Bernadette Peters

Actor Feb 28 (age 78) Queens, New York City, New York, USA 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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Biography

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 sta…

Known For

Film

Anastasia

Sophie (voice)

Film

tick, tick... BOOM!

"Sunday" Legend #11

Film

Animaniacs

Rita (voice)

Film

The Odyssey

Circe

Film

The Jerk

Marie Kimble Johnson

Film

Annie

Lily St. Regis

Film

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Angelique (voice)

Film

The Broken Hearts Gallery

Eva Woolf

Filmography

Acting (144)

Movies (87)

Last Train to Fortune

2025

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion

2024

as Self

10.0

Being Mary Tyler Moore

2023

as Self (voice)

6.6

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

2023

as Self - Guest

8.4

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

2022

as Self

8.0

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

2022

as Self

8.0

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

as "Sunday" Legend #11

7.6

Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

2021

as Deb

6.4

The Broken Hearts Gallery

2020

as Eva Woolf

7.2

Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert

2020

as Self - Performer

10.0

On Broadway

2019

as Self (archive footage)

8.7

Celebrating Sondheim

2019

as Host

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special

2017

as Herself

6.7

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

2014

as Glinda (voice)

6.3

Six by Sondheim

2013

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Coming Up Roses

2011

as Diane

5.0

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

2010

as Self

8.0

Bernadette Peters: Live in Australia

2009

as Self

Living Proof

2008

as Barbara Bradfield

6.5

Come le formiche

2007

as Mary Ann

Children Will Listen

2004

as Narrator

The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

2003

as Sue (voice)

6.3

It Runs in the Family

2003

as Rebecca Gromberg

6.0

Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Bobbie's Girl

2002

as Bailey Lewis

3.7

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

as Self

Prince Charming

as Margo / 'Titania'

Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish

as Rita (voice)

Let It Snow

as Elise Ellis

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

1998

2.0

A Bing Crosby Christmas

1998

as Self (archive footage)

Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

1998

as Self

Bernadette Peters in Concert

1998

Anastasia

1997

as Sophie (voice)

7.6

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

1997

as Angelique (voice)

6.2

Cinderella

1997

as Cinderella's Stepmother

6.5

The Odyssey

1997

as Circe

8.0

What the Deaf Man Heard

1997

as Helen Ayers

6.2

Holiday in Your Heart

1997

as Faith Shawn

10.0

Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff

1996

as Rita (voice)

7.1

Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

1995

as Fay Apple

Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

1995

as Self

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

1995

as Self

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

1995

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

1995

9.0

The Last Mile

1992

as The Soprano

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

as Self

Impromptu

as Marie D'Agoult

Into the Woods

as Witch

Alice

as Muse

Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece

1990

as Self (archival footage)

The Last Best Year

as Jane Murray

Fall From Grace

as Tammy Faye Bakker

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

as Self

Slaves of New York

as Eleanor

Pink Cadillac

as Lou Ann McGuinn

David

as Marie Rothenberg

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

1988

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

Sunday in the Park with George

1986

as Dot / Marie

7.2

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

Sleeping Beauty

1983

as Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie

6.6

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

as Self

Annie

as Lily St. Regis

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

1982

as Self / Lily

George Burns and Other Sex Symbols

1982

as Self - Bernadette Peters

5.0

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

1982

as The Girl in 'The Sheik'

Heartbeeps

as Aqua

Pennies from Heaven

as Eileen

Tulips

as Rutanya Wallace

The Jerk

as Marie Kimble Johnson

6.9

Musical Comedy Tonight

1979

The Islander

1978

as Trudy Engles

The People's Command Performance: '77

1977

as Self - Host

The Beatles Forever

1977

as Self

Vigilante Force

as Little Dee

W.C. Fields and Me

as Melody

Silent Movie

as Vilma Kaplan

The Longest Yard

as Miss Toot

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

as Allison

Once Upon a Mattress

as Lady Larkin

Paradise Lost

as Libby Michaels

George M!

as Josie Cohan

Bing Crosby: Cooling It

1970

as Self

The Christmas Tree

1958

as Girl

No One Cares

Television (57)

High Desert

2023

as Roslyn / Ginger

6.7

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

2021

as Self - Contestant

7.0

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

2020

as Deb

7.5

Stars in the House

2020

as Self - Special Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

The Good Fight

as Lenore Rindell

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

Mozart in the Jungle

as Gloria Windsor

Smash

as Leigh Conroy

Downton Abbey

as Herself

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Ugly Betty

as Jodie Papadakis

Grey's Anatomy

as Sarabeth Breyers

Boston Legal

as Judge Marianna Folger

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

American Idol

as Self

Teacher's Pet

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Stella Danquiss

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

Will & Grace

as Gin

The View

as Self

Ally McBeal

as Cassandra Lewis

The Odyssey

as Circe

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

Frasier

as Rachel (voice)

Animaniacs

as Rita (voice)

The Larry Sanders Show

1992

as Bernadette Peters

7.7

The Carol Burnett Show

1991

as Skit characters

7.3

The Carol Burnett Show

as Skit Characters

Carol & Company

as Kate

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self - Guest

5.4

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982

as Sleeping Beauty / Princess Debbie

8.1

The Tim Conway Show

1980

as Self

7.5

The Martian Chronicles

1980

as Genevieve Seltzer

6.9

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

as Self

7.4

The Muppet Show

1976

as Self - Special Guest Star

8.0

Donny & Marie

1976

as Self

6.7

The Sonny and Cher Show

1976

6.8

All's Fair

1976

as Charlotte 'Charley' Drake

7.0

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

McCoy

as Brenda

Dinah!

as Self

Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self

Maude

as Kathy Griffith

Great Performances

as Libby

All in the Family

as Linda Galloway

McCloud

Love, American Style

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest

7.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Kraft Music Hall

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Helen Ayers

8.6