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Bonnie Bedelia Age: 76

Actor | Producer

    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 T

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    The Hill

    Gram ( Actor )

    ... 2023

    The Noel Diary

    Ellie Foster ( Actor )

    ... 2022

    Violet

    Aunt Helen ( Actor )

    ... 2021

Fullname:

Bonnie Bedelia

Date of Birth:

Mar 25, 1948

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Bonnie Bedelia

    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.

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Bonnie Bedelia

Found 60 Movies in total

The Hill

Gram ( Actor )

... 2023

The Noel Diary

Ellie Foster ( Actor )

... 2022

Violet

Aunt Helen ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2020

Christmas on the Coast

Ellie Cassadine ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2018

A Joyous Christmas

Joy ( Actor )

... 2017

A Very Sordid Wedding

Latrelle Williamson ( Actor )

... 2017

Berkeley

Hawkins ( Actor )

... 2005

Manhood

Alice ( Actor )

... 2003

Sordid Lives

Latrelle Williamson ( Actor )

... 2000

Picnic

Flo Owens ( Actor )

... 2000

Flowers for Algernon

Rose ( Actor )

... 2000

Anywhere but Here

Carol ( Actor )

... 1999

Gloria

Brenda ( Actor )

... 1999

To Live Again

Iris Sayer ( Actor )

... 1998

Any Mother's Son

Dorothy Hajdys ( Actor )

... 1997

Shadow of a Doubt

Robin Harwell ( Actor )

... 1996

Her Costly Affair

Dr. Diane Weston ( Actor )

... 1996

A Season in Purgatory

Valerie Sabbath ( Actor )

... 1996

Homecoming

Eunice Logan ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1995

Speechless

Annette ( Actor )

... 1994

Judicial Consent

Gwen Warwick ( Actor )

... 1994

Needful Things

Polly Chalmers ( Actor )

... 1993

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

Dr. Elizabeth Morgan ( Actor )

... 1992

Switched at Birth

Regina Twigg ( Actor )

... 1991

Presumed Innocent

Barbara Sabich ( Actor )

... 1990

Die Hard 2

Holly McClane ( Actor )

... 1990

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

Hannah McGrath ( Actor )

... 1990

Fat Man and Little Boy

Kitty Oppenheimer ( Actor )

... 1989

The Prince of Pennsylvania

Pam Marshetta ( Actor )

... 1988

Die Hard

Holly Gennaro McClane ( Actor )

... 1988

The Stranger

Alice Kildee ( Actor )

... 1987

When the Time Comes

Liddy Travis ( Actor )

... 1987

The Boy Who Could Fly

Charlene ( Actor )

... 1986

Violets are Blue

Ruth Squires ( Actor )

... 1986

Death of an Angel

Grace ( Actor )

... 1986

The Lady from Yesterday

Janet Weston ( Actor )

... 1985

Heart Like a Wheel

Shirley Muldowney ( Actor )

... 1983

The Million Dollar Infield

Marcia Miller ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1980

Tourist

Mandy Burke ( Actor )

... 1980

Salem's Lot

Susan Norton ( Actor )

... 1979

Salem's Lot

Susan Norton ( Actor )

... 1979

Walking Through the Fire

Dr. Rand ( Actor )

... 1979

A Question of Love

Joan Saltzman ( Actor )

... 1978

The Big Fix

Suzanne ( Actor )

... 1978

Heatwave!

Laura Taylor ( Actor )

... 1974

Message to My Daughter

Janet Thatcher ( Actor )

... 1973

Between Friends

Ellie ( Actor )

... 1973

A Time For Love

Kitty ( Actor )

... 1973

Sand Castles

Jenna Hampshire ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1972

... 1972

Lovers and Other Strangers

Susan Henderson ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1969

The Gypsy Moths

Annie Burke ( Actor )

... 1969

Then Came Bronson

Temple Brooks ( Actor )

... 1969

The Nutcracker

Clara ( Actor )

... 1958