Betty Buckley



Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American Theatre, flm and television actress and singer. She is a Tony award winner and a Grammy award nominee. In the original Broadway production of Cats, she played the role of Grizabella. Ms. Buckley got to perform at the Tonys one year, accompying the CATS cast.

Theatre

 * Martha Jefferson in 1776 (1969)
 * Uknown role in Promises, Promises (London) (1970)
 * Uknown role in Pippin (1972)
 * Grizabella in Cats (1982)
 * Miss Alice Nutting/Edwin Drood/Dick Datchery in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985)
 * Unknown role in Song and Dance (1986)
 * Carrie's mother Margaret White in Carrie - The Musical (1988)
 * Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1994)
 * Unknown rolei n Triumph of Love (1997)
 * Mrs. White in White's Lies (2010) (Off Broadway)

Film

 * Miss Collins in Carrie (1976)
 * Dixie in Tender Mercies (1983)
 * Leah in Wild Thing (1987)
 * Sondra Walker in Frantic (1988)
 * Kathy in Another Woman (1988)
 * Beverly Goldring in Rain Without Thunder (1992)
 * Maxine Black in Last Time Out (1994)
 * Virginia Earp in Wyatt Earp (1994)
 * Aunt Stella in Simply Irresistible (1999)
 * Rose Kross in New World Order (2002)
 * Let in Mummy an' the Armadillo (2004)
 * Mrs. Jones in The Happening (2008)
 * Fran in Five Time Champion (2011)

Awards
Nominated for a Tony award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Triumph of Love (1997)

Won a Tony award in 1983 for Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Grizabella in Cats (1982).