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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
By Design
2025
as Cynthia
A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.
The Mayfly
2024
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
2024
Executive Producer
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
2024
as Gloria
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
2023
Producer
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
2017
as Self
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
The Making of 'Split'
2017
as Self
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
2017
as Dr. Karen Fletcher
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
2016
as Self
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
2012
as Fran
While the young scientist, Julius, steadfastly researches the asexual reproduction of worms, his natural curiosity leads him to discover some inconven...
The Happening
2008
as Mrs. Jones
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
2005
as Mary Margaret Grier
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
2004
as Let
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
2003
as Grizabella (segment "Cats")
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
2002
as Rose Kross
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
2001
as Herself
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'
2001
as Self
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
1999
as Aunt Stella
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
1996
as Dr. Margret Ludlow
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
1994
as Virginia Earp
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
1994
as Jan Galanti
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
1994
as Maxine Black
The story of a young college quarterback's struggles with alcohol, cocaine, and family problems.
Rain Without Thunder
1993
as Beverly Goldring
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
1992
as Mrs. Parker
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
1992
as Self
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
1989
as Wanda
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
1989
as Lillian Robinson
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
1988
as Kathy
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
1988
as Sondra Walker
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
1987
as Ella
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
1987
as Leah
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
1984
as Nancy Grier
A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.
Tender Mercies
1983
as Dixie
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
1981
as Barbara Slaner
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
1976
as Miss Collins
Withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When strange occurrenc...
Eternity
N/A
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.