Betty Buckley

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Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley 2009.jpg
Buckley in December 2009
Born (1947-07-03) July 3, 1947 (age 76)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, music teacher
Years active1964–present
Spouse
Peter Flood
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(m. 1972;div. 1979)​
Relatives Norman Buckley (brother)
Website www.bettybuckley.com

Betty Buckley (born July 3, 1947) [1] is an American actress and singer. Buckley is the winner of a Tony Award, and was nominated for an additional Tony Award, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and an Olivier Award. In 2012, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. [2]

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Buckley won the 1983 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of Cats . She went on to play Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1994–96) in both London and New York, receiving a 1995 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, and was nominated for the 1997 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Triumph of Love . Her other Broadway credits include 1776 (1969), Pippin (1973), and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985). From September 2018 to August 2019, she starred as the title role in the U.S. national tour of Hello, Dolly . [3]

Buckley starred in the TV series Eight Is Enough from 1977 to 1981 and played gym teacher Miss Collins in the 1976 film Carrie , before going on to star in the short-lived Broadway musical version of Carrie in 1988, playing Carrie White's mother, Margaret. Her other film roles include Dixie Scott in Tender Mercies (1983), Sondra Walker in Frantic (1988), Kathy in Another Woman (1988) and Mrs. Jones in The Happening (2008). She received a Saturn Award nomination for her role as Dr. Karen Fletcher in the 2016 film Split . Her other television credits include series Oz (2001–03), and Preacher (2018).

Career

Film and television

Buckley as Abby Abbott in Eight is Enough, 1977 Betty Buckley Eight Is Enough 1977.JPG
Buckley as Abby Abbott in Eight is Enough, 1977

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, [1] Buckley is known for the 1977–81 TV dramedy Eight Is Enough . She joined the show in its second season when the original star, Diana Hyland, died after the first four episodes of season one, and her character Joan Bradford died as well. Buckley was cast as the widower's new romantic interest, Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, who became stepmother of the eight children to which the series' title refers.

Buckley appeared in the original movie version of Carrie in 1976, playing Miss Collins, Carrie's gym teacher. In 1977, she recorded an uncredited solo on the song "Walking in Space", in the movie Hair .

On television, she received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program/Special, for NBC Special Treat - Bobby and Sarah (1984) and ABC Afterschool Special - Taking a Stand (1989).

Her screen roles during the 1980s include Bruce Beresford's film Tender Mercies , where she played a country music singer and sang the Academy Award-nominated song "Over You". She also appeared in the Woody Allen film Another Woman (1988), Roman Polanski's Frantic (1988), Lawrence's Kasden's Wyatt Earp (1994).

From 2001 to 2003, she played a role in seasons 4–6 of the HBO series Oz .

She also has guest-starred in a number of television series, including Without a Trace , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , and Monk . She guest-starred in a Christmas special of the TV series Remember WENN , created and written by Rupert Holmes for the cable channel American Movie Classics , in which she sang two Holmes original songs: "Christmas is Waiting", and "You Make It Christmas". She appeared as Marion Leckie, mother of Robert Leckie in the HBO series The Pacific , which aired in 2010.

Also in 2010, she appeared in the 18th episode of Melrose Place as a food critic cast by her brother Norman Buckley, who directed the episode. She also guest-starred in an episode of the Fox series The Chicago Code . She was a recurring guest star on Pretty Little Liars as Regina Marin, also directed by her brother Norman. In 2008, Buckley played Mrs. Jones in M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening . In 2017, Buckley was one of the stars of M. Night Shyamalan's Split , the number-one film at the box office for three weeks. [4]

Her other television credits include guest-starring as Meg's mother in The Leftovers on November 30, 2015, appearing in five episodes of the 2017-2021 series Supergirl. [5] Buckley was also cast in season three of the series Preacher in 2018. [6]

Stage

Buckley made her Broadway debut in 1969 in the original production of the musical 1776 ; [7] she has been called "The Voice of Broadway" by New York magazine.

In 1982, Buckley starred as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of the musical Cats , which features the song "Memory". She stayed with the production for 18 months. For this role, she won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. [8]

Buckley starred in both London (1994) and New York (1995) as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard . [9] For her role in the London production, she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. [10]

In 1997, she starred as Hesione in the Broadway musical Triumph of Love and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.

Buckley sang "Memory" from Cats at the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2006 as part of the tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber. [11] In 2007, Buckley appeared with Quintessence at Lincoln Center in its Great American Songbook series.

Buckley participated in a reading of the musical Ruthless! in September 2010, playing the role of Sylvia St. Croix/Ruth DelMarco. She then played Mrs. White in the off-Broadway comedy White's Lies from March–May 2010. In 2011, Buckley starred in the Dallas Theater Center production of Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring with Tovah Feldshuh. [12]

In 1988, Buckley starred as Margaret White in Carrie: The Musical .

On January 28, 2013, she was inducted into The American Theater Hall of Fame. From January–March 2013, she starred in the London Premiere of Jerry Herman's Dear World , receiving rave reviews. [13] The musical was directed and choreographed by Gillian Lynne, with whom Buckley had previously worked on Cats.

In September 2013, she starred in the world premiere of Horton Foote's The Old Friends at the Signature Theatre off-Broadway. She repeated her performance in 2014 at Houston's famed Alley Theatre.

In May 2015, it was announced that Buckley would appear as Big Edie in the musical, Grey Gardens [14] at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY. The production ran August 4, 2015 through August 30, 2015. She reprised the role from July 13 to August 14, 2016, at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles.

On February 12, 2018, it was announced that Buckley would portray the title role in the first national tour of the 2017 Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!, beginning performances in October 2018 in the Connor Palace at Cleveland's Playhouse Square. [15] The cast included Lewis J. Stadlen as Horace Vandergelder, Nic Rouleau as Cornelius, Analisa Leaning as Irene Molloy, Jess LeProtto as Barnaby, Kristen Hahn as Minnie Fay, Colin LeMoine as Ambrose Kemper, Morgan Kirner, as Ermengarde, and Jessica Sheridan as Ernestina. Buckley dedicated the January 15th, 2019 performance in San Diego to Carol Channing following her death. [16] Ms. Buckley finished her leg of the tour in September 2019 and prepared concerts scheduled in early 2020 at the Cafe Carlyle in NYC and other venues.

Music

Buckley singing the National Anthem at MetLife Stadium, in 2012 Betty Buckley singing 2012.jpg
Buckley singing the National Anthem at MetLife Stadium, in 2012

Hope, Buckley's 18th solo album, was released on June 8, 2018, and she continues to appear in concert across the U.S. each year. She is also a composer; her first recording contains mostly songs she wrote. She is also featured on many Broadway compilation recordings, and on the original cast recording of 1776; the original Broadway recording of Cats; the London recording of Promises, Promises; Triumph of Love and The Mystery of Edwin Drood .[ citation needed ]

In 2002, Buckley was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Category, for her album Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar, which was recorded at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London. This was her second Grammy nomination; she had previously been nominated in 2000, in the Best Spoken Word Album category for The Diaries of Adam and Eve.

Her albums Quintessence and 1967 were released by Playbill Records in February 2008. Quintessence features jazz arrangements of standards by her former collaborator, jazz pianist Kenny Werner; while 1967 is a recording produced by T-Bone Burnett, and made when Buckley was just 19.[ citation needed ]

Her album Bootleg: Boardmixes From the Road was released in 2010, and her recording of her hit show at Feinstein's at the Regency with pianist/collaborator Christian Jacob, entitled Ah, Men: The Boys of Broadway debuted on 28 August 2012.[ citation needed ]

Her album Ghostlight was produced by the T Bone Burnett and was released on September 16, 2014. [17]

Personal life

Buckley was married to Peter Flood in 1972, [18] divorced in 1979, and has no children.[ citation needed ]

She has received two Honorary Doctorates for her contribution to the Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory and Marymount Manhattan College. [19]

Filmography

Film [20]
YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Carrie Miss Collins
1983 Tender Mercies Dixie
1987 Wild Thing Leah
1988 Frantic Sondra Walker
Another Woman Kathy
1992 Rain Without Thunder Beverly Goldring
1994Last Time OutMaxine Black
Wyatt Earp Virginia Earp
1995Ride for Your LifeShort film
1998Of Love & FantasyDr. Tania BrandtVideo
1999 Simply Irresistible Aunt Stella
2002New World OrderRose Kross
2004Mummy an' the ArmadilloLet
2008 The Happening Mrs. Jones
20115 Time ChampionFran
2016 Split Dr. Karen Fletcher
2024 Imaginary Gloria
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1977 Ryan's Hope Divorced LadyEpisode: "1.405"
1977The Rubber Gun SquadRosieTV movie
1977–1981 Eight Is Enough Sandra Sue 'Abby' Abbott Bradford102 episodes
1981The Ordeal of Bill CarneyBarbara SlanerTV movie
1984 Special Treat Mrs. LawsonEpisode: "Bobby and Sarah"
1984 The Three Wishes of Billy Grier Nancy GrierTV movie
1985 Evergreen Mrs. BradfordTV miniseries
1987 Roses Are for the Rich EllaTV movie
1987 Cagney & Lacey Marci BruckmanEpisode: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby"
1989 ABC Afterschool Specials Lillian RobinsonEpisode: "Taking a Stand"
1989BabycakesWandaTV movie
1991 L.A. Law Elisa Chandler2 episodes: "Something Old, Something Nude"
"TV or Not TV"
1992 Mathnet Sally StormEpisode: "The Case of the Mystery Weekend"
1992 Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story Mrs. ParkerTV movie
1992 Square One TV Sally Storm3 episodes
1993 Tribeca RuthEpisode: "The Rainmaker"
1994Betrayal of TrustDr. Jan GalantiTV movie
1996Critical ChoicesDr. Margaret LudlowTV movie
1996 Remember WENN Gloria RedmondEpisode: "Christmas in the Airwaves"
2001–2003 Oz Suzanne Fitzgerald18 episodes
2003 Monk Mrs. FlemingEpisode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater"
2004 The Jury Carla KohlerEpisode: "Last Rites"
2005Vinegar HillMary Margaret GrierTV movie
2006 Brothers & Sisters Iva MarchEpisode: "Unaired Pilot"
2006 Without a Trace Catherine RyderEpisode: "Expectations"
2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Attorney Walsh3 episodes: "Manipulated", "Clock", "Lunacy"
2010 Melrose Place Bernadette ReeseEpisode: "Sepulveda"
2010 The Pacific Marion LeckieEpisode: "Home"
2011 The Chicago Code Sister PaulEpisode: "Hog Butcher"
2011 Pretty Little Liars Regina MarinEpisode: "I Must Confess"
2013Episode: "She's Better Now"
2014 Getting On Dottie LevyEpisode: "Is Soap A Hazardous Substance?"
2015 The Leftovers JaneEpisode: "Ten Thirteen"
2016 Chicago Med Olga BarlowEpisode: "Extreme Measures"
2017–2020 Supergirl Patricia Arias4 episodes
2018 Preacher Madame Marie L'AngelleSeason 3
2021 Supergirl Owl (voice)Episode: "Dream Weaver"
2021–present Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Trial Division Chief Lorraine MaxwellRecurring role (seasons 23-24)
Theatre
YearTitleRoleNotes
1969 1776 Martha Jefferson 46th Street Theatre
1969 Promises, Promises Fran Kubelik Prince of Wales Theatre
1972What's A Nice Girl Like You Doing in a State Like ThisOff-broadway
1973 Pippin Catherine (replacement) Imperial Theatre
1980–1981I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the RoadHeather Circle in the Square Theatre Downtown
Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles
1982–1984 Cats Grizabella Winter Garden Theatre
1985 Song and Dance Emma (replacement) Royale Theatre
1985 Drood Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting Shakespeare in the Park
Imperial Theatre
1985Juno's Swans Second Stage Theatre
1988 Carrie Margaret White Virginia Theatre
1992 The Threepenny Opera Jenny Diver Williamstown Theatre Festival
1992 Gypsy Mama RoseArizona Civic Light Opera
1993The Fourth WallChicago Opera Theatre
1994–1996 Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond (replacement) Adelphi Theatre
Minskoff Theatre
1997 Triumph of Love Hesione Royale Theatre
1998 Gypsy Mama Rose Paper Mill Playhouse
1998Camino Real Hartford Stage
2003Elegies: A Song Cycle Lincoln Center
2003 The Threepenny Opera Jenny DiverWilliamstown Theatre Festival
2010 White's Lies Mrs. White New World Stages
2011 Arsenic and Old Lace Martha Brewster Dallas Theater Center
2013 Dear World Countess Aurelia Charing Cross Theatre, London
2013–2014The Old FriendsGertrude Pershing Square Signature Center
Alley Theatre, Houston
2015 Follies Carlotta Campion Royal Albert Hall, London
2015–2016 Grey Gardens Big Edie Bay Street Theater, Sag Harbour, New York
Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
2018–2019 Hello, Dolly! Dolly Gallagher LeviNational Tour

Discography

Albums
NameYearLabelNotes
Betty Buckley1985Rizzoli
Children Will Listen1993 Sterling
With One Look1994Sterling
New Ways to Dream – Songs from Sunset Boulevard1994 Really Useful
The London Concert1995SterlingRecorded March 19, 1995
An Evening at Carnegie Hall1996SterlingRecorded June 10, 1996
Betty Buckley's Broadway1996SterlingCompilation album
Much More1997Sterling
Betty Buckley (15 Year Anniversary Re-Release)2000KO
Heart to Heart2000KO
The Doorway2001Fynsworth Alley
Stars and the Moon – Live at the Donmar2001 Concord Recorded August 31 and September 1, 2000
19672007 Playbill Recorded in 1967, released 40 years later
Quintessence2008Playbill
Bootleg: Boardmixes from the Road2010Practical Magic
Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway2012 Palmetto Songs sung by men on Broadway
Ghostlight2014Practical MagicProduced by T Bone Burnett
Story Songs2017Palmetto
HopeJune 8, 2018Palmetto
Cast recordings [21]
ShowCastYearRole
1776 Original Broadway Cast1969Martha Jefferson
Promises, Promises Original London Cast1969Fran Kubelik
Hair Film Soundtrack1979
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road Off-Broadway Cast1980Heather
Cats Original Broadway Cast1982Grizabella
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Original Broadway Cast1985Edwin Drood / Dick Datchery / Miss Alice Nutting
Prom Queens UnchainedStudio Cast1997
The Civil War Concept Album1998
Triumph of Love Original Broadway Cast1998Hesione
Elegies, A Song Cycle Original Off-Broadway Cast2003
Other contributions [21]
AlbumYearNotes
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall1992Sings "Children Will Listen"
George & Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration1993Sings "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
Mathis on Broadway2000Sings "Children Will Listen" and "Our Children"
The Maury Yeston Songbook2003Sings "I Had a Dream About You" and "Be on Your Own"
The Diaries of Adam and Eve, by Mark Twain ??Reads the part of Eve

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
1983 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Cats Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
1985 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program/Special NBC Special Treat: Bobby and SarahNominated
1989 ABC Afterschool Special: Taking a StandNominated
1995 Olivier Award Best Actress in a Musical Sunset Boulevard Nominated
1998 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical Triumph of Love Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
2000 Grammy Award Best Spoken Word Album The Diaries of Adam and EveNominated
2002 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Stars and the Moon: Live at the DonmarNominated
2014 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play The Old FriendsNominated
2016Fright Meter AwardsBest Actress Split Won
2017 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated

Honorary awards

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