Betty Buckley

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!) Always on the lookout for an opportunity to sing, Betty took a fraction of her salary to play a Tammy Wynette-style country western star in 1983's Tender Mercies. In 1995, amidst a flurry of press attention, Betty Buckley successfully took over for Glenn Close as "Norma Desmond" in the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard (Betty had already scored a hit in the London production).

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Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
77%	Split	Dr. Karen Fletcher	$138.2M	2017
85%	Harry Benson: Shoot First	Actor	$18.3K	2016
No Score Yet	Of Love and Fantasy	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	Five Time Champion	Actor	—	2012
18%	The Happening	Mrs. Jones	$64.6M	2008
No Score Yet	The Mummy an' the Armadillo	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	Broadway's Lost Treasures	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	Noon Blue Apples	Actor	—	2002
No Score Yet	Betty Buckley: Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar	Actor	—	2001
45%	The Operator	Producer	—	2000
16%	Simply Irresistible	Stella	—	1999
No Score Yet	Wishbone's Dog Days of the West	Producer	—	1998
No Score Yet	Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley	Host	—	1998
No Score Yet	Critical Choices	Dr. Ludlow	—	1996
No Score Yet	Celebrating AFI	Actor	—	1995
44%	Wyatt Earp	Virginia Earp	—	1994
No Score Yet	Betrayal of Trust (Under the Influence)	Dr. Jan Galanti	—	1994
No Score Yet	Last Time Out	Maxine Black	—	1994
50%	Rain Without Thunder	Beverly Goldring	—	1992
No Score Yet	Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story	Mrs. Parker	—	1992
No Score Yet	Babycakes	Wanda	—	1989
63%	Another Woman	Kathy	—	1988
76%	Frantic	Sondra Walker	—	1988
40%	Wild Thing	Leah	—	1987
83%	Tender Mercies	Dixie Scott	—	1983
92%	Carrie	Miss Collins	—	1976

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
87%	Preacher 2016		2018
85%	Supergirl 2015	Patricia Arias	2018 2017
No Score Yet	Chicago Med 2015	Olga	2016
91%	The Leftovers 2014-2017	Jane	2015 2014
92%	Getting On 2013-2015	Dottie	2014 2013
81%	Pretty Little Liars 2010-2017	Hanna's Grandmother	2011
91%	The Pacific 2010	Marion Leckie	2010
No Score Yet	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	Colette Walsh	2006
No Score Yet	Without a Trace 2002-2009	Catherine Ryder	2006
No Score Yet	The Jury 2004	Carla Kohler	2004
90%	Monk 2002-2009	Cheryl Fleming	2003
89%	Oz 1997-2003	Suzanne Fitzgerald	2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Tommy Ross: What is the big deal?
Miss Collins: Because it is a very big deal for Carrie White, and you know it!
Tommy Ross: Well, she already said no, anyway.
Sue Snell: Yeah, well, with a little effort, you can change that.
Tommy Ross: Don't count your chickens.
Miss Collins: Just don't try!
Tommy Ross: Fine. I won't try.
Sue Snell: Hey wait a second! It's not fine! You can't order someone not to take someone to the prom.
Miss Collins: Well, you know, I can make sure that you don't hurt Carrie White anymore.
Sue Snell: We're not trying to hurt her, Miss Collins. We're trying to help her!
Miss Collins: How? Hey Tommy...Um, don't you think you're just gonna look a little ridiculous when you walk in the prom with Carrie White?
Miss Collins: How? Hey Tommy. Um, don't you think you're just gonna look a little ridiculous when you walk in the prom with Carrie White?
Sue Snell: We don't care how we look. Do we?
Tommy Ross: Well...
Tommy Ross: Well.

Miss Collins: You too, Chris, and spit out that gum.
Chris Hargenson: Where will I put it, Miss Collins?
Miss Collins: You can choke on it for all I care just get it out of your mouth.

Miss Collins: Now, my idea for this little trick you pulled was three days' suspension and refusal of your prom tickets.
Norma Watson: (in disbelief) - What? God!
Norma Watson: (in disbelief) What? God!
Miss Collins: That would get you where you live, wouldn't it? And you deserve it. I don't think any of you have any idea of just how nasty what you did really was. But the office has decided you're to have one week's detention...Still, there's one little catch. It's to be my detention...That's fifty minutes every day starting today in the athletic field. Get the picture?
Miss Collins: That would get you where you live, wouldn't it? And you deserve it. I don't think any of you have any idea of just how nasty what you did really was. But the office has decided you're to have one week's detention. Still, there's one little catch. It's to be my detention. That's fifty minutes every day starting today in the athletic field. Get the picture?
Chris Hargenson: I'm not coming.
Miss Collins: That's up to you, Chris. That's up to all of you. Punishment for skipping detention is three days' suspension and refusal of your prom tickets. Any other thoughts? Good. Now change up.

Miss Collins: The period's not up, Hargenson.
Chris Hargenson: It is for me.
Miss Collins: (to the other girls) - Keep running! (To Chris)...Well, there are ten minutes left.
Miss Collins: (to the other girls) Keep running! (To Chris) Well, there are ten minutes left.
Chris Hargenson: Stick them up your- (Miss Collins slaps her) you can't hit us! You'll get canned for this, you bitch!
Chris Hargenson: Stick them up your (Miss Collins slaps her) you can't hit us! You'll get canned for this, you bitch!
Miss Collins: One more word out of you, and I'm gonna knock you down! Do you understand me?
Chris Hargenson: She can't get away with this if we all stick together! Norma? Helen? Sue!
Sue Snell: Shut up, Chris. Just shut up.
Chris Hargenson: This isn't over. This isn't over by a long shot!
Miss Collins: You're out of the prom, Hargenson. Okay, the show's over.

Miss Collins: Carrie? Carrie. Carrie, what's the matter? What happened?
Carrie White: Nothing.
Miss Collins: Was it one of the girls? Did one of the girls do something to you?
Carrie White: No.
Miss Collins: What is it, then? You can trust me, you know that? Would you tell me?
Carrie White: I got invited to the prom.
Miss Collins: That's great! That's fantastic! So what are you down here moping around for?
Carrie White: Tommy Ross asked me.
Miss Collins: That's even better. He's really cute, huh?
Carrie White: I know who he goes around with. They're just trying to trick me again. I know.

Carrie White: "You can choke on it for all I care, just get it out of your mouth!"
Miss Collins: "You can choke on it for all I care, just get it out of your mouth!"
Miss Collins: You can choke on it for all I care, just get it out of your mouth!