
Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American actress and singer who has worked 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).
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The titles people know Betty from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
as Dr. Karen Fletcher
as Gran’ma · 10 episodes
as Olga Barlow · 1 episode
as Owl (voice) · 1 episode
as Jane · 1 episode
as Dottie Levy · 1 episode


as Fran
as Bernadette Reese · 1 episode
as Mrs. Jones

as Mary Margaret Grier

1 episode

as Let

as Grizabella (segment "Cats")
as Catherine Ryder · 1 episode
as Cheryl Fleming · 1 episode
as Attorney Walsh · 3 episodes
as Aunt Stella
as Suzanne Fitzgerald · 1 episode

as Dr. Margret Ludlow

as Gloria Redmond · 1 episode
as Virginia Earp

as Jan Galanti

as Maxine Black
as Wanda

as Lillian Robinson
as Kathy
as Sondra Walker

as Ella

as Ella · 2 episodes
as Leah
as Elsa Chandler · 2 episodes
as Abby Bradford · 103 episodes
as Miss Collins
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