Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley
Betty Lynn Buckleyis an American stage, film and television actress, and singer. She starred from 1977 to 1981 on the ABC series Eight is Enough, before going on to win the 1983 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of Cats. Her other musical roles include originating the role of Martha Jefferson in 1776 and playing Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard from 1994 to 1996, in both London...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth3 July 1947
CityBig Spring, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Everything good that I know was taught to me by great teachers and I feel like giving back and sharing the technique is the thing to do.
It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them.
The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.
I was hugely relieved to discover there was a purpose for girls with loud voices.
If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics.
I had no words for these feelings. And then people started using the word Ms. Suddenly, there was this handle with which I could identify myself and understand why I felt so out of whack with the culture around me.
Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer, so basically Im a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with - since 1995 - is Joan Lader, who also studied with Gavert.
My two great loves are music and horses.
When there's an opportunity to do more, we must.
As you get older, your voice changes, as well. Your voice should be able to last as long as you last.
Our stories are different; our pain is the same.
So, when the discussion about not using the term feminist came up at a conference workshop, I couldn't believe it. The more I listened, the more I felt the need to express my passion about my identity as a feminist.
Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer.
There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer.