Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazarra (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York), an actress and singer. Her outstanding characteristics are her flawless complexion, bee-stung lips, kewpie-doll voice, and gift for light comedy.

Her mother started her off in show business by putting her on the television show Juvenile Jury at the age of three and a half years. She later appeared on Name That Tune and The Horn And Hardart Children's Hour. She took tap lessons, and at the age of nine got her Equity Card (under the name of Bernadette Peters, to avoid ethnic stereotyping). In her teen years she appeared in The Most Happy Fella (1959), was an understudy for "Dainty June" in the touring company of Gypsy (1961), and was in The Penny Friend (1966) and The Girl In The Freudian Slip (1967).

She first attracted critical notice in the Off-Broadway spoof of 1930s musicals, Dames at Sea.

In films she is remembered mainly for the movies she made with Steve Martin. In theatre, she has come to be associated with Stephen Sondheim's music, appearing in his Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and, in 2003, returning to Gypsy as "Mama Rose".

She has won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical twice: 1985 for Song and Dance and 1999 for Annie Get Your Gun. However, she was nominated several times: 1975 for Mack and Mabel, 1984 for Sunday in the Park with George, 1993 for The Goodbye Girl, and 2003 for Gypsy, as well as 1972 as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for On the Town.

She is frequently named one of the four greatest living musical divas alongside Betty Buckley, Patti LuPone and Elaine Paige. Of these, she is the only one who has not played Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of Sunset Boulevard.

Off-Broadway Appearances

  • Dames at Sea - 1967

Broadway Appearances

  • The Girl in the Freudian Slip -1967
  • Johnny No-Trump - 1967
  • George M! - 1968
  • La Strada - 1969
  • On the Town - 1971
  • Mack & Mabel - 1974
  • Sunday in the Park with George - 1984
  • Song and Dance - 1985 (Tony Award, Best Leading Actress in a Musical)
  • Into the Woods - 1987
  • The Goodbye Girl - 1993
  • Annie Get Your Gun - 1999 (Tony Award, Best Leading Actress in a Musical)
  • Gypsy - 2003

Film Appearances

  • Silent Movie - 1976
  • The Jerk - 1979
  • Pennies from Heaven - 1981 (Golden Globe Award, Best Actress)
  • Heartbeeps - 1981
  • Annie - 1982
  • Slaves of New York - 1989

Television Appearances

  • Sunday in the Park with George - 1986
  • Into the Woods - 1991
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella - 1997

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Of these, she is the only one who has not played Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of Sunset Boulevard. Molly married her long time fiance Valery Lameignere on July 28, 1999, but they have since filed for divorce. She is frequently named one of the four greatest living musical divas alongside Betty Buckley, Patti LuPone and Elaine Paige. She recently appeared in Not Another Teen Movie — a parody/tribute film of teen movies. However, she was nominated several times: 1975 for Mack and Mabel, 1984 for Sunday in the Park with George, 1993 for The Goodbye Girl, and 2003 for Gypsy, as well as 1972 as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for On the Town. Ringwald is currently participating in plays in London, and she performed on Broadway before moving to England. She has won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical twice: 1985 for Song and Dance and 1999 for Annie Get Your Gun. She later lived in France for four years and only appeared in French-language films.

In theatre, she has come to be associated with Stephen Sondheim's music, appearing in his Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and, in 2003, returning to Gypsy as "Mama Rose". During the period that Ringwald was Hollywood's top female teen, she appeared in countless covers of such publications as Tiger Beat, Teen and many others. In films she is remembered mainly for the movies she made with Steve Martin. Among Ringwald's movies are Fresh Horses, The Pick Up Artist, and the movie that got the Brat Pack together: The Breakfast Club. She first attracted critical notice in the Off-Broadway spoof of 1930s musicals, Dames at Sea. The reporter published a sensationalist article calling her and her fellow actors (Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore and Anthony Michael Hall) The Brat Pack. In her teen years she appeared in The Most Happy Fella (1959), was an understudy for "Dainty June" in the touring company of Gypsy (1961), and was in The Penny Friend (1966) and The Girl In The Freudian Slip (1967). The term was first coined in 1985 after a night out with a reporter of the New Yorker Magazine.

She took tap lessons, and at the age of nine got her Equity Card (under the name of Bernadette Peters, to avoid ethnic stereotyping). Ringwald was a member of the so-called Brat Pack. She later appeared on Name That Tune and The Horn And Hardart Children's Hour. Her breakout role was Pretty in Pink (1986). Her mother started her off in show business by putting her on the television show Juvenile Jury at the age of three and a half years. At age eight, she landed herself a place on TV's New Mickey Mouse Club. Her outstanding characteristics are her flawless complexion, bee-stung lips, kewpie-doll voice, and gift for light comedy. At age five, she starred in a stage production of Alice in Wonderland, playing the dormouse.

Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazarra (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York), an actress and singer. Ringwald, the daughter of blind jazz pianist Bob Ringwald, started her acting career young. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella - 1997. After the success of the film, she appeared in many other teen movies. Into the Woods - 1991. Molly Ringwald (born February 18, 1968 in Rosewood, California) is a red-haired American actress who first became famous and popular with teenagers in the 1984 movie Sixteen Candles. Sunday in the Park with George - 1986. Not Another Teen Movie (2001).

Slaves of New York - 1989. Betsy's Wedding (1990). Annie - 1982. Strike It Rich (1990). Heartbeeps - 1981. Fresh Horses (1988). Pennies from Heaven - 1981 (Golden Globe Award, Best Actress). For Keeps (1988).

The Jerk - 1979. The Pick-up Artist (1987). Silent Movie - 1976. Pretty in Pink (1986). Gypsy - 2003. The Breakfast Club (1985). Annie Get Your Gun - 1999 (Tony Award, Best Leading Actress in a Musical). Sixteen Candles (1984).

The Goodbye Girl - 1993. Tempest (1982). Into the Woods - 1987. Song and Dance - 1985 (Tony Award, Best Leading Actress in a Musical). Sunday in the Park with George - 1984.

Mack & Mabel - 1974. On the Town - 1971. La Strada - 1969. George M! - 1968.

Johnny No-Trump - 1967. The Girl in the Freudian Slip -1967. Dames at Sea - 1967.