Betty Buckley

Betty Buckley

1947-07-03 Big Spring, Texas, USA 36 Credits

Biography

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 seco...

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By Design

By Design

2025

as Cynthia

Acting

A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.

The Mayfly

The Mayfly

2024

Acting

The Mayfly is an animated short film about the brief life of Megalyn Mayfly that touches upon the essence of life, passion and defiance of societal no...

The Mayfly

The Mayfly

2024

Executive Producer

Producing

The Mayfly is an animated short film about the brief life of Megalyn Mayfly that touches upon the essence of life, passion and defiance of societal no...

Imaginary

Imaginary

2024

as Gloria

5.9
Acting

When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named ...

Magda

Magda

2023

Producer

6.0
Producing

A Catholic nun is forced to choose between her religious beliefs and her pregnant sister's life in modern day Poland, due to the near-total abortion b...

Broadway: The Next Generation

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

10.0
Acting

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

The Making of 'Split'

The Making of 'Split'

2017

as Self

6.4
Acting

A piece in which Shyamalan discusses his growth as a person and a filmmaker, how the film reflects his growth, casting, script secrecy, characters, th...

Split

Split

2017

as Dr. Karen Fletcher

7.3
Acting

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and...

Harry Benson: Shoot First

Harry Benson: Shoot First

2016

as Self

6.6
Acting

What we know today about many famous musicians, politicians, and actresses is due to the famous work of photographer Harry Benson. He captured vibrant...

Five Time Champion

Five Time Champion

2012

as Fran

6.2
Acting

While the young scientist, Julius, steadfastly researches the asexual reproduction of worms, his natural curiosity leads him to discover some inconven...

The Happening

The Happening

2008

as Mrs. Jones

5.4
Acting

When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated citie...

Vinegar Hill

Vinegar Hill

2005

as Mary Margaret Grier

4.3
Acting

Family secrets surface when a married couple returns to the husband’s hometown, where his overbearing family interferes with their imagined new start.

Mummy an' the Armadillo

Mummy an' the Armadillo

2004

as Let

5.8
Acting

In the middle of nowhere sits the Armadillo Café. The once popular, but now desolate, café is run by a troubled, booze-addled mother (Betty Buckley) a...

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003

as Grizabella (segment "Cats")

6.1
Acting

The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, wer...

New World Order

New World Order

2002

as Rose Kross

3.0
Acting

The diary of an occult novelist sends a young college student, on a journey into the paranormal and fantastic, evolving into a living nightmare of par...

Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar

Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar

2001

as Herself

Acting

Recorded and filmed live at The Donmar Warehouse, London, August 31 and September 1, 2000. The Tony winner's concert was recorded live at the intimate...

Acting 'Carrie'

Acting 'Carrie'

2001

as Self

7.0
Acting

In this documentary, director Brian De Palma and the stars from his film "Carrie" (such as Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, Piper Laurie, William Katt, Nancy...

Simply Irresistible

Simply Irresistible

1999

as Aunt Stella

5.4
Acting

After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredien...

Critical Choices

Critical Choices

1996

as Dr. Margret Ludlow

6.0
Acting

A Milwaukee Women's Health Clinic becomes the battleground between pro-choice activists and right-to-life demonstrators over and Easter Sunday weekend...

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp

1994

as Virginia Earp

6.8
Acting

From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. Joined by his bro...

Betrayal of Trust

Betrayal of Trust

1994

as Jan Galanti

6.0
Acting

A woman has been to a psychiatrist for years for drug and alcohol addiction, and whose treatment includes being injected with a drug that knocks her o...

Last Time Out

Last Time Out

1994

as Maxine Black

Acting

The story of a young college quarterback's struggles with alcohol, cocaine, and family problems.

Rain Without Thunder

Rain Without Thunder

1993

as Beverly Goldring

3.5
Acting

This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Alli...

Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story

Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story

1992

as Mrs. Parker

3.8
Acting

Bonnie Parker is estranged from her husband while still only just barely eighteen. Clyde Barrow, a handsome charmer who is in love with Bonnie, is a s...

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

1992

as Self

9.0
Acting

This program features the music of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim in a 1992 performance at Carnegie Hall. An American Musical Theatre writer for o...

Babycakes

Babycakes

1989

as Wanda

7.0
Acting

Grace is an overweight mortuary cosmetician who falls in love with Rob, a handsome subway train conductor who doesn't even know she exists. When she f...

Taking A Stand

Taking A Stand

1989

as Lillian Robinson

Acting

Neighborhood starts examining their feelings of racism when one of the neighbors is caught vandalizing the home of a black family, and people start ta...

Another Woman

Another Woman

1988

as Kathy

6.8
Acting

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acousti...

Frantic

Frantic

1988

as Sondra Walker

6.7
Acting

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicat...

Roses Are for the Rich

Roses Are for the Rich

1987

as Ella

6.0
Acting

In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion. She vows vengeance on mine owner Douglas Osborne and d...

Wild Thing

Wild Thing

1987

as Leah

5.6
Acting

A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of t...

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

1984

as Nancy Grier

5.0
Acting

A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.

Tender Mercies

Tender Mercies

1983

as Dixie

6.7
Acting

Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his...

The Ordeal of Bill Carney

The Ordeal of Bill Carney

1981

as Barbara Slaner

Acting

Bill Carney has just been paralyzed from the neck down. He has been taking care of his two sons since his wife left him. Now, when word of his conditi...

Carrie

Carrie

1976

as Miss Collins

7.3
Acting

Withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When strange occurrenc...

Eternity

Eternity

N/A

Acting

After death, everyone gets one week to choose where to spend eternity. For Joan, Larry, and Luke, it’s really a question of who to spend it with.