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Betty Buckley

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Actress

The Resume

    (July 3, 1947- )
    Appeared on Broadway in '1776,' 'Pippin,' 'Cats,' 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood,' 'Carrie,' 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'Triumph of Love'
    Films include 'The Devil's Work,' 'Carrie,' 'Bobby and Sarah,' 'Tender Mercies,' 'Another Woman,' 'Frantic' and 'Wyatt Earp'
    Portrayed 'Sandra Sue 'Abby' Bradford' on 'Eight Is Enough' and 'Suzanne Fitzgerald' on 'Oz'

Why she might be annoying:

    She has a rabid following of musical-theater fans.
    She irritates her own fans by singing jazz standards instead of show tunes at her concerts.
    Her film career has never equaled her stage career.
    Her 'Oz' character was the impetus for 'Variety,' a campy musical episode that some fans detest.
    She appeared in the Ricki Lake vehicle 'Babycakes,' about a fat girl who falls in love with a hunk.
    She went to a religious college (TCU).
    She starred in the Broadway musical of Stephen King's 'Carrie,' an infamous flop which closed after only three nights.
    She is a vegan.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She has a distinctively powerful and unique singing voice.
    She gives modest and sincere interviews.
    She won the Tony Award for best featured actress in the musical 'Cats (1982).'
    She earned an Emmy nomination for the after school special 'Bobby and Sarah (1983).'
    She visited wounded troops in Vietnam and Japan during the Vietnam War.
    After leaving TCU to sign with a modeling agency, she returned to school and completed her degree.

Credit: D and Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 35 Votes: 5.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 32 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 75 Votes: 42.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 61 Votes: 45.90% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 44 Votes: 47.73% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 29 Votes: 13.79% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 33 Votes: 15.15% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 59 Votes: 45.76% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 41 Votes: 39.02% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 32 Votes: 21.88% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 121 Votes: 46.28% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 52 Votes: 44.23% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 85 Votes: 36.47% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 77 Votes: 33.77% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 235 Votes: 43.83% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 273 Votes: 41.39% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 892 Votes: 42.38% Annoying