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Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters is a singer, actor and children’s author whose work spans Broadway musicals, Sondheim concerts, recordings and Broadway Barks, the animal adoption event she co-founded.

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Born: February 28, 1948 · New York City
Birth name: Bernadette Lazzara
Work: Singer, actor and children’s author
Breakout: Ruby in Dames at Sea, 1968
Signature work: Stephen Sondheim musicals and concert songs

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How it started.

Born Bernadette Lazzara in New York City, Bernadette began performing as a child on television and onstage. At 13, she toured in Gypsy. Her performance as Ruby in the 1968 Off-Broadway Dames at Sea brought wider attention and a Drama Desk Award.

Songs that stay with fans.

She created Dot and Marie in Sunday in the Park with George and the Witch in the original Broadway Into the Woods. Song and Dance and Annie Get Your Gun brought her Tony wins. In 2025, she reunited with Lea Salonga for the Broadway premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends.

Beyond the stage.

Her screen work includes The Jerk and Pennies from Heaven, along with television appearances in Mozart in the Jungle, The Good Fight and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Her solo recordings include I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight and Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall.

A place for animals, too.

Bernadette co-founded Broadway Barks with Mary Tyler Moore to help shelter cats and dogs find homes. She has also written Broadway Barks, Stella Is a Star! and Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever, with her proceeds benefiting Broadway Barks.