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Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 10/4/2003 at 11:45:44 AM ET
About a month ago I bought the playbill for the flop 1971 musical W.C., and now I've found a copy of the souvenier book. Just because I'm a geek, I'm going to post Bernadette's bio from it. It's very long but here goes: "Bernadette Peters at 23 is already one of the toasts of New york theatre. Twelve years ago, when girls her age were concentrating on bubble gum, she was making her first stage appearance in the City Center production of The Most Happy Fella. Miss Peters originated the role of "Ruby" in the off-Broadway musical Dames at Sea and received raves from the critics for her performances. And going back a bit, her lead in The Penny Friend netted her a nomination for the Vernon Rice Award in 1967. She made her Broadway debut that same year in Johnny No Trump, for which the New York Critics Poll mamed her one of the Most Promising New Actresses of the season. In the off-Broadway hit Curley McDimple, critics reviewed her as "the best adult on the stage." She then went on to play George M. Cohan's sister Josie in the Broadway musical George M!. Her performance won the Theatre World Citation. Bernadette resigned that role to play with Bea Arthur in A Mother's Kisses which folded out-of-town. She has also appeared in many television productions, among them segments of Hallmark Hall of Fame and Kraft Theatre. Ever since Johnny Carson "discovered" her a few years ago, she has been one of his favorite guests on The Tonight Show. She has followed that up with subsequent guest appearances on other major television shows, among them The Carol Burnett Show. Coming from might be called a slightly stage-struck family--her sister was also an actress and her mother has made an independent film--Bernadette, the antithesis of the "child star" one might expect, is sincerely involved with the world that surrounds her. She sets no long-term goals for herself, and is completely fascinated by all facets of life. She hopes to become a really good actress, not just a star. Bernadette brings much of her own personality into every role she plays, and finds that acting teaches her to know and accept herself, two necessities for the honesty and openness she exacts from herself. Bernadette Peters fills what little time she has to herself by playing the guitar and piano. She has a fondness for old things--she likes old-fashioned clothing and hairstyles, collects old songs and old jewelry--especially rings, and often wears one on every finger of both hands--and loves old films, especially those from the 1930's." Well, there you have it.
| Anonymous
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Sounds like Momma wrote it.
|  moljul
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| posted: 10/4/2003 at 3:12:44 PM ET
The ring thing is true. If you ever see candid pictures of her in the late 60s and early 70s, she literally has a ring on every freaking finger. LOL Thanks for posting. It is always so interesting to see how a biography develops over someone's career. In her Dames bio she actually mentions she is single. Ha Ha
| StinKerRoadMann
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She has a whole handful of rings on during one of the Carol Burnett Show appearances as well.
**Kristen**
| Jim
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Thanks Karen......very interesting. Hey the 70's weren't that long ago were they???
I agree, it does sound like something Momma wrote for sure 
As the father of an actor, I always look forward to seeing what my son has written in his current bio. Often times it is more interesting than the play he is doing. 
Alas, I am still a Gypsy holdout.........Hanging on to my memories of AGYG and awaiting the next concert tour.
Time flies kids.......BP was lucky to get an early start.
Best of luck to you all in your endeavors and thanks for all the GREAT information you post on the board!!!
Jim.
|  UCFGuardgirl
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Generally, Playbill bios don't get that personal (or list quotes from critics.) Usually, it's more of a list of awards and experience with a short personal dedication at the end. Is this one just a sign of the times, or the mark of whoever wrote the bio? (I would have to agree, it sounds like something a mother would write -- even though the GYPSY national tour isn't mentioned at all. ) Does anyone know if the company restricts what an actor can say in a bio (as in how much space they're allotted, what is and is not considered "professional?") Or is there more of an unspoken agreement that the actor will know what to say and what not to say? Does anyone edit these?
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Regis: And look at all this hair. My God. That's a lot of hair. Look at this. How does hair get this way?
Bernadette: Um.. it sort of grew out of my head like this.
-- Live with Regis
| moljul
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| posted: 10/5/2003 at 10:05:31 AM ET
I think an actor is pretty much allowed to put anything in they want. And usually the younger the actor, the more personal information there is because usually they are just making it and wanting to thank a lot of people and also they probably haven't worked up too many credits or awards. Bernadette used to put quite personal things in her bio and they were in Playbills. Now she has so much work and awards to credit and she's at a point in her fame where her personal life is very important to keep personal.
| Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 10/5/2003 at 2:26:51 PM ET
UCFGuardgirl, It's true that this bio from the W.C. souvenir book doesn't mention the Gypsy tour, but her Playbill bio from W.C., which is different, definitely does. It states that she played Dainty June in the national tour--not understudied the part in the second national tour, so the "resume-padding" was still in effect as of 1971.
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