By the time she was just 19, Betty Buckley was already a veteran performer singing with a jazz trio at the Casa Del Sol Supper Club in her native Fort Worth. At 15, she had made her professional debut playing Dainty June in Gypsy. By 16, she had done legions of shows in Six Flags Over Texas musical revues and worked in summer stock and children's theater. "I wanted to go to school at Berkeley and be part of the music scene in the 60s," says Buckley. "But my mother said, 'no, you have to be like ...
Betty Buckley on Her Life, Career and New Collaboration with T Bone Burnett
The Huffington Post - 30 Dec 2014 20:17
By the time she was just 19, Betty Buckley was already a veteran performer singing with a jazz trio at the Casa Del Sol Supper Club in her native Fort Worth. At 15, she had made her professional debut playing Dainty June in Gypsy. By 16, she had done legions of shows in Six Flags Over Texas musical revues and worked in summer stock and children's theater. "I wanted to go to school at Berkeley and be part of the music scene in the 60s," says Buckley. "But my mother said, 'no, you have to be like ...
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