Mary Beth Peil

Biography

Mary Beth Peil is an American actress and soprano born on June 25, 1940. She began her career as an opera singer in 1962 with the Goldovsky Opera Theater, winning two major singing competitions in 1964 that led to a contract with the Metropolitan Opera National Company. Her Broadway debut came in 1985 as Anna Leonowens in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, earning her a Tony Award nomination.