贝蒂·林恩·巴克利 （Betty Lynn Buckley） 是一位获得托尼奖的美国女演员和歌手，曾在电影、电视和戏剧领域广泛工作。她拥有强大而美丽的歌声，并在歌舞表演和音乐会上取得了巨大的成功。贝蒂还拥有成功的唱片生涯，拥有众多演员专辑和 18 张个人专辑，并因此获得了两项格莱美奖提名。

巴克利因 1977-81 年的电视连续剧《八就够了》而广为人知。她在第二季加入了该节目，当时原来的明星戴安娜·海兰德在第一季的前四集后去世，她的角色琼·布拉德福德也去世了。巴克利被选为中心人物的新恋人桑德拉·苏“艾比”·阿博特，她成为该系列标题所指的八个孩子的继母。贝蒂后来获得了两项日间艾美奖儿童节目/特别节目杰出表演者提名，分别是 NBC 特别款待 - 鲍比和莎拉 （1984） 和 ABC 课后特别节目 - 采取立场 （1989）。

从 2001 年到 2003 年，贝蒂·巴克利 （Betty Buckley） 在 HBO 连续剧《绿野仙踪》的第 4-6 季中扮演角色。她还客串出演了多部电视剧，包括《无影无踪》、《法律与秩序：特殊受害者小组》和《僧侣》。贝蒂还客串出演了电视连续剧《记住温恩》的圣诞特辑，她在剧中演唱了《You Make It Christmas》。

在电影中，巴克利出现在 1976 年的原版电影版嘉莉中，饰演嘉莉的体育老师柯林斯小姐。她继续在 1987 年臭名昭著的百老汇电影改编音乐剧中饰演玛格丽特·怀特;这是一场代价高昂且创造性灾难性的失败，但她仍然取得了个人胜利。1977年，她在电影《头发》中录制了歌曲《Walking in Space》的独奏。

她在 1980 年代的银幕角色包括布鲁斯·贝雷斯福德 （Bruce Beresford） 的电影《温柔的怜悯》，她在片中扮演一位乡村音乐歌手并演唱了奥斯卡提名歌曲“Over You”。她还出演了伍迪·艾伦的电影《另一个女人》（1988）、罗曼·波兰斯基的《疯狂》（1988）和劳伦斯的卡斯登的《怀亚特·厄普》（1994）。2008 年，巴克利在 M. Night Shyamalan 的 The Happening 中饰演琼斯夫人。2017 年，巴克利是 M. Night Shyamalan 的《分裂》的明星之一，该片取得了重大成功，连续三周成为票房第一的电影。

巴克利在她的整个职业生涯中经常在剧院工作。1969 年，她在托尼奖得主 1776 年的原始公司中以玛莎华盛顿的身份首次亮相百老汇;这是她在纽约的第一天就赢得的一个著名的角色。同年，她在伦敦的《承诺，承诺》的原版演员阵容中首次亮相西区。

1982年，巴克利在百老汇原创音乐剧《猫》中饰演格里莎贝拉，其中有歌曲《记忆》。凭借这个角色，她获得了托尼奖音乐剧最佳女主角奖。1985年，她在另一部获得托尼奖的音乐剧《埃德温·德鲁德之谜》中扮演了名义上的角色。这是巴克利第三次在一部获得托尼奖最佳音乐剧奖的节目中扮演角色。巴克利在伦敦（1994年）和纽约（1995年）中出演了音乐剧《日落大道》中的诺玛·戴斯蒙德。由于在伦敦制作中的角色，她获得了奥利弗奖音乐剧最佳女主角提名。

Betty Lynn Buckley is a Tony-winning American actress and singer who has worked extensively 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 second season when the original star, Diana Hyland, died after the first four episodes of season one, and her character Joan Bradford died as well. Buckley was cast as the central character's new romantic interest, Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, who became stepmother of the eight children to which the series' title refers. Betty later received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program/Special, for NBC Special Treat - Bobby and Sarah (1984) and ABC Afterschool Special - Taking a Stand (1989).

From 2001 to 2003, Betty Buckley played a role in seasons 4–6 of the HBO series Oz. She also has guest-starred in a number of television series, including Without a Trace, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Monk. Betty also guest-starred in a Christmas special of the TV series Remember WENN, in which she sang "You Make It Christmas".

On film, Buckley appeared in the original movie version of Carrie in 1976, playing Miss Collins, Carrie's gym teacher. She went on to appear as Margaret White in the notorious 1987 musical adaptation of the film on Broadway; an expensive and creatively disastrous flop in which she nevertheless scored a personal triumph. In 1977, she recorded an uncredited solo on the song "Walking in Space", in the movie Hair.

Her screen roles during the 1980s include Bruce Beresford's film Tender Mercies, where she played a country music singer and sang the Academy Award-nominated song "Over You". She also appeared in the Woody Allen film Another Woman (1988), Roman Polanski's Frantic (1988) and Lawrence's Kasden's Wyatt Earp (1994). In 2008, Buckley played Mrs. Jones in M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening. In 2017, Buckley was one of the stars of M. Night Shyamalan's Split, a major success which was the number-one film at the box office for three weeks running.

Buckley has worked regularly in the theatre throughout her career. In 1969, she made her Broadway debut as Martha Washington in the original company of Tony winner 1776; a role she famously won on her first day in New York. That same year, she made her West End debut in the original London cast of Promises, Promises.

In 1982, Buckley starred as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of the musical Cats, which features the song "Memory". For this role, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 1985 she played the titular character in another Tony winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. This was the third time Buckley had originated a role in a show that went on to win the Tony for Best Musical. Buckley starred in both London (1994) and New York (1995) as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard. For her role in the London production, she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.