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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Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin on March 25, 1948) is an American actress.

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, a journalist. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/20/Bonnie-Bedelia.html Bonnie Bedelia Biography (1952?-) ] ] She is the sister of Kit Culkin; she is also the aunt of actors Macaulay, Quinn, Kieran, Christian, Shane and Rory 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 racer Shirley 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)
*" episode Grissom's Divine Comedy (2008)
*"" (2008)

References

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