Stage and screen star Bernadette Peters celebrates her birthday February 28.
Peters made her New York theatrical debut at the age of ten, playing the role of Tessie in a City Center revival of The Most Happy Fella. She won Tony Awards for her performances in musicals by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Song & Dance) and Irving Berlin (a revival of Annie Get Your Gun), and has also created leading roles in musicals by Jerry Herman (Mack & Mabel) and Marvin Hamlisch (The Goodbye Girl). Peters is, perhaps, most associated with the work of Stephen Sondheim, having offered performances in five Broadway musicals that boast lyrics and/or music by Sondheim: model/mistress Dot in Sunday in the Park with George, the Witch in Into the Woods, the indomitable stage mother Rose in Gypsy, the captivating Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music, and Sally Plummer Durant in Follies.
Peters was most recently seen on Broadway as Dolly Levi in the Tony-winning revival of Hello, Dolly! at the Shubert Theatre.
In honor of the musical theatre luminary, look back at highlights from her stage career.
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From Dot to Dolly: Celebrating the Stage Work of Bernadette Peters
From Dot to Dolly: Celebrating the Stage Work of Bernadette Peters
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Bernadette Peters and cast in Dames at Sea Off-Broadway, 1966
Joel Grey, Bernadette Peters, Betty Ann Grove and Jerry Dodge in George M!, 1968
Joel Grey, Bernadette Peters, Jerry Dodge and Betty Ann Grove in George M!, 1968
Bernadette Peters in La Strada
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Bernadette Peters in La Strada
Jess Richards and Bernadette Peters in On the Town
Jess Richards and Bernadette Peters in On the Town
Jess Richards and Bernadette Peters in On the Town
Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters in Mack & Mabel, 1974
Bernadette Peters and Christine Baranski in Sally and Marsha
Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters in Sunday in the Park with George
Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters in Sunday in the Park with George
Martha Swope
Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters in Sunday in the Park with George
Bernadette Peters and Robert Westenberg in Sunday in the Park With George
Bernadette Peters in Song and Dance, 1985
Bernadette Peters in Song and Dance, 1985
Bernadette Peters in Song and Dance, 1985
Bernadette Peters in Song and Dance, 1985
Bernadette Peters in Song and Dance, 1985
Bernadette Peters, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Joanna Gleason and Chip Zien in Into the Woods 1987
Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason and Bernadette Peters in Into the Woods 1987
Martha Swope
Joanna Gleason, Bernadette Peters and Chip Zien in Into the Woods, 1987
Chip Zien, Robert Westenberg, Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason and Tom Aldredge in Into the Woods 1987
Martin Short and Bernadette Peters in The Goodbye Girl
Martin Short and Bernadette Peters in The Goodbye Girl
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Martin Short and Bernadette Peters in The Goodbye Girl
Bernadette Peters in The Goodbye Girl, 1993
Ronn Carroll, Bernadette Peters, Cassidy Ladden, Trevor McQueen Eaton and Mia Walker in Annie Get Your Gun, 1999
David Villella, Shaun Amyot, Eric Sciotto, Bernadette Peters and Mia Walker in Annie Get Your Gun, 1999
Bernadette Peters in Annie Get Your Gun, 1999
Carol Rosegg
Bernadette Peters in Annie Get Your Gun, 1999
Bernadette Peters in Gypsy, 2003
John Dossett, Bernadette Peters and Tammy Blanchard in Gypsy, 2003
Bernadette Peters in Gypsy, 2003
Elaine Stritch and Bernadette Peters in A Little Night Music, 2010
Bernadette Peters and Alexander Hanson in A Little Night Music, 2010
Alexander Hanson and Bernadette Peters in A Little Night Music, 2010
Bernadette Peters in A Little Night Music, 2010
Bernadette Peters in Follies, 2011
Ron Raines, Bernadette Peters, Lora Lee Gayer and Nick Verina in Follies, 2011
Bernadette Peters in Follies, 2011
Bernadette Peters in Follies, 2011
Bernadette Peters
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Bernadette Peters in Hello, Dolly!
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Bernadette Peters and the cast
