List of awards and nominations received by Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters in 2011

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters is an American actress of the stage and screen. She is known for her extensive work on the Broadway stage including in numerous collaborations with Stephen Sondheim. She also acted in films such as Silent Movie (1976), The Jerk (1979), and Pennies from Heaven (1981). She has also appeared in television projects such as The Muppet Show , Ally McBeal , Smash , Mozart in the Jungle , and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist .

She has received numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award, two Tony Awards, as well as the Isabelle Stevenson Award, three Drama Desk Awards, a Drama League Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Theatre World Award.

Major associations

Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Award
Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1978	Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Variety or Music Program	The Muppet Show: Bernadette Peters	Nominated	[1]
2001	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Ally McBeal: Season 4	Nominated	[2]
2021	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist: "Zoey's Extraordinary Girls' Night"	Nominated	[3]
Daytime Emmy Award
2003	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	Bobbie's Girl	Nominated	[4] [5]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1976	Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	All's Fair	Nominated	[6]
	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Silent Movie	Nominated	[7]
1981	Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Pennies from Heaven	Won	[8]

Grammy Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1997	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	Nominated	[9]
1998		Sondheim Etc.- Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall	Nominated	[10]
2003		Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein	Nominated	[11]
2013	Best Musical Theater Album	Follies: The New Broadway Cast Recording	Nominated	[12]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1971	Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical	On the Town	Nominated	[13]
1974	Best Leading Actress in a Musical	Mack and Mabel	Nominated
1984		Sunday in the Park with George	Nominated	[14]
1986		Song and Dance	Won	[15]
1993		The Goodbye Girl	Nominated	[16]
1999		Annie Get Your Gun	Won	[17]
2003		Gypsy	Nominated	[18]
2012	Isabelle Stevenson Award		Honored

Other theatre awards

Drama Desk Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1968	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Dames at Sea	Won
1974	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Mack and Mabel	Nominated
1984	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Sunday in the Park with George	Nominated
1986	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Song and Dance	Won
1987	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Into the Woods	Nominated
1999	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Annie Get Your Gun	Won
2003	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Gypsy	Nominated
2011	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Follies	Nominated

Drama League Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1986	Distinguished Performance	Song and Dance	Won
2003	Distinguished Performance	Gypsy	Nominated
2018	Distinguished Performance	Hello, Dolly!	Nominated

Outer Critics Circle Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1993	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	The Goodbye Girl	Nominated
1999	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Annie Get Your Gun	Won

Theatre World Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1968	Theatre World Award	George M!	Honoree

References

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12. "55th Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy Awards . Retrieved August 18, 2023.
13. "Ceremony 1971" Archived 2018-01-21 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed May 30, 2016
14. "Ceremony, 1984" tonyawards.com, accessed June 1, 2016
15. Gans, Andrew. "DIVA TALK: A Backwards Glance—the 1986 Tony Awards PLUS McDonald and 'Evita' Recordings" Playbill, July 21, 2006, accessed June 2, 2016
16. "1993 Tony Awards". Tony Awards . Retrieved August 18, 2023.
17. "1999 Tony Awards". Tony Awards . Retrieved August 18, 2023.
18. "2003 Tony Awards". Tony Awards . Retrieved August 18, 2023.