Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters (Desirée Armfeldt) is the recipient of two Tony Awards®, a Golden Globe, two Grammy Awards and three Emmy nominations. She received Tony® and Drama Desk Awards for Song and Dance and a second Tony Award® for Annie Get Your Gun. She received Tony® nominations for Gypsy, The Goodbye Girl, Sunday in the Park with George, Mack and Mabel and On The Town. She also earned a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in Into the Woods. Her TV credits include most recently, the Lifetime movie Living Proof and guest starring roles on ABC-TV’s Grey’s Anatomy and Ugly Betty. Among her 18 film credits are: Pennies From Heaven (Golden Globe Award), The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie, Annie, Pink Cadillac, Slaves of New York, Alice, Impromptu, It Runs in the Family, and the soon–to–be–released, Coming Up Roses. In addition to numerous Original Broadway Cast recordings, Ms. Peters has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy-nominated Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, Etc.,Etc: Sondheim Etc., Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall and I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight. Ms. Peters devotes her time and talents to efforts that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and her “pet project” is Broadway Barks, an annual, star-studded dog adoption event she founded with friend Mary Tyler Moore, benefitting animal shelters throughout the New York City area. She added author and songwriter to her roster of achievements with her debut children’s book, a New York Times best seller, Broadway Barks and the just-released Stella is a Star.
