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Bonnie Bedelia Biography

Bonnie Bedelia (Bonnie Bedelia Culkin) is an American actress. She started her career in theatre and also during 1960s starred in the CBS daytime soap opera, Love of Life (1961–67), before making her movie debut in The Gypsy Moths (1969).

She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in 1983 film Heart Like a Wheel, and also for an Independent Spirit Award for The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988).

Bedelia is best known for her role as Holly Gennero McClane in the action films Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990), as well as the movies They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969), Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), Bonanza (1969, 1972 appearing opposite Michael Landon), Presumed Innocent (1990), and also Needful Things (1993). She also had many other leading and supporting roles, and has also worked regularly on television.

Culkin received two Emmy Awards nominations for her television work. She played the lead role in the Lifetime television drama series from 2001 to 2004, The Division, and then later starred as family matriarch Camille Braverman in the NBC drama series, Parenthood (2010–2015).

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Bonnie Bedelia Culkin was born on March 25, 1948 in New York City, New York, U.S. She is 70 years old as of 2018.

Bonnie Bedelia Family

She was born the daughter of Marian Ethel (née Wagner), a writer and editor, and Philip Harley Culkin, who was then in public relations and 50 years old at the time. Bedelia has two brothers,one of whom is actor Kit culkin and a sister called Candice Culkin. Bedelia is also the aunt to actors Rory, Kieran, and Macaulay Culkin. Bonnie was born in a difficult financial period when her father’s firm went bankrupt and then they lived in “a cold-water tenement flat”.

Her mother then died when she was 14 and her father, “who had always had ulcers,” died shortly after.

Bonnie Bedelia Husband

In 1995, Bonnie married actor Michael MacRae. Bonnie had married scriptwriter Ken Luber on April 24, 1969; and the two had two sons, Uri (b. 1970) and Jonah (b. 1976). The couple divorced in 1980.

She then briefly married Jay Telfer, a musician and screenwriter.

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Bonnie studied ballet and appeared in a few productions with the New York City Ballet, including The Nutcracker before becoming an actress. Bonnie had her only dancing role onscreen as Clara in the Playhouse 90 television production of the George Balanchine Nutcracker in 1958. She was also a regular on the CBS soap opera, Love of Life, playing the role of Sandy Porter from 1961 to 1967. Bedelia also worked on Broadway, making her debut supporting Patty Duke in 1962 in Isle of Children and also winning a Theatre World Award in the lead of My Sweet Charlie in 1966.

She made her film debut in The Gypsy Moths, and then later in 1969 she attracted attention as the pregnant marathon dancer in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Bonnie starred in the 1970 comedy Lovers and Other Strangers, and also had dramatic roles in The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972), and also Between Friends (1973). Bedelia also appeared opposite Richard Dreyfuss in 1978 comedyThe Big Fix. She then had the leading role in the short-lived ABC drama series, The New Land on television.

She then received critical acclaim in 1984 and was nominated for a Golden Globe for her starring role in 1983’s Heart Like a Wheel as drag racer Shirley Muldowney.

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Her other well-known performances came as Holly Gennero McClane, the wife of Bruce Willis’s character John McClane in Die Hard (1988) and in Die Hard 2 (1990), and also as Barbara Sabich, the wife of Harrison Ford’s character in Presumed Innocent (1990).

Bonnie appeared in two Stephen King screen adaptations: Salem’s Lot (1979) and also Needful Things (1993). She was also nominated for Emmy Award for performances in Showtime anthology series, Fallen Angels in 1993, and also 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 on television, such as Switched at Birth, A Mother’s Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story, Her Costly Affair, and also Picnic. She had lead role as Capt. Kate McCafferty in the Lifetime television drama series The Division from 2001 to 2004. She then guest-starred in Big Love and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and also starred opposite Rue McClanahan and Olivia Newton-John in 2008 sitcom Sordid Lives: The Series.

Bonnie Bedelia Parenthood

She began starring in the NBC drama series, Parenthood, playing the role of the family matriarch, Camille Braverman in 2010. Parenthood aired during six seasons to 2015.

Bonnie Bedelia Now

She continues with her acting career. Bedelia appeared in the second season of the TV series Designated Survivor in 2017, as the mother of the First Lady of the United States.

Bonnie Bedelia Net Worth

The Parenthood star has an estimated net worth of $2 million.

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