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person_profile-Betty Buckley

Betty Buckley Age: 77

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Betty Buckley

Date of Birth:

Jul 03, 1947

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Betty Buckley

    Betty Lynn Buckley is a Tony-winning American actress and singer who has worked extensively in film, television and theatre. She possesses a singing of voice of great power and beauty and has achieved great success in cabaret and concerts. Betty has also sustained a successful recording career with numerous cast albums and 18 solo albums to her credit, for which she has been nominated for two Grammys.

    Buckley is widely known for the 1977–81 TV series 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, and her character Joan Bradford died as well. Buckley was cast as the central character's new romantic interest, Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, who became stepmother of the eight children to which the series' title refers. Betty later 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).

    From 2001 to 2003, Betty Buckley 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. Betty also guest-starred in a Christmas special of the TV series Remember WENN, in which she sang "You Make It Christmas".

    On film, Buckley appeared in the original movie version of Carrie in 1976, playing Miss Collins, Carrie's gym teacher. She went on to appear as Margaret White in the notorious 1987 musical adaptation of the film on Broadway; an expensive and creatively disastrous flop in which she nevertheless scored a personal triumph. In 1977, she recorded an uncredited solo on the song "Walking in Space", in the movie Hair.

    Her screen roles during the 1980s include Bruce Beresford's film Tender Mercies, where she played a country music 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) and Lawrence's Kasden's Wyatt Earp (1994). In 2008, Buckley played Mrs. Jones in M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening. In 2017, Buckley was one of the stars of M. Night Shyamalan's Split, a major success which was the number-one film at the box office for three weeks running.

    Buckley has worked regularly in the theatre throughout her career. In 1969, she made her Broadway debut as Martha Washington in the original company of Tony winner 1776; a role she famously won on her first day in New York. That same year, she made her West End debut in the original London cast of Promises, Promises.

    In 1982, Buckley starred as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of the musical Cats, which features the song "Memory". For this role, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 1985 she played the titular character in another Tony winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. This was the third time Buckley had originated a role in a show that went on to win the Tony for Best Musical. Buckley starred in both London (1994) and New York (1995) as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard. For her role in the London production, she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.

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Filmography of

Betty Buckley

Found 29 Movies in total

... 2025

Imaginary

Gloria ( Actor )

... 2024

Carrie: The Master Cut

Margaret White ( Actor )

... 2022

Split

Karen Fletcher ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2016

Five Time Champion

Fran ( Actor )

... 2012

The Happening

Mrs. Jones ( Actor )

... 2008

Vinegar Hill

Mary Margaret Grier ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2004

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Grizabella (segment "Cats") ( Actor )

... 2003

New World Order

Rose Kross ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2001

Acting 'Carrie'

Self ( Actor )

... 2001

Simply Irresistible

Aunt Stella ( Actor )

... 1999

Critical Choices

Dr. Margret Ludlow ( Actor )

... 1996

Wyatt Earp

Virginia Earp ( Actor )

... 1994

Betrayal of Trust

Jan Galanti ( Actor )

... 1994

Rain Without Thunder

Beverly Goldring ( Actor )

... 1993

Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story

Mrs. Parker ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1992

Babycakes

Wanda ( Actor )

... 1989

Another Woman

Kathy ( Actor )

... 1988

Frantic

Sondra Walker ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1987

Wild Thing

Leah ( Actor )

... 1987

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

Nancy Grier ( Actor )

... 1984

Tender Mercies

Dixie ( Actor )

... 1983

The Ordeal of Bill Carney

Barbara Slaner ( Actor )

... 1981

Carrie

Miss Collins ( Actor )

... 1976