Bernadette Peters is one of the most critically acclaimed Broadway actors with Tony Awards and Drama Desk Awards and Nominations. She has performed in musicals such as, ‘Gypsy,' ‘Song and dance,' ‘Mack and Mable’ and has authored three children books such as, ‘Broadway Barks’ which ranked at #5 on The New York Times Children’s Best Sellers list.
Childhood and Early Life
Bernadette Peters is the youngest of three children born on February 28, 1948, to Parents Peter Lazzara and Marguerite, in Ozone Park, New York. At the age of three and a half years Peters, appeared in a television show, ‘Juvenile Jury’ followed by, ‘Name That Tune’ and ‘The Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour’ at the age of five.
After her graduation from high school, she appeared in the musical, ‘The Penny Friend’ in 1996, ‘Curley McDimple’ and ‘The Girl in the Freudian Slip’ in 1967.
Also, she made her Broadway debut in, ‘Johnny No-Trump’ followed by plays in ‘George M!’ and ‘Dames at Sea’ in 1968.Peter’s performed in her next Broadway ‘La Strada’ in 1969 and ‘On the Town’ in 1971. Later in 1964, she played in ‘Mack and Mabel’ as Mabel Normand and moved to Los Angeles to concentrate on television and film work.
Awards and Nominations
Bernadette Peters won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award in 1968. Remarkably, Peters received seven Tony Awards Nominations and two Honorary Awards for her outstanding performances. Moreover, she won nine Drama Desk Awards and three Awards.
In 1981, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Comedy or Musical. For her music careers, Bernadette received three Grammy Awards Nominations in years, 1997, 1998 and 2003.In 2011, she won a Drama Desk Award for her Outstanding Actress role in a musical.
A BERNADETTE PETERS QUOTE
“It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.” - Bernadette Peters
WHAT I WISH FOR YOU TODAY
I wish you the gift of seeing EVERYTHING with fresh new eyes. It’s amazing the beauty I see in the everyday, the banal, the usual.