Betty Buckley

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1947-07-03 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Big Spring, Texas, USA

Also Known As Betty Lynn Buckley, 貝蒂芭克利

Betty Buckley

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
Imaginary

as Gloria

2020
2017
Split

as Dr. Karen Fletcher

2016
Preacher

as Gran’ma

2015
Chicago Med

as Olga Barlow

2015
Supergirl

as Owl (voice)

2015
Supergirl

as Patricia Arias

2014
2012
2010
Pretty Little Liars

as Regina Marin

2010
The Pacific

as Marion Leckie

2008
The Happening

as Mrs. Jones

2005
Vinegar Hill

as Mary Margaret Grier

2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures

as Grizabella (segment "Cats")

2002
New World Order

as Rose Kross

2002
Without a Trace

as Catherine Ryder

2002
Monk

as Cheryl Fleming

2001
1999
Simply Irresistible

as Aunt Stella

1999
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Trial Division Chief Lorraine Maxwell

1999
1997
Oz

as Suzanne Fitzgerald

1996
Critical Choices

as Dr. Margret Ludlow

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

1994
Wyatt Earp

as Virginia Earp

1994
Betrayal of Trust

as Jan Galanti

1994
Last Time Out

as Maxine Black

1993
Rain Without Thunder

as Beverly Goldring

1993
Intimate Portrait

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1989
Babycakes

as Wanda

1989
Taking A Stand

as Lillian Robinson

1988
Another Woman

as Kathy

1988
Frantic

as Sondra Walker

1987
Wild Thing

as Leah

1986
L.A. Law

as Elsa Chandler

1985
Evergreen

as Mrs. Bradford

1983
1981
The Ordeal of Bill Carney

as Barbara Slaner

1977
Eight Is Enough

as Abby Bradford

1976
Carrie

as Miss Collins

1971

Producer

2024
The Mayfly

as Executive Producer