Bonnie Bedelia

1948-03-25 New York City, New York, USA

Biografia

Bonnie Bedelia Culkin is an American actress, best known for her starring roles as Holly McClane in Die Hard and Die Hard 2, Barbara Sabich in Presumed Innocent, and Polly Chalmers in Needful Things, as well as the matriarch Camille Braverman on the drama series Parenthood. She is younger sister to actor Kit Culkin; aunt to his sons, actors Macaulay, Rory, and Kieran Culkin. Her and Kit's brother and sister, Terry and Candace, have also acted. Before becoming an actress, Bedelia studied ballet and appeared in a few productions with the New York City Ballet, including The Nutcracker. Her only dancing role onscreen was that of Clara in the Playhouse 90 television production of the George Balanchine Nutcracker (1958). From 1961 to 1967, Bedelia was a regular on the CBS soap opera Love of Life, portraying Sandy Porter. She also worked on Broadway, where she debuted supporting Patty Duke in 1962, in Isle of Children, and won a Theatre World Award for playing the lead of in My Sweet Charlie, in 1966. After beginning her career in theatre in the 1960s, Bedelia starred in the CBS daytime soap opera Love of Life and made her film debut in The Gypsy Moths. In 1969, she attracted attention as the pregnant marathon dancer in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? She starred in the comedy Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), had dramatic roles in The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972) and Between Friends (1973), and appeared opposite Richard Dreyfuss in the comedy The Big Fix (1978). On television, she played the leading role in the short-lived ABC drama series, The New Land (1974). In 1984, Bedelia received critical acclaim and was nominated for a Golden Globe for her starring role in Heart Like a Wheel (1983), as drag racer Shirley Muldowney. Other well-known performances include her portrayals of Holly Gennero McClane, the wife of Bruce Willis's character John McClane in Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990), and of Barbara Sabich, the wife of Harrison Ford's character in Presumed Innocent (1990). She appeared in two Stephen King screen adaptations: Salem's Lot (1979) and Needful Things (1993). She was nominated for Emmy Awards for her performance in the Showtime anthology series Fallen Angels (1993) and for the leading role in the made-for-television movie Locked in Silence (1999). She played a number of leading roles in television films and miniseries, such as Switched at Birth, A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story, Her Costly Affair, and Picnic. From 2001 to 2004, Bedelia starred as Capt. Kate McCafferty in the Lifetime drama series The Division. She later guest-starred in Big Love and CSI, and starred opposite Rue McClanahan and Olivia Newton-John in the 2008 sitcom Sordid Lives: The Series. Bedelia starred in the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010-2015) as the family matriarch, Camille Braverman. In 2017, she appeared in season 2 of the TV series Designated Survivor, and in two Hallmark movies. In 2019, she guest starred on the Netflix series What/If.

Películas

	The Hill	Gram	2023-08-18
	The Noel Diary	Ellie Foster	2022-11-24
	Violet	Aunt Helen	2021-10-29
	Sordid Lives		2020-05-31
	A Stone in the Water	Martha	2019-04-21
	The Scent of Rain & Lightning	Annabelle	2018-02-16
	Christmas on the Coast	Ellie Cassadine	2018-11-25
	A Very Sordid Wedding	Latrelle Williamson	2017-03-10
	A Joyous Christmas	Joy	2017-11-26
	Munchausen	Mother	2013-09-19
	Berkeley	Hawkins	2005-10-08
	Manhood	Alice	2003-01-23
	Picnic	Flo Owens	2000-04-16
	Flowers for Algernon	Rose	2000-02-20
	Sordid Lives	Latrelle Williamson	2000-05-25
	Gloria	Brenda	1999-01-22
	Anywhere but Here	Carol	1999-11-12
	Locked in Silence	Lydia	1999-01-01
	To Live Again	Iris Sayer	1998-03-08
	Bad Manners	Nancy Westlund	1998-10-09
	Any Mother's Son	Dorothy Hajdys	1997-08-11
	A Season in Purgatory	Valerie Sabbath	1996-05-05
	Shadow of a Doubt	Robin Harwell	1996-12-03
	Homecoming	Eunice Logan	1996-04-14
	Her Costly Affair	Dr. Diane Weston	1996-10-28
	Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story	Jill Coit	1995-10-03
	Judicial Consent	Gwen Warwick	1994-10-21
	Speechless	Annette	1994-12-16
	Needful Things	Polly Chalmers	1993-08-27
	A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story	Dr. Elizabeth Morgan	1992-11-29
	Switched at Birth	Regina Twigg	1991-04-28
	Presumed Innocent	Barbara Sabich	1990-07-27
	Die Hard 2	Holly McClane	1990-07-03
	Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture	Hannah McGrath	1990-01-01
	Fat Man and Little Boy	Kitty Oppenheimer	1989-10-20
	Die Hard	Holly Gennaro McClane	1988-07-15
	The Prince of Pennsylvania	Pam Marshetta	1988-10-10
	The Stranger	Alice Kildee	1987-12-04
	When the Time Comes	Liddy Travis	1987-05-28
	The Boy Who Could Fly	Charlene	1986-08-15
	Alex: The Life of a Child	Carole Deford	1986-04-23
	Violets are Blue	Ruth Squires	1986-04-04
	Death of an Angel	Grace	1986-03-07
	The Lady from Yesterday	Janet Weston	1985-05-14
	Memorial Day	Cass	1983-11-23
	Heart Like a Wheel	Shirley Muldowney	1983-04-01
	The Million Dollar Infield	Marcia Miller	1982-02-02
	Tourist	Mandy Burke	1980-07-17
	Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier	Aleta	1980-12-07
	Walking Through the Fire	Dr. Rand	1979-05-15
	A Question of Love	Joan Saltzman	1978-11-26
	The Big Fix	Suzanne	1978-10-06
	Heatwave!	Laura Taylor	1974-01-27
	Message to My Daughter	Janet Thatcher	1973-12-13
	A Time For Love	Kitty	1973-03-03
	Between Friends	Ellie	1973-06-01
	Sand Castles	Jenna Hampshire	1972-10-17
	In Pursuit of Treasure		1972-03-17
	The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie	Rosalie	1972-06-16
	Lovers and Other Strangers	Susan Henderson	1970-08-12
	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	Ruby Bates	1969-12-10
	The Gypsy Moths	Annie Burke	1969-08-29
	Then Came Bronson	Temple Brooks	1969-03-24