Bebe Neuwirth
Bebe Neuwirth
Beatrice "Bebe" Neuwirth is an American actress, singer and dancer. On television, she is known for her portrayal of Dr. Lilith Sternin, Dr. Frasier Crane's wife, on both the TV sitcom Cheers, and its spin-off Frasier. The role won her two Emmy Awards. On stage, she is known for her Tony Award winning roles of Nickie in the revival of Sweet Charity, and Velma Kelly in the revival of Chicago. Other Broadway musical roles include Morticia Addams in The Addams...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth31 December 1958
CityPrinceton, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
The laughs are earned by the really well fleshed out characters.
In New York I was always offered the hot, sexy roles. But in L.A. I was offered the plain, dowdy roles. It says a lot about the difference between the coasts.
I'll always be a dancer first, ... Chicago.
Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.
I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.
I loved Jay Thomas as Eddie LeBec. But there was a point where they [thought] maybe we would live together, and I didn't like the idea of Carla being with somebody because that would make you feel like [you're] not part of the people in the bar.
I don't see my dancing or acting as two separate things. I don't define them separately, so I can't say one has helped the other, It's all the same thing. More than anything I love being on stage and performing
When you're a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.
When I was born, they put casts on my legs 'cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.
I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.