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Betty Buckley
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Producer, Executive Producer, Actor Born: July 3, 1947 in Ft. Worth, TX Biography:Texas-born actress Betty Buckley decided upon a theatrical career when, at a very early age, she was taken by her mother to a Fort Worth production of "The Pajama Game". A trained singer and dancer, Ms. Buckley made her professional bow on the musical stage, reaching Broadway at age 22 as Mrs. Thomas Jefferson in the original production of "1776". Additional Broadway credits include two seasons' worth of "Pippin" (73-75), three years in "Cats" (82-85) (for which she won a Tony Award), and a healthy run in 1985's "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". Betty's first film was "Carrie" (76), in which she played the tough girl's gym coach whose punishment of Carrie's tormentors set the plot in motion. One year after "Carrie", she replaced the late Diana Hyland on the popular TV "dramedy" "Eight is Enough", playing the stepmother of a eight-kid brood (at the time, she was two years younger than the oldest kid!)... Full Biography
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