Peters, Bernadette (1948–)

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Peters, Bernadette (1948–)

American singer and actress. Born Bernadette Lazzara, Feb 28, 1944, in Ozone Park, NY; m. Michael Wittenberg, 1996 (died 2005).

Star of Broadway musicals, 1st appeared in The Most Happy Fella (1958), Gypsy (1961) and Curly McDimple (1967); came to prominence in Dames at Sea (1968); starred in George M! (1968), La Strada (1969), W.C. (1970), Mack and Mabel (1975), Sunday in the Park with George (1983), Into the Woods (1987) and The Goodbye Girl (1993); won Tony Award for Song and Dance (1984) and Annie Get Your Gun (1999); won a Golden Globe award for film Pennies from Heaven; other films include The Longest Yard (1974), Silent Movie (1976), W.C. Fields and Me (1976), The Jerk (1979), Annie (1982) and Alice (1990).

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