Betty Buckley

Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American actress and singer who has worked 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Big Spring, Texas, USA, 1947-07-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	Carrie	Miss Collins	73
2	1981	The Ordeal of Bill Carney	Barbara Slaner	0
3	1983	Tender Mercies	Dixie	67
4	1984	The Three Wishes of Billy Grier	Nancy Grier	50
5	1987	Wild Thing	Leah	56
6	1987	Roses Are for the Rich	Ella	60
7	1988	Frantic	Sondra Walker	67
8	1988	Another Woman	Kathy	68
9	1989	Taking A Stand	Lillian Robinson	0
10	1989	Babycakes	Wanda	70
11	1992	Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall	Self	90
12	1992	Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story	Mrs. Parker	38
13	1993	Rain Without Thunder	Beverly Goldring	35
14	1994	Last Time Out	Maxine Black	0
15	1994	Betrayal of Trust	Jan Galanti	60
16	1994	Wyatt Earp	Virginia Earp	68
17	1996	Critical Choices	Dr. Margret Ludlow	60
18	1999	Simply Irresistible	Aunt Stella	54
19	2001	Acting 'Carrie'	Self	70
20	2001	Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar	Herself	0
21	2002	New World Order	Rose Kross	30
22	2003	Broadway's Lost Treasures	Grizabella (segment "Cats")	61
23	2004	Mummy an' the Armadillo	Let	58
24	2005	Vinegar Hill	Mary Margaret Grier	43
25	2008	The Happening	Mrs. Jones	54
26	2012	Five Time Champion	Fran	62
27	2016	Harry Benson: Shoot First	Self	66
28	2017	Split	Dr. Karen Fletcher	73
29	2017	The Making of 'Split'	Self	64
30	2017	Broadway: The Next Generation	Self	100
31	2024	Imaginary	Gloria	59
32	2024	The Mayfly		0
33		Eternity		0
34	2025	By Design	Cynthia	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
2	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
3	1977	Eight Is Enough	Abby Bradford	60
4	1982	Cagney & Lacey		69
5	1985	Evergreen	Mrs. Bradford	45
6	1986	L.A. Law	Elsa Chandler	71
7	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self - Narrator (voice)	45
8	1996	Remember WENN	Gloria Redmond	80
9	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
10	1997	Oz	Suzanne Fitzgerald	80
11	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Attorney Walsh	79
12	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Trial Division Chief Lorraine Maxwell	79
13	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lorraine Maxwell	79
14	2002	Monk	Cheryl Fleming	79
15	2002	Without a Trace	Catherine Ryder	72
16	2004	The Jury		70
17	2010	The Pacific	Marion Leckie	78
18	2010	Pretty Little Liars	Regina Marin	80
19	2013	Getting On	Dottie Levy	63
20	2014	The Leftovers	Jane	76
21	2015	Supergirl	Owl (voice)	73
22	2015	Supergirl	Patricia Arias	73
23	2015	Chicago Med	Olga Barlow	83
24	2016	Preacher	Gran’ma	75
25	2020	Stars in the House	Self	0

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