- Bonnie Bedelia
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name = Bonnie Bedelia
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birthname = Bonnie Bedelia Culkin
birthdate = birth date and age|1948|3|25
birthplace =New York City ,New York
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occupation =Film ,television actress
yearsactive = 1961 - present
spouse = Michael MacRae
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tonyawards =Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin on
March 25 ,1948 ) is an Americanactress .Biography
Personal life
Bedelia was born in
New York City ,New York , the daughter of Marian Ethel (née Wagner), a writer and editor, and Philip Harley Culkin, ajournalist . [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/20/Bonnie-Bedelia.html Bonnie Bedelia Biography (1952?-) ] ] She is the sister ofKit Culkin ; she is also the aunt of actors Macaulay, Quinn, Kieran, Christian, Shane andRory Culkin .Career
In the mid 1960's, Bonnie was a regular on the CBS soap opera, "Love of Life," where shecreated the role of "Sandy Porter." Bedelia was nominated for a Golden Globe for her starring role in 1983's "
Heart Like a Wheel " as drag racerShirley Muldowney . Other well-known performances came as the wives of Bruce Willis in "Die Hard " (1988) and "Die Hard 2 " (1990), and Harrison Ford in "Presumed Innocent " (1990).Bedelia appears in two Stephen King film adaptations: "Salem's Lot" and "
Needful Things ".Filmography
*"
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? " (1969)
*"Lovers and Other Strangers " (1970)
*"Salem's Lot" (1979)
*"Heart Like a Wheel" (1983)
*"The Boy Who Could Fly " (1986)
*"" (1986, TV )
*"Die Hard " (1988)
*"Die Hard 2 " (1990)
*"Presumed Innocent" (1990)
*"Needful Things " (1993)
*"Judicial Consent " (1993)
*"A Season in Purgatory " (1996)
*"Sordid Lives " (2000)
*"The Division " (2001-2004)
*"Manhood" (2003)
*"Berkeley" (2005)
*" episodeGrissom's Divine Comedy (2008)
*"" (2008)References
External links
*imdb name|id=0000889|name=Bonnie Bedelia
*ibdb name|id=31469|name=Bonnie Bedelia
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