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. She subsequently had a long-term relationship with Timothy Dalton. She is frequently named one of the four greatest living musical divas alongside Betty Buckley, Patti LuPone and Elaine Paige. She was married to the film director Tony Richardson (1928-1991) from 1962 until 1967. 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. In December, 2002, Redgrave paid £50,000 bail for Chechen sepraratist Deputy Premier and special envoy Akhmed Zakayev, who was accused by Russia of aiding and abetting hostage-takings in the Moscow Hostage Crisis of 2002, and guerrilla warfare against Russia. 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. The party will only run a handful of candidates and will call for Britons to vote for Liberal Democrats and even individual Tories who support human rights in an attempt to defeat the Labour Party in the next election.

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". In 2004 she and her brother Corin Redgrave announced the launch of the Peace and Progress Party which would campaign against the war in Iraq and for human rights. In films she is remembered mainly for the movies she made with Steve Martin. She and other Healy loyalists founded the Marxist Party in the 1990s. She first attracted critical notice in the Off-Broadway spoof of 1930s musicals, Dames at Sea. Redgrave remained loyal to WRP founder Gerry Healy when he was expelled from the WRP in the mid-1980s. 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). Her political views have also caused controversy, being a member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party and denouncing Zionism when receiving her Academy Award.

She took tap lessons, and at the age of nine got her Equity Card (under the name of Bernadette Peters, to avoid ethnic stereotyping). She won an Academy Award for her performance in Julia (1977). She later appeared on Name That Tune and The Horn And Hardart Children's Hour. She first appeared in the West End, playing opposite her father, in 1958, and subsequently became notorious for her unconventional lifestyle and daring film roles such as Isadora (1968). 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 was born in London and entered the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1954. Her outstanding characteristics are her flawless complexion, bee-stung lips, kewpie-doll voice, and gift for light comedy. Her sister, Lynn Redgrave, and brother, Corin Redgrave, are also well-known actors, as are her daughters, Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson. She also has a son, Carlo Nero, a writer and film director, by a relationship with Italian actor Franco Nero (né Francesco Spartanero), whom she met while filming Camelot.

Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazarra (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York), an actress and singer. Her parents were Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella - 1997. Vanessa Redgrave (born January 30, 1937) is an English actress, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty. Into the Woods - 1991. The Pledge (2001). Sunday in the Park with George - 1986. Girl, Interrupted (1999).

Slaves of New York - 1989. Mrs Dalloway (1997). Annie - 1982. Wilde (1997). Heartbeeps - 1981. Howards End (1992). Pennies from Heaven - 1981 (Golden Globe Award, Best Actress). Prick Up Your Ears (1987).

The Jerk - 1979. Wetherby (1985). Silent Movie - 1976. The Bostonians (1984). Gypsy - 2003. Julia (1977). Annie Get Your Gun - 1999 (Tony Award, Best Leading Actress in a Musical). Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

The Goodbye Girl - 1993. Mary Queen of Scots (1971). Into the Woods - 1987. The Devils (1971). Song and Dance - 1985 (Tony Award, Best Leading Actress in a Musical). Oh! What a Lovely War (1969). Sunday in the Park with George - 1984. Isadora (1968) Redgrave in Mrs Dalloway (1997) .

Mack & Mabel - 1974. Camelot (1967). On the Town - 1971. Blow-Up (1966). La Strada - 1969. Morgan! (1966). George M! - 1968. A Man for All Seasons (1966, again 1988).

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