Meg Bussert

Meg Bussert (born October 21, 1949) is an American actress, singer and a university professor.

Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, Bussert received her BA degree from Purchase College and her MAT from Manhattanville College. She was the standby for Lettie and Hope Langdon in Something's Afoot in 1976. The production was taped for broadcast by HBO and she was nominated for a CableACE Award. In 2005 she was the standby for the character of Florence Foster Jenkins in the Broadway production of Souvenir.

Bussert's regional theatre credits include The Music Man, South Pacific (US tour, 1985 as Nellie), Damn Yankees, The Most Happy Fella, and Cabaret. In 2010, she performed in The Sound of Music at the Ogunquit Playhouse as Mother Abbess. She had previously performed this role at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 2003.

She has appeared in opera and operettas, including concert performances of The New Moon and The Firefly at the Town Hall, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s The Student Prince and the Mirvish’s North American tour of H.M.S. Pinafore. She appeared in the Portland Opera production of Lucy's Lapses in 1990.

Bussert presently is a full-time associate professor in Vocal Performance teaching Acting and Music Theatre Studies at New York University, in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.