Description: A VERY RARE TYPED QUOTE SIGNED OF THE SONG MEMORY FROM "CATS" WITH MUSIC BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER SIGNED BY LEGENDARY PERFORMER BETTY BUCKLEY ON 8.5X11 SHEET OF PAPER Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American actress and singer. She won the 1983 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of Cats. She went on to play Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1994–96) in both London and New York, receiving a 1995 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, and was nominated for the 1997 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Triumph of Love. Her other Broadway credits include 1776 (1969), Pippin (1973), and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985). She is also a two-time Daytime Emmy Award nominee, a two-time Grammy Award nominee, and a 2012 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee.[1] Buckley starred in the TV series Eight Is Enough from 1977 to 1981 and played gym teacher Ms. Collins in the 1976 film Carrie, before going on to star in the short-lived Broadway musical version of Carrie in 1988, playing Carrie White's mother, Margaret. Her other film roles include Dixie Scott in Tender Mercies (1983), Sondra Walker in Frantic (1988), Kathy in Another Woman (1988) and Mrs. Jones in The Happening (2008). She received a Saturn Award nomination for her role as Dr. Karen Fletcher in the 2016 film Split. Her other television credits include the series Oz (2001–03), and the series Preacher (2018). From September 2018-August 2019 she starred as the title role in the [2] U.S. national tour of Hello, Dolly. Contents1Early life2Career2.1Television2.1.1(1977–81) TV dramedy Eight Is Enough2.1.2(2001-2003) HBO series Oz2.1.3(2018) Season three of the TV series Preacher2.2Stage2.2.1Musicals2.2.2(1982) Cats on Broadway2.2.3(1988) Carrie: The Musical2.2.4(2013) American Theater Hall of Fame2.2.5(2018-2019) Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!2.3Film2.3.1(1976) Film Beginnings2.3.2(1980's) Film Roles2.3.3Films with M. Night Shyamalan2.4Music career2.4.1Discography3Personal life3.1Accomplished horsewoman/NCHA cutting horse3.2Acting and Music Teacher3.3Honorary Doctorates4Filmography5Awards and nominations5.1Honorary awards6References7External linksEarly lifeBetty Lynn Buckley was born in Big Spring, Texas, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Betty Bob (née Diltz), a dancer and journalist, and Ernest Lynn Buckley, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, former dean of engineering at South Dakota State University, and Architectural Structures professor at the University of Texas - Arlington. She is the oldest of their four children. She has three brothers—Norman Buckley is a film editor and TV director, and Patrick and Michael Buckley are engineers. While a student at Texas Christian University, she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha. She was crowned "Miss Fort Worth" in 1966 and was runner-up in the Miss Texas competition. Buckley was then invited to perform at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, where she was spotted by a talent scout. After returning to TCU to earn her college degree, she toured Asia to visit soldiers wounded in the Vietnam War. Then she worked for a time as a reporter for the Fort Worth Press, but went to New York City in 1969, where she landed the role of Martha Jefferson in 1776 her first day in town. CareerTelevision Buckley as Abby Abbott in Eight is Enough, 1977(1977–81) TV dramedy Eight Is EnoughShe is known for the 1977–81 TV dramedy 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 widower's new romantic interest, Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, who became stepmother of the eight children to which the series' title refers. On television, she 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). (2001-2003) HBO series OzFrom 2001 to 2003, she 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. She guest-starred in a Christmas special of the TV series Remember WENN, in which she sang "You Make It Christmas". She appeared as Marion Leckie, mother of Robert Leckie in the HBO series The Pacific, which aired in 2010. Also in 2010, she appeared in the 18th episode of Melrose Place as a food critic cast by her brother Norman Buckley, who directed the episode. She also guest-starred in an episode of the Fox series The Chicago Code. She was a recurring guest star on Pretty Little Liars as Regina Marin, also directed by her brother Norman. (2018) Season three of the TV series PreacherHer other television credits include guest-starring as Meg's mother in The Leftovers on November 30, 2015, appearing in three episodes of the 2017 series Supergirl, and starring in season three of the series Preacher in 2018.[3] StageMusicalsBuckley made her Broadway debut in 1969 in the original production of the musical 1776;[4] she has been called "The Voice of Broadway" by New York magazine. (1982) Cats on BroadwayIn 1982, Buckley starred as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of the musical Cats, which features the song "Memory". She stayed with the production for 18 months. For this role, she won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.[5] Buckley starred in both London (1994) and New York (1995) as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard.[6] For her role in the London production, she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.[7] In 1997, she starred as Hesione in the Broadway musical Triumph of Love and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical Buckley sang "Memory" from Cats at the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2006 as part of the tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber.[8] In 2007, Buckley appeared with Quintessence at Lincoln Center in its Great American Songbook series. Buckley participated in a reading of the musical Ruthless! in September, 2010, playing the role of Sylvia St. Croix/Ruth DelMarco. She then played Mrs. White in the off-Broadway comedy White's Lies from March–May 2010. In 2011, Buckley starred in the Dallas Theater Center production of Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring with Tovah Feldshuh.[9] (1988) Carrie: The MusicalIn 1988, Buckley starred as Margaret White in Carrie: The Musical. (2013) American Theater Hall of FameOn January 28, 2013, she was inducted into The American Theater Hall of Fame. From January–March 2013, she starred in the London Premiere of Jerry Herman's Dear World, receiving rave reviews.[10] The musical was directed and choreographed by Gillian Lynne, with whom Buckley had previously worked on Cats. In September 2013, she starred in the world premiere of Horton Foote's The Old Friends at the Signature Theatre off-Broadway. She repeated her performance in 2014 at Houston's famed Alley Theatre. In May 2015, it was announced that Buckley would appear as Big Edie in the musical, Grey Gardens[11] at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY. The production ran August 4, 2015, through August 30, 2015. She reprised the role from July 13, to August 14, 2016, at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles. (2018-2019) Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!On February 12, 2018, it was announced that Buckley would portray the title role in the first national tour of the 2017 Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!, beginning performances in October 2018 in the Connor Palace at Cleveland's Playhouse Square.[12] A third tour of the 2017 Broadway revival toured the U.S. starring Betty Buckley. The cast included Lewis J. Stadlen as Horace Vandergelder, Nic Rouleau as Cornelius, Analisa Leaning as Irene Molloy, Jess LeProtto as Barnaby, Kristen Hahn as Minnie Fay, Colin LeMoine as Ambrose Kemper, Morgan Kirner, as Ermengarde, and Jessica Sheridan as Ernestina. Ms. Buckley finished her leg of the tour in September 2019 and is now preparing concerts scheduled in early 2020 at the Cafe Carlyle in NYC and other venues. Film(1976) Film BeginningsBuckley 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 1987 musical adaptation of the film on Broadway. In 1977, she recorded an uncredited solo on the song "Walking in Space", in the movie Hair. (1980's) Film RolesHer 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), Lawrence's Kasden's Wyatt Earp (1994). Films with M. Night ShyamalanIn 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, the number-one film at the box office for three weeks.[13] Music career Buckley singing the National Anthem at MetLife Stadium, in 2012Hope, Buckley's 18th solo album, was released on June 8, 2018, and she continues to appear in concert across the U.S. each year. She is also a composer; her first recording contains mostly songs she wrote. She is also featured on many Broadway compilation recordings, and on the original cast recording of 1776; the original Broadway recording of Cats; the London recording of Promises, Promises; Triumph of Love and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. In 2002, Buckley was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Category, for her album Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar, which was recorded at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London. This was her second Grammy nomination; she had previously been nominated in 2000, in the Best Spoken Word Album category for The Diaries of Adam and Eve. Her albums Quintessence and 1967 were released by Playbill Records in February 2008. Quintessence features jazz arrangements of standards by her former collaborator, jazz pianist Kenny Werner; while 1967 is a recording produced by T-Bone Burnett, and made when Buckley was just 19. Her album Bootleg: Boardmixes From the Road was released in 2010, and her recording of her hit show at Feinstein's at the Regency with pianist/collaborator Christian Jacob, entitled Ah, Men: The Boys of Broadway debuted on 28 August 2012. Her album Ghostlight was produced by the T Bone Burnett and was released on September 16, 2014.[14] DiscographyNameYearLabelNotesBetty Buckley1985RizzoliChildren Will Listen1993SterlingWith One Look1994SterlingNew Ways to Dream – Songs from Sunset Boulevard1994Really UsefulThe London Concert1995SterlingRecorded March 19, 1995An Evening at Carnegie Hall1996SterlingRecorded June 10, 1996Betty Buckley's Broadway1996SterlingCompilation albumMuch More1997SterlingBetty Buckley (15 Year Anniversary Re-Release)2000KOHeart to Heart2000KOThe Doorway2001Fynsworth AlleyStars and the Moon – Live at the Donmar2001ConcordRecorded August 31 and September 1, 200019672007PlaybillRecorded in 1967, released 40 years laterQuintessence2008PlaybillBootleg: Boardmixes from the Road2010Practical MagicAh, Men! The Boys of Broadway2012PalmettoSongs sung by men on BroadwayGhostlight2014Practical MagicProduced by T Bone BurnettStory Songs2017PalmettoHopeJune 8, 2018PalmettoCast recordings[15]ShowCastYearRole1776Original Broadway Cast1969Martha JeffersonPromises, PromisesOriginal London Cast1969Fran KubelikHairFilm Soundtrack1979CatsOriginal Broadway Cast1982GrizabellaThe Mystery of Edwin DroodOriginal Broadway Cast1985Edwin Drood / Dick Datchery / Miss Alice NuttingProm Queens UnchainedStudio Cast1997The Civil WarConcept Album1998Triumph of LoveOriginal Broadway Cast1998HesioneElegies, A Song CycleOriginal Off-Broadway Cast2003Other contributions[15]AlbumYearNotesSondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall1992Sings "Children Will Listen"George & Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration1993Sings "How Long Has This Been Going On?"Mathis on Broadway2000Sings "Children Will Listen" and "Our Children"The Maury Yeston Songbook2003Sings "I Had a Dream About You" and "Be on Your Own"Personal lifeBuckley was married to Peter Flood in 1972,[16] divorced in 1979, and has no children. Accomplished horsewoman/NCHA cutting horseShe lives on a ranch in Texas with two horses, a donkey, several rescued cats, and three dogs, and, as an accomplished horsewoman, participated in NCHA cutting horse competitions for several years while continuing to appear in films, television and theater and to sing concerts in a wide variety of venues. Acting and Music TeacherBuckley has also taught song interpretation and scene study for over 40 years. She conducts master classes in Fort Worth, New York City, Los Angeles, Denver and other cities around the country. Buckley's official website contains her concert and theater schedule, a detailed biography and timeline, and summaries of her singing and acting accomplishments. Honorary DoctoratesShe has received two Honorary Doctorates for her contribution to the Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory and Marymount Manhattan College.[17] FilmographyFilm[18]YearTitleRoleNotes1976CarrieMiss Collins1983Tender MerciesDixie1987Wild ThingLeah1988FranticSondra Walker1988Another WomanKathy1992Rain Without ThunderBeverly Goldring1994Last Time OutMaxine Black1994Wyatt EarpVirginia Earp1995Ride for Your LifeShort film1998Of Love & FantasyDr. Tania BrandtVideo1999Simply IrresistibleAunt Stella2002New World OrderRose Kross2004Mummy an' the ArmadilloLet2008The HappeningMrs. Jones20115 Time ChampionFran2016SplitDr. Karen FletcherTelevisionYearTitleRoleNotes1977Ryan's HopeDivorced LadyEpisode: "1.405"1977The Rubber Gun SquadRosieTV movie1977-1981Eight Is EnoughSandra Sue 'Abby' Abbott Bradford102 episodes1981The Ordeal of Bill CarneyBarbara SlanerTV movie1984Special TreatMrs. LawsonEpisode: "Bobby and Sarah"1984The Three Wishes of Billy GrierNancy GrierTV movie1985EvergreenMrs. BradfordTV miniseries1987Roses Are for the RichEllaTV movie1987Cagney & LaceyMarci BruckmanEpisode: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby"1989ABC Afterschool SpecialsLillian RobinsonEpisode: "Taking a Stand"1989BabycakesWandaTV movie1991L.A. LawElisa Chandler2 episodes: "Something Old, Something Nude""TV or Not TV"1992MathnetSally StormEpisode: "The Case of the Mystery Weekend"1992Bonnie & Clyde: The True StoryMrs. ParkerTV movie1992Square One TVSally Storm3 episodes1993TribecaRuthEpisode: "The Rainmaker"1994Betrayal of TrustDr. Jan GalantiTV movie1996Critical ChoicesDr. Margaret LudlowTV movie1996Remember WENNGloria RedmondEpisode: "Christmas in the Airwaves"2001-2003OzSuzanne Fitzgerald18 episodes2003MonkMrs. FlemingEpisode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater"2004The JuryCarla KohlerEpisode: "Last Rites"2005Vinegar HillMary Margaret GrierTV movie2006Brothers & SistersIva MarchEpisode: "Unaired Pilot"2006Without a TraceCatherine RyderEpisode: "Expectations"2006Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAttorney Walsh3 episodes: "Manipulated""Clock""Lunacy"2010Melrose PlaceBernadette ReeseEpisode: "Sepulveda"2010The PacificMarion LeckieEpisode: "Home"2011The Chicago CodeSister PaulEpisode: "Hog Butcher"2011Pretty Little LiarsRegina MarinEpisode: "I Must Confess"2013Episode: "She's Better Now"2014Getting OnDottie LevyEpisode: "Is Soap A Hazardous Substance?"2015The LeftoversJaneEpisode: "Ten Thirteen"2016Chicago MedOlga BarlowEpisode: "Extreme Measures"2017-2020SupergirlPatricia AriasEpisodes: "Wake Up", "Shelter from the Storm" and "Battles Lost and Won"2018PreacherMadame Marie L'AngelleSeason 3TheatreYearTitleRoleNotes19691776Martha JeffersonBroadway1969Promises, PromisesFran KubelikWest End1972What's A Nice Girl Like You Doing in a State Like ThisOff-broadway1973PippinCatherineBroadway (replacement)1980-81I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the RoadHeatherNew York/Los Angeles1982-84CatsGrizabellaBroadway1985Song and DanceEmmaBroadway (replacement)1985DroodEdwin Drood / Miss Alice NuttingBroadway1985Juno's SwansOff-broadway (Second Stage Theatre)1988CarrieMargaret WhiteBroadway1992The Threepenny OperaJenny DiverWilliamstown Theatre Festival1992GypsyMama RoseArizona1993The Fourth WallChicago Opera Theatre1994-96Sunset BoulevardNorma DesmondWest End/Broadway (replacement)1997Triumph of LoveHesioneBroadway1998GypsyMama RosePaper Mill Playhouse1998Camino RealHartford Stage2003Elegies: A Song CycleLincoln Center2003The Threepenny OperaJenny DiverWilliamstown Theatre Festival2010White's LiesMrs. WhiteOff-broadway2011Arsenic and Old LaceMartha BrewsterDallas Theater Center2013Dear WorldCountess AureliaCharing Cross Theatre, London2013-14The Old FriendsGertrudeOff-broadwayAlley Theatre, Houston2015-16Grey GardensBig EdieBay Street Theater, Sag Harbour, New YorkAhmanson Theater, Los Angeles2018-19Hello, Dolly!Dolly Gallagher LeviNational TourAwards and nominationsYearAwardCategoryWorkResult1983Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a MusicalCatsWonDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a MusicalNominated1985Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Performer in a Children's Program/SpecialNBC Special Treat: Bobby and SarahNominated1989ABC Afterschool Special: Taking a StandNominated1994Olivier AwardBest Actress in a MusicalSunset BoulevardNominated1998Tony AwardBest Actress in a MusicalTriumph of LoveNominatedDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Featured Actress in a MusicalNominated2000Grammy AwardBest Spoken Word AlbumThe Diaries of Adam and EveNominated2002Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumStars and the Moon: Live at the DonmarNominated2014Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Featured Actress in a PlayThe Old FriendsNominated2017Saturn AwardsBest Supporting ActressSplitNominatedHonorary awards2004 Legend of Cabaret Award2007 Texas Film Hall of Fame Inductee2012 American Theater Hall of Fame Inductee Although indelibly associated with San Francisco’s own recently departed Carol Channing, who originated it, the title role of the indomitable matchmaker in the musical “Hello, Dolly!” has attracted a who’s who of big-name talent. In the original Broadway production from 1964 to 1970 alone, Channing was followed by Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller and Ethel Merman. Other productions starred Mary Martin, Betty White, Tovah Feldshuh, Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters, to say nothing of the movie with Barbra Streisand. Now esteemed actress and singer Betty Buckley adds her name to that list, starring in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning 2017 Broadway revival that opens this week at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre. Known to many for her role as the stepmom on TV’s “Eight Is Enough,” Buckley is a Broadway veteran who won a 1983 Tony as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of “Cats.” Making her Broadway debut as Martha Jefferson in 1969’s “1776,” she went on to notable turns in Broadway’s “Pippin,” “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” “Carrie,” “Sunset Boulevard” and “The Triumph of Love.” Just in the last couple of years she’s been seen onscreen in M. Night Shyamalan’s movie “Split” and TV’s “Supergirl” and “Preacher.” She’s also put out almost 20 CDs, most recently “Hope” on Palmetto Records last year. Buckley was approached to do the “Hello, Dolly!” tour while she was filming “Preacher” in New Orleans last year. “I was in shock, because I never had the show on my radar,” she says. “It’s not something I ever thought I would do or wanted to do. But how could I say no? It’s a huge honor to be taking this glorious piece of artistic accomplishment in the musical theater on the road across America in a time period where people really need to feel this kind of fun and humor and joy.” Although she’d seen “Hello, Dolly!” in her teens, Buckley says it never really resonated with her until she saw the 2017 revival with Bette Midler, the same production she’s now taking on tour. “I was just standing and weeping at the end,” she says. “And I turned to my brother who was with me and said, ‘This may be the greatest piece of musical theater I’ve ever seen.’” So what is it about the character of Dolly Gallagher Levi that keeps everyone coming back for more after all these years? “I think of her as a kind of highly intuitive, gifted, funny little sage who just knows some stuff and uses her femininity in that time period, in the 1890s, when feminism was just starting to be something people thought about,” Buckley says. “You know, it’s a tough job assignment to play a wonderful being,” she adds. “In ‘Preacher’ I played this evil Cajun sorceress who consumed people’s souls when they didn’t pay their debt. It’s kind of an actress’ dream come true to play these two characters in the same year that are at opposite ends of the spectrum.” Even as a seasoned stage veteran, somehow this is Buckley’s first time in a full touring production. “I thought Norma Desmond was the hardest part I’d ever play in terms of just physical stamina and emotional, psychological stamina,” she says. “And that was a piece of cake compared to this. Which also probably has something to do with the fact that I was in my 40s then and I’m 71 now.” Not that she needs any help in getting up for each performance. “When the show starts I feel like I’m being shot out of a cannon,” she says. “That’s the level of adrenaline. Or it feels like one of those girls that ride those horses in Atlantic City that jump off the high, high, high board into a pool below. After the curtain comes down in every show, my leading man Lewis Stadlen and I just look at each other and sigh a long sigh.”
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