Bernadette Peters
American actress and singer (born 1948)
Bernadette Peters is an American actor and singer whose Broadway career includes originating Dot in Sunday in the Park with George and the Witch in Into the Woods. She won Tony Awards for Song and Dance and Annie Get Your Gun, and later starred in Gypsy, Follies and Hello, Dolly!. On screen she won a Golden Globe for Pennies from Heaven, starred in The Jerk and voiced Rita on Animaniacs.
Bernadette Peters appears in 4 films and 1 TV series in The Rerun, from 1982 to 2026. Most of that work is in comedy, musical and biography. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Rob Paulsen (3), John Huston (2).
Known for
- Into the Woods (1987), The Witch. Originated the role in the Broadway premiere of the Sondheim fairy-tale musical.
- Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Dot. Created the role of Georges Seurat’s muse in the Pulitzer-winning Sondheim musical.
- The Jerk (1979), Marie. Starred opposite Steve Martin in a role he wrote for her.
- Pennies from Heaven (1981), Eileen. Her performance in the Depression-era musical won a Golden Globe.
- Animaniacs (1993), Rita. Voiced and sang as the streetwise cat in the Warner Bros. cartoon.
- Mozart in the Jungle (2014), Gloria Windsor. A recurring role in the Amazon comedy set inside a New York orchestra.
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Festivals · UK
Royal Festival Hall, London · UK · 18 Oct
London Film Festival’s Final Weekend
The 70th BFI London Film Festival closed on Sunday 18 October with Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut and the Best Film award from a 10-title Official Competition.
Casie Stewart · 3 min read
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Bernadette Peters been in?
- Bernadette Peters appears in The Debut (2026), Tick, Tick… Boom! (2021), Animaniacs (1993), Pink Cadillac (1989) and Annie (1982) on The Remote.
- When was Bernadette Peters born?
- Bernadette Peters was born on 28 February 1948.
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