Bernadette Peters
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Bernandette Peters
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Bernadette Lazzara
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02/28/1948 Birthplace:
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Native New Yorker Bernadette Peters has been a star of stage and screen since her breakthrough role of Ruby in the 1968 Off-Broadway hit "Dames at Sea". She began her career as a child performer appearing on such TV shows as "Juvenile Jury" and "The Horn and Hardart's Children's Hour". Peters made her stage debut at age 10 in a revival of "The Most Happy Fella" and three years later toured as one of the Hollywood Blondes in "Gypsy". After completing high school, she concentrated fully on her career, landing a series of roles in several Broadway and Off-Broadway shows (e.g., "Curly McDimple"
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Year
Milestone
1953
At age five, appeared on "Juvenile Jury" and "The Horn & Hardart Children's Hour"
1958
New York stage debut in "The Most Happy Fella"
Toured in "Gypsy"; understudied the role of Dainty June; played a Hollywood Blonde in production numbers; first professional collaboration with Stephen Sondheim
1965
Moved to NYC at age 17 to pursue a stage career
Appeared in the Off-Broadway shows "The Penny Friend" (1966) and "Curly McDimple" (1967)
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