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Betty Buckley

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Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley 2009.jpg
Buckley on December 12, 2009
BornBetty Lynn Buckley
July 3, 1947 (age 69)
Big Spring, Texas, U.S.
Alma materTexas Christian University (TCU)
OccupationActress, singer
Years active1969–present
Notable workMiss Collins in Stephen King'sCarrie (1976)
Dixie Scott in Tender Mercies(1983)
Sondra Walker in Frantic(1988)
Mrs. Jones in The Happening(2008)
TelevisionEight Is Enough (1977-1981)
Spouse(s)Peter Flood (1972-1979; divorced)
Parent(s)Ernest Lynn Buckley (father)
Betty Bob Diltz (mother)
Relatives3 brothers
Websitewww.bettybuckley.com
Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American stage, film and television actress, and singer. She starred from 1977 to 1981 on the ABC series Eight is Enough, before going on to win the 1983 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of Cats. Her other musical roles include originating the role of Martha Washington in 1776 and playing Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard from 1994 to 1996, in both London and New York, receiving an Olivier Award nomination. She is a 2012 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee.[1]
Buckley made her Broadway debut in the 1969 musical 1776. Other Broadway musical credits include Pippin (1973) and Drood (1985). She played gym teacher Ms. Collins in the 1976 Brian de Palma film Carrie and went on to star in the short-lived Broadway musical version of Carrie in 1988, this time playing Carrie's mother, Margaret White. She received a Tony Award nomination for the 1997 musical Triumph of Love, and Grammy Awardnominations for The Diaries of Adam and Eve (1999) and Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar (2001). Her other film roles include Dixie Scott in Tender Mercies (1983), Sondra Walker in Frantic (1988), Kathy in Another Woman (1988) and Mrs. Jones in The Happening (2008). She also had a recurring role in the HBO series Oz (2001–03). In the 2010s, her stage work includes Dear World (2013) in London, and The Old Friends (2013) andGrey Gardens (2015) in New York.

Early life[edit]

Betty Lynn Buckley was born in Big Spring, Texas and raised in Fort Worth, the daughter of Betty Bob (née Diltz), a dancer and journalist, and Ernest Lynn Buckley, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force and formerdean of engineering at South Dakota State University. She is the oldest of their four children. She has three brothers—Norman Buckley is a film editor and TV director, and Patrick and Michael Buckley are engineers. While a student at Texas Christian University (TCU), she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha and crowned "Miss Fort Worth" in 1966 and was runner-up in the Miss Texas competition. Buckley was then invited to perform at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, and it was there that she was spotted by a talent scout. After returning to TCU to earn her college degree, she toured Asia to visit soldiers wounded in the Vietnam War. After this, she worked for a time as a reporter for the Fort Worth Press, but went to New York City in 1969, where she landed the role of Martha Jefferson in 1776 her first day in town.

Career[edit]

Stage and screen career[edit]

Buckley as Abby Abbott in Eight is Enough, 1977
Buckley made her Broadway debut in 1969 in the original production of the musical 1776;[2] she has been called "The Voice of Broadway" by New York magazine. She is perhaps best known for the 1977–81 TV dramedy Eight Is Enough. She joined the show in its second season when the original star, Diana Hyland, died after the first four episodes of season one. Hyland's character (Joan Bradford) died, and Buckley was cast as the widower's new romantic interest, Sandra Sue Abbott (nicknamed Abby), who became stepmother of the eight children to which the series' title refers.
Buckley appeared in the original movie version of Carrie in 1976, playing Miss Collins, Carrie's gym teacher. She would go on to appear as Margaret White in the 1987 musical adaptation of the film on Broadway.
In 1977, she recorded an uncredited solo on the song "Walking in Space", in the movie Hair.
In 1982, Buckley starred as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of the musical Cats, which features the song "Memory". She would stay with the production for eighteen months. For this role, she won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Screen roles during the 1980s include Bruce Beresford's film Tender Mercies, where she played a country singer and sang the Academy Award nominated song "Over You". She also appeared in the Woody Allen film Another Woman (1988), Roman Polanski's Frantic (1988), Lawrence's Kasden's Wyatt Earp (1994) and M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening (2008). On television, she received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program/Special, for NBC Special Treat - Bobby and Sarah (1984) and ABC Afterschool Special - Taking a Stand (1989).
Buckley starred in both London (1994) and New York (1995) as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard.[3] For her role in the London production, she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.[4]In 1997, she starred as Hesione in the Broadway musical Triumph of Love and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.
In 2001–03, she played a role in seasons 4–6 of the HBO series Oz. She also has guest-starred in a number of television series, including Without a Trace, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Monk. She guest-starred in aChristmas special of the TV series Remember WENN, in which she sang "You Make It Christmas".
Buckley sang "Memory" from Cats at the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2006 as part of the tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber.[5] In 2007, Buckley appeared with Quintessence at Lincoln Center in its Great American Songbookseries.
In 2008, Buckley played "Mrs. Jones" in M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening opposite Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel. She appeared as "Marion Leckie", mother of Robert Leckie in the HBO series The Pacific, produced bySteven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, which aired in 2010.
Buckley appeared in the 18th episode of Melrose Place in 2010 as a food critic cast by her brother Norman Buckley, who directed the episode. She also guest starred in an episode of the new Fox series The Chicago Code. She was a recurring guest star on Pretty Little Liars as Regina Marin, also directed by her brother Norman.
Buckley participated in a reading of the musical Ruthless! in September, 2010, playing the role of Sylvia St. Croix/Ruth DelMarco. She then played Mrs. White in the off-Broadway comedy White's Lies from March–May 2010. In 2011, Buckley starred in the Dallas Theater Center production of Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring with Tovah Feldshuh.
On January 28, 2013 Buckley was inducted into The American Theater Hall of Fame. From January–March 2013, she starred in the London Premiere of Jerry Herman's Dear World, receiving rave reviews.[6] The musical was directed and choreographed by Gillian Lynne, who Buckley had previously worked with on Cats. In September 2013, she starred in the World Premiere of Horton Foote's The Old Friends at the Signature Theatre off-Broadway. She repeated her performance in 2014 at Houston's famed Alley Theatre.
In May 2015, it was announced that Buckley would appear as Big Edie in the musical, "Grey Gardens"[7] at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY.
On November 30, 2015, Buckley guest-starred as the character Meg's mother in the TV series The Leftovers.

Music career[edit]

Buckley singing the National Anthem at MetLife Stadium, in 2012
Buckley has recorded 16 solo albums, and performs in concert across the U.S. each year. She is also a composer; her first recording contains mostly songs she wrote. She is also featured on many Broadway compilation recordings, and on the original cast recording of 1776, the Original Broadway recording of Cats, the London recording of Promises, Promises, Triumph of Love and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
In 2002, Buckley was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Category, for her album Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar, which was recorded at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London. This was her second Grammy nomination, she had previously been nominated in 2000, in the Best Spoken Word Album category for The Diaries of Adam and Eve.
Her albums Quintessence and 1967 were released by Playbill Records in February 2008. Quintessence features jazz arrangements of standards by her longtime collaborator, jazz pianist Kenny Werner; while 1967 is a recording produced by T-Bone Burnett, and made when Buckley was just 19.
Her album Bootleg: Boardmixes From the Road was released in 2010, and her recording of her hit show at Feinstein's at the Regency with pianist Christian Jacob, entitled Ah, Men: The Boys of Broadway debuted on 28 August 2012.
Her most recent album Ghostlight was produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett and was released on September 16, 2014.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Buckley was married to Peter Flood in 1972, divorced in 1979, and has no children.
She lives on a ranch in Texas and participates in NCHA cutting horse competitions while continuing to appear in films, television and theater and to sing concerts in a wide variety of venues.
Buckley has also taught song interpretation and scene study for over 40 years. She conducts master classes in Fort Worth, New York City, Los Angeles and other cities around the country.
Buckley's official website contains her concert and theater schedule, a detailed biography and timeline, and summaries of her singing and acting accomplishments.

Filmography[edit]

Film[9]
YearTitleRoleNotes
1976CarrieMiss Collins
1983Tender MerciesDixie
1987Wild ThingLeah
1988FranticSondra Walker
1988Another WomanKathy
1992Rain Without ThunderBeverly Goldring
1994Last Time OutMaxine Black
1994Wyatt EarpVirginia Earp
1995Ride for Your LifeShort film
1998Of Love & FantasyDr. Tania BrandtVideo
1999Simply IrresistibleAunt Stella
2002New World OrderRose Kross
2004Mummy an' the ArmadilloLet
2008The HappeningMrs. Jones
20115 Time ChampionFran
2017Split
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1977Ryan's HopeDivorced LadyEpisode: "1.405"
1977The Rubber Gun SquadRosieTV movie
1977-1981Eight Is EnoughSandra Sue 'Abby' Abbott Bradford102 episodes
1981The Ordeal of Bill CarneyBarbara SlanerTV movie
1984Special TreatMrs. LawsonEpisode: "Bobby and Sarah"
1984The Three Wishes of Billy GrierNancy GrierTV movie
1985EvergreenMrs. BradfordTV miniseries
1987Roses Are for the RichEllaTV movie
1987Cagney & LaceyMarci BruckmanEpisode: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby"
1989ABC Afterschool SpecialsLillian RobinsonEpisode: "Taking a Stand"
1989BabycakesWandaTV movie
1991L.A. LawElisa ChandlerEpisode: "Something Old, Something Nude"
Episode: "TV or Not TV"
1992MathnetSally StormEpisode: "The Case of the Mystery Weekend"
1992Bonnie & Clyde: The True StoryMrs. ParkerTV movie
1992Square One TVSally Storm3 episodes
1993TribecaRuthEpisode: "The Rainmaker"
1994Betrayal of TrustDr. Jan GalantiTV movie
1996Critical ChoicesDr. Margaret LudlowTV movie
1996Remember WENNGloria RedmondEpisode: "Christmas in the Airwaves"
2001-2003OzSuzanne Fitzgerald18 episodes
2003MonkMrs. FlemingEpisode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater"
2004The JuryCarla KohlerEpisode: "Last Rites"
2005Vinegar HillMary Margaret GrierTV movie
2006Brothers & SistersIva MarchEpisode: "Unaired Pilot"
2006Without a TraceCatherine RyderEpisode: "Expectations"
2006Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAttorney WalshEpisode: "Manipulated"
Episode: "Clock"
Episode: "Lunacy"
2010Melrose PlaceBernadette ReeseEpisode: "Sepulveda"
2010The PacificMarion LeckieEpisode: "Home"
2011The Chicago CodeSister PaulEpisode: "Hog Butcher"
2011Pretty Little LiarsRegina MarinEpisode: "I Must Confess"
2013Episode: "She's Better Now"
2014Getting OnDottie LevyEpisode: "Is Soap A Hazardous Substance?"
2015The LeftoversJaneEpisode: "Ten Thirteen"
Theatre
YearTitleRoleNotes
19691776Martha JeffersonBroadway
1969Promises, PromisesFran KubelikWest End
1972What's A Nice Girl Like You Doing in a State Like ThisOff-broadway
1973PippinCatherineBroadway (replacement)
1980-81I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the RoadHeatherNew York/Los Angeles
1982-84CatsGrizabellaBroadway
1985Song and DanceEmmaBroadway (replacement)
1985DroodEdwin Drood / Miss Alice NuttingBroadway
1985Juno's SwansOff-broadway (Second Stage Theatre)
1988CarrieMargaret WhiteBroadway
1992The Threepenny OperaJenny DiverWilliamstown Theatre Festival
1992GypsyMama RoseArizona
1993The Fourth WallChicago Opera Theatre
1994-6Sunset BoulevardNorma DesmondWest End/Broadway (replacement)
1997Triumph of LoveHesioneBroadway
1998GypsyMama RosePaper Mill Playhouse
1998Camino RealHartford Stage
2003Elegies: A Song CycleLincoln Center
2003The Threepenny OperaJenny DiverWilliamstown Theatre Festival
2010White's LiesMrs. WhiteOff-broadway
2013Dear WorldCountess AureliaWest End
2013The Old FriendsGertrudeOff-broadway
2015Grey GardensBig EdieBay Street Theater, Sag Harbour N.Y.

Discography[edit]

Solo Albums
NameYearLabelNotes
Betty Buckley1986Rizzoli
Children Will Listen1993Sterling
With One Look1994Sterling
New Ways to Dream - Songs from Sunset Boulevard1994Really Useful Records
The London Concert1995SterlingRecorded March 19, 1995
An Evening at Carnegie Hall1996SterlingRecorded June 10, 1996
Betty Buckley's Broadway1996SterlingCompilation Album
Much More1997Sterling
Betty Buckley - 15 Year Anniversary Re-Release2000KO
Heart to Heart2000KO
The Doorway2001Fynsworth Alley
Stars and the Moon - Live at the Donmar2001ConcordRecorded August 31 and September 1, 2000
19672007PlaybillRecorded in 1967, released 40 years later
Quintessence2008Playbill
Bootleg: Boardmixes From The Road2010Practical Magic
Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway2012PalmettoSongs originally sung by men on Broadway
Ghostlight2014Practical MagicProduced by T Bone Burnett
Cast Recordings[10]
ShowCastYearRole
1776Original Broadway Cast1969Martha Jefferson
Promises, PromisesOriginal London Cast1969Fran Kubelik
HairFilm Soundtrack1979
CatsOriginal Broadway Cast1982Grizabella
The Mystery Of Edwin DroodOriginal Broadway Cast1985Edwin Drood / Dick Datchery / Miss Alice Nutting
Prom Queens UnchainedStudio Cast1997
The Civil WarConcept Album1998
Triumph of LoveOriginal Broadway Cast1998Hesione
Elegies, A Song CycleOriginal Off-Broadway Cast2003
Other Contributions[11]
AlbumYearNotes
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall1992Sings "Children Will Listen"
George & Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration1993Sings "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
Mathis On Broadway2000Sings "Children Will Listen" and "Our Children"
The Maury Yeston Songbook2003Sings "I Had a Dream About You" and "Be On Your Own"

Awards and nominations[edit]

YearNominated workAwardCategoryResult
1983CatsDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a MusicalNominated
1983CatsTony AwardBest Featured Actress in a MusicalWon
1985NBC Special Treat: Bobbby and SarahDaytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Performer in a Children's Program/SpecialNominated
1989ABC Afterschool Special: Taking a StandDaytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Performer in a Children'c Program/SpecialNominated
1994Sunset BoulevardOlivier AwardBest Actress in a MusicalNominated
1998Triumph of LoveDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Featured Actress in a MusicalNominated
1998Triumph of LoveTony AwardBest Actress in a MusicalNominated
2000The Diaries of Adam and EveGrammy AwardBest Spoken Word AlbumNominated
2002Stars and the Moon: Live at the DonmarGrammy AwardBest Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumNominated
2014The Old FriendsDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Featured Actress in a PlayNominated
Honorary awards

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