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Date of Birth

31 December 1958, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name

Beatrice J. Neuwirth

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Mini Biography

Beatrice "Bebe" Neuwirth is the daughter of Sydney Anne, an artist, and Lee Paul Neuwirth, a mathematician. Born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, she started out as a dancer. Her New York career started out in "A Chorus Line". She won a Tony Award for her part in "Sweet Charity" and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Lilith Sternin Crane of "Cheers" (1982).

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Spouse

Chris Calkins	(4 May 2009 - present)
Paul Dorman	(1984 - 1991) (divorced)

Trivia

Education: Graduated from Princeton High School (Princeton, New Jersey, 1976) Majored in dance at The Juilliard School (New York, New York 1976-7)

Has won two Tony Awards: in 1986 as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for playing Nicki in a revival of "Sweet Charity;" and in 1997 as Best Actress (Musical) for playing Velma Kelly in a revival of "Chicago."

She raises money to help stray cats and dogs.

Danced with the Princeton Ballet Company.

After "Cheers" (1982) went off the air, she got a lot of offers from TV and film essentially asking her to pretty much play the same character. She was offered a regular role as Lilith on the "Cheers" (1982) spin-off, "Frasier" (1993) but she turned it down so she could go back to Broadway. She did guests spots on the show instead.

She claims the role of the hooker teaching Judy Davis how to perform oral sex on a banana in Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998) was written specifically for her.

Has won two Emmys, two Tonys, two Drama Desks, an LA Drama Critics Circle award, an Astaire Award, an Outer Critics Circle award, among others.

Her husband, Chris Calkins is is the founder of Destino vineyards in Napa Valley.

She is Jewish.

She had hip replacement surgery in 2006.

Personal Quotes

In a really well-written musical, you talk until you just can't talk anymore, you're going to have to sing. And when you're just so full you can't sing anymore, then you have to dance. It's a natural progression.

If you have to ask how to be sexy after 40, you probably can't do it.

[about her work] I know when I'm bad, I know when I'm good, and I know when I'm everything in between. I don't have any delusions of grandeur or delusions of failure. In terms of my work, I've got a pretty cold honest eye.

(on her cameo in Celebrity (1998)) He offered me the hooker part with a great deal of respect. He wrote me, "Please don't be offended". That didn't offend me. I would do pretty much anything for him.

[about the film Tadpole (2002)] It's more about who Oscar is that these women are falling in love with him than just his age. In that sense, it's a little more European than we're used to.

I've always loved to dance on stage. I've been doing ballet since I was five, and stage dancing since I was seven.

Ballet has always been how I defined myself - even as a child. It's never been just a thing to do.

Salary

Game 6 (2005)

$100 per day

Where Are They Now

(March 2002) Filming Le divorce (2003) in Paris.

(September 2004) Joined new show, "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005), premiered 3 March 2005.

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