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Betty Buckley is a Tony award winning singer and actress. Best known to theatergoers for playing Grizabella in the original Broadway cast of Cats (for which she won the Tony in 1983) and for starring as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard both in London and New York, she's also appeared on Broadway in 1776, Pippin, Carrie, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Triumph of Love. She made her big screen debut in the Brian de Palma film Carrie before going to star in Eight is Enough for four seasons on ABC. Other film and TV roles include: Tender Mercies, Roman Polanski's Frantic, Woody Allen's Another Woman and a reoccurring role in the HBO series Oz. To date, Betty has recorded 16 solo albums. Her most recent Ghostlight was produced by T. Bone Burnett. In 2012, she was inducted in to the American Theater Hall of Fame.
In this conversation, Betty looks back at her film and theater career, revealing the moment she knew she could act, the nights she felt most embraced by an audience, and how she always knew she would do her best work in her later years. She talks about what she learned from the late Dick Van Patten while shooting Eight is Enough, dealing with the shock of his death and how the challenges and losses we endure in life prove to be profound lessons in disguise that are designed to help us grow. Plus-- what was like working on her most recent album Ghostlight with T. Bone Burnett, how she's preparing for the Hamptons' first production of Grey Gardens: The Musical at Bay Street Theater, and why a recent riding accident means she won't have to act when she plays Big Edie.
LISTEN TO OUR CONVERSATION HERE!
Interview with the Artist was featured on Page Six!
1 Comment
Nick Graham
8/24/2015 02:30:12 pm
Wow! What a fantastic interview with the truly brilliant Betty Buckley. I have heard many of her interviews, and she always gives so much, but this is an exceptional conversation -- and all of your questions and observations really opened so many doors to sharing. I loved especially your comments about GHOSTLIGHT and T. Bone Burnett seeing her and creating such an extraordinary recording to give her the perfect artistic environment. The album is so perfect and powerful. I love all the additions of the clips of her beautiful recordings that you included. Thank you for such a special hour!
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