Betty Buckley

Betty Lynn Buckley (lahir 3 Juli 1947) adalah seorang aktris dan penyanyi Amerika yang pernah bekerja di film, televisi, dan teater. Dia memiliki suara nyanyian yang sangat kuat dan indah dan telah mencapai kesuksesan besar dalam kabaret dan konser. Betty juga mempertahankan karir rekaman yang sukses dengan banyak album pemeran dan 18 album solo, di mana dia telah dinominasikan untuk dua Grammy. Buckley dikenal luas karena serial TV 1977–81 Eight Is Enough. Dia bergabung dengan acara tersebut di musim kedua ketika bintang aslinya, Diana Hyland, meninggal setelah empat episode pertama musim pertama, dan karakternya Joan Bradford juga meninggal. Buckley berperan sebagai kekasih baru karakter sentral, Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, yang menjadi ibu tiri dari delapan anak yang menjadi acuan judul serial tersebut. Betty kemudian menerima dua nominasi Daytime Emmy Award untuk Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program/Special, untuk NBC Special Treat - Bobby dan Sarah (1984) dan ABC Afterschool Special - Taking a Stand (1989). Dari tahun 2001 hingga 2003, Betty Buckley berperan dalam musim 4–6 serial HBO Oz. Dia juga menjadi bintang tamu di sejumlah serial televisi, termasuk Without a Trace, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, dan Monk. Betty juga menjadi bintang tamu dalam serial TV spesial Natal Remember WENN, di mana dia menyanyikan "You Make It Christmas". Di film, Buckley muncul dalam versi film asli Carrie pada tahun 1976, berperan sebagai Miss Collins, guru olahraga Carrie. Dia kemudian tampil sebagai Margaret White dalam adaptasi musikal film Broadway tahun 1987 yang terkenal; sebuah kegagalan yang mahal dan membawa malapetaka di mana dia tetap mencetak kemenangan pribadi. Pada tahun 1977, dia merekam solo tanpa kredit pada lagu "Walking in Space", dalam film Hair. Peran layarnya pada tahun 1980-an termasuk film Tender Mercies karya Bruce Beresford, di mana ia berperan sebagai penyanyi musik country dan menyanyikan lagu nominasi Academy Award "Over You". Dia juga muncul dalam film Woody Allen Another Woman (1988), Frantic karya Roman Polanski (1988) dan Wyatt Earp karya Lawrence Kasden (1994). Pada tahun 2008, Buckley memerankan Ny. Jones dalam The Happening karya M. Night Shyamalan. Pada tahun 2017, Buckley menjadi salah satu bintang M. Night Shyamalan's Split, sebuah kesuksesan besar yang menjadi film nomor satu di box office selama tiga minggu berturut-turut. Buckley telah bekerja secara teratur di teater sepanjang karirnya. Pada tahun 1969, dia membuat debut Broadwaynya sebagai Martha Washington di perusahaan asli pemenang Tony 1776; peran yang terkenal dia menangkan pada hari pertamanya di New York. Pada tahun yang sama, dia memulai debutnya di West End sebagai pemeran asli Promises, Promises di London. Pada tahun 1982, Buckley berperan sebagai Grizabella dalam produksi musikal asli Broadway Cats, yang menampilkan lagu "Memory". Untuk peran ini, ia memenangkan Tony Award untuk Aktris Unggulan Terbaik dalam Musikal. Pada tahun 1985 ia memainkan karakter tituler dalam musikal pemenang Tony lainnya, Misteri Edwin Drood. Ini adalah ketiga kalinya Buckley berperan dalam sebuah pertunjukan yang kemudian memenangkan Tony untuk Musikal Terbaik. Buckley membintangi London (1994) dan New York (1995) sebagai Norma Desmond dalam musikal Sunset Boulevard. Untuk perannya dalam produksi London, ia menerima nominasi Olivier Award untuk Aktris Terbaik dalam Musikal.

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.