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NAME:
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Bernadette Peters |
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PROFILE:
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Name: Bernadette Peters
Birth Name: Bernadette Lazzara
Height: 5' 3''
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: February 28, 1948
Birth Place: Ozone Park, Queens, New York, USA
Profession: Actress, Musician
Education: Quintano School for Young Professionals
Husband/Wife: Michael Wittenberg (an investment advisor; born in 1962; married July 20, 1996; died in a helicopter crash in Montenegro, Europe on September 26, 2005)
Relationship: Steve Martin (actor, comedian; born August 14, 1945; met whle filming of The Jerk (1979); together 1979-1982)
Father: Peter Lazzara (owned bread business)
Mother: Marguerite Lazzara
Sister: Donna DeSeta (casting director; older)
Brother: Joseph Lazzara
Claim to fame: As Marie Kimble Johnson in 'The Jerk' (1979)
Contact: Click here
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- Guest starred on the penultimate episode of NBC's Will & Grace as the sharp-tongued sister of Karen Walker, (Megan Mullally), aired on May 11, 2006.
- Her husband, Michael Wittenberg died in a helicopter crash in Montenegro, Europe on September 26, 2005. An investment advisor, he was reportedly on a business trip.
- Vowed to steer clear of busy nail salons - after a visit to one such parlour left her sick. She visited a New York nail salon while she was starring in preview showings of a revival of Broadway show Gypsy, where she says a woman sat down next to her and started coughing. She soon developed a throat infection that caused her to miss several preview performances before the musical opened. (2003)
- Co-hosted Tony awards telecast with Gregory Hines, June 2002.
- Created the roles of Dot in Sunday in the Park with George, Mabel Normand in Mack and Mabel and The Witch in Into the Woods in the original Broadway productions.
- Has won two Best Leading Actress in a Musical Tony awards for Song and Dance and Annie Get Your Gun.
- Awarded the President's Award at the 11th Annual 'Mr. Abbott' Awards Dinner.
- Is the youngest performer to be inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.
- Is a member of the MTC Board of Directors.
- Was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame.
- Her father Peter Lazzaro drove a bread truck.
- Of Italian descent, she changed her last name to Peters (after her father's first name) to avoid being typecast in stereotypical Italian roles. (mafia, mobsters etc.)
- Is a good friend of Carol Burnett, and has made guest appearances on all of Burnett's series.
- Was a frequent guest on The Carol Burnett Show.
- Received her Actors Equity card in 1957.
- MORE BERNADETTE PETERS TRIVIA
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