Bebe Neuwirth Biography

Fast Facts

• Danced with the Princeton Ballet Company as a junior ballerina before moving to New York
• Majored in dance for two years at Juilliard before leaving to pursue a career on Broadway
• Broadway debut was as a replacement in A Chorus Line, as Sheila
• Left Cheers and the character of Dr
• Lilith Sternin-Crane at her own request to pursue film roles and other commitments
• Appeared in a series of M&M commercials in 1995
• Ten years after originating the role of Velma Kelly in Chicago, she returned to the show in 2006 playing the other lead, Roxie Hart
• Received an Actors Fund Medal of Honor in 2011 for her work with the group, which provides support to members of the entertainment industry