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.

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February 28 - 1948 - Ozone Park - Queens - New York - Actress - Singer

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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, and was in The Penny Friend (1966) and The Girl In The Freudian Slip (1967).

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Name That Tune - Equity Card - The Most Happy Fella - 1959 - Gypsy - The Penny Friend - 1966 - The Girl In The Freudian Slip - 1967

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

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In films she is remembered mainly for the 1979 comedy classic The Jerk co-starring 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 ' as "Mama Rose".

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1979 - The Jerk - Steve Martin - Stephen Sondheim - Sunday in the Park with George - Into the Woods - 2003

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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 ', as well as 1972 as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for On the Town.

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Tony Award - 1985 - Song and Dance - 1999 - Annie Get Your Gun - 1975 - Mack and Mabel - 1984 - Sunday in the Park with George - 1993 - The Goodbye Girl - 1972 - On the Town

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Bernadette Peters was married to Michael Wittenberg, who died, at age 43, on September 26, 2005 in a helicopter crash in Montenegro. They had been married since April 1996.

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Michael Wittenberg - September 26 - 2005 - Helicopter - Montenegro - April 1996

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