official performance" Johnny No-Trump Broadway", Playbill (vault), retrieved February 26, 2018 1968 George M! Josie Cohan Palace Theatre " George M! Broadway", Playbill (vault), retrieved February 26, 2018 1969 La Strada Gelsomina Lunt-Fontanne Theatre – Closed after one official performance. Mandelbaum, Ken. "Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Flops", p. 171 (1991) St. Martin's Press Barnes, Clive. "The Theater: La Strada With Music", The New York Times, December 15, 1969, p. 63" La Strada Broadway", Playbill (vault), retrieved February 26, 2018 1971 On the Town Hildy Esterhazy Imperial Theatre" On the Town Broadway", Playbill (vault), retrieved February 26, 2018 1974 Mack and Mabel Mabel Normand Majestic Theatre " Mack & Mabel Broadway", Internet Broadway database, retrieved February 26, 2018 1984 Sunday in the Park with George Dot/Marie Booth Theatre " Sunday in the Park with George Broadway", Internet Broadway database, retrieved February 26, 2018 1985 Song and Dance Emma Royale Theatre " Song and Dance Broadway", Internet Broadway database, retrieved February 26, 2018 1987Into the WoodsThe WitchMartin Beck Theatre "Into the Woods Broadway", Internet Broadway database, retrieved February 26, 2018 1989 1993 The Goodbye Girl Paula Marquis Theatre "The Goodbye Girl Broadway", Internet Broadway database, retrieved February 26, 2018 1994 Sunday in the Park with George Dot/Marie St. James Theatre – Benefit concert "Sunday in the Park with George Broadway Concert", Playbill, retrieved February 20, 2023 1997 Into the Woods The Witch Broadway Theatre – Benefit concert "Into the Woods Broadway Concert", Playbill, retrieved December 16, 2022 1999 Annie Get Your Gun Annie Oakley Marquis Theatre " Annie Get Your Gun Broadway", Internet Broadway database, retrieved February 26, 2018 2003 Gypsy Rose Shubert Theatre " Gypsy Broadway", Playbill (vault), retrieved February 26, 2018 2010 A Little Night Music Desiree Armfeldt Walter Kerr Theatre Replacement for Catherine Zeta-Jones (July 2010 – January 2011) " A Little Night Music Broadway", Playbill (vault), retrieved February 26, 2018 2011 Follies Sally Durant Plummer Marquis Theatre " Follies Broadway", Playbill (vault), retrieved February 26, 2018 2018 Hello, Dolly! Dolly Gallagher Levi Shubert Theatre Replacement for Bette Midler (January – July 2018) " Hello, Dolly! Broadway", Playbill (vault), retrieved February 26, 2018 2025 Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Herself/Various Samuel J. Friedman Theatre "Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends – Broadway", Playbill. Retrieved April 8, 2025

Other Year Show Role Notes Ref. 1958 This Is Goggle Professional stage debutFujiwara, Chris. "An Invisible Wall", The World and Its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015, , p. 216 1961 Gypsy Thelma/Hawaiian Girl US National Tour 1968 Dames at Sea Ruby Bouwerie Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway Dames at Sea, Lortel.org, retrieved February 26, 2018 1968 A Mother's Kisses Performer Three weeks of out-of-town tryouts in New Haven and Baltimore.Cancelled before Broadway premiere."'A Mother's Kisses' Listing". BroadwayWorld.com, accessed June 17, 2011; Zolotow, Sam. "'Mother's Kisses' Will Not Make It to Broadway", The New York Times, October 15, 1968, p. 39; and " A Mother's Kisses Production", Broadwayworld.com, retrieved February 26, 2018 1971 Nevertheless, They Laugh Consuelo Lamb's Club, New York City, March 1971 (5 performances)Musical based on Andreyev's He Who Gets Slapped. See New York Magazine theater listings, p. 13, March 29, 1971; " 'Nevertheless, They Laugh' Listing" , theatredb.com, accessed November 2, 2016; and Stewart, John. "2021. Nevertheless, They Laugh, 3/24/71-3/28/71", Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004, McFarland, 2012, 1971 W.C. Carlotta Monti Played only out-of-town from May to October 1971; Never in NYCMorddren, Ethan. W. C., One More Kiss: The Broadway Musical in the 1970s, St. Martin's Press, 2015, , no page numberMarill, Alvin H. "'W.C.' The Sixth Decade". Mickey Rooney: His Films, Television Appearances, Radio Work, Stage Shows, and Recordings, McFarland, 2005, , pp. 62–63, 178–79 1972 Tartuffe Dorine Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PADavis, Andrew. Tartuffe, America's Longest Run: A History of the Walnut Street Theatre, Penn State Press, 2010, , p. 286 1973 Dames at Sea Ruby Paper Mill Playhouse Dames at Sea at Paper Mill Playhouse 1974 Mack and Mabel Mabel Normand San Diego Civic Theatre / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion / The Muny / Kennedy Center Mack & Mabel Tour 1982 Sally and Marsha Sally Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway Sally and Marsha, Lortel.org, retrieved February 26, 2018 1983 Sunday in the Park with George Dot/Annette Playwrights Horizons Sondheim/Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George, Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 1991, pp. 203–4, ISBN 1-55783-068-1 1993 The Goodbye Girl Paula Shubert Theatre, Chicago 1995 Anyone Can Whistle Fay Apple Carnegie Hall concert " Anyone Can Whistle – Live at Carnegie Hall 1995", masterworksbroadway.com, accessed October 12, 2019 2011 Follies Sally Durant Plummer Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. Gans, Andrew. "Broadway-Bound 'Follie's Plays Final Performance at Kennedy Center June 19" Playbill, June 19, 20112013 A Bed and a Chair Performer New York City Center Gans, Andrew. , playbill.com, 13 November 2013, retrieved November 6, 20232023Stephen Sondheim's Old FriendsHerself/Various Gielgud Theatre, London Sondheim’s Old Friends, timeout.com, 20 February 2023, retrieved February 26, 20232025 Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles "Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends – Los Angeles", Playbill. Retrieved 25 March 2025

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1973 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies Allison 1974 The Longest Yard Miss Toot 1976 W.C. Fields and Me Melody Silent Movie Vilma Kaplan Vigilante Force Little Dee 1979 The Jerk Marie 1981 Tulips Rutanya Wallace Pennies from Heaven Eileen Heartbeeps Aqua 1982 Annie Lily St. Regis 1989 Slaves of New York Eleanor Pink Cadillac Lou Ann McGuinn Dragon and Slippers Guinevere Voice 1990 Alice Muse 1991 Impromptu Marie D'Agoult 1997 Anastasia Sophie Voice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Angelique Voice, direct-to-video 1998 Barney's Great Adventure Singer, title song 1999 Snow Days Elise Ellis Mitchell, Elvis. "Film in Review", The New York Times, June 8, 2001, p. E16 Wakko's Wish Rita Voice, direct-to-video 2003 It Runs in the Family Rebecca Gromberg The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration Sue Voice, direct-to-video 2007 Come le formiche Mary Ann AKA Wine and Kisses 2011 Coming Up Roses Diane Released in 2012 2014 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Glinda VoiceGioia, Michael. "Legends of Oz Animated Film, With Voices of Megan Hilty, Lea Michele, Bernadette Peters, Will Be Released in 2014", Playbill, March 14, 2013, accessed November 22, 2016 2016 10 Little Rubber Ducks Narrator VoiceGans, Andrew. "Bernadette Peters Narrates New Animated Film", Playbill, October 10, 2016 2020 The Broken Hearts Gallery Eva Woolf 2021 Tick, Tick... Boom! "Sunday" Legend Cameo 2025 Last Train to Fortune Miss Lily 2026 The Debut Serena Cherry

Television