Bonnie Bedelia

Bonnie Bedelia Culkin (born March 25, 1948) is an American actress best known for her supporting roles in the action films Die Hard and Presumed Innocent. She is currently starring in the NBC series Parenthood.

Early 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. She is the sister of Kit Culkin and the aunt of actors Macaulay, Kieran, and Rory Culkin. She married scriptwriter Ken Luber on April 24, 1969, and they had a son, Yuri, the following year. The time off to focus on motherhood (she had second son, Jonah Luber, in 1976) proved detrimental to her rising star. Divorced from the father of her two children, she is presently married to third husband (some references state fourth) actor Michael MacRae, whom she married in 1995.

Career

From 1961 to 1967, Bonnie was a regular on the CBS soap opera, Love of Life, playing the role of Sandy Porter. She also worked on Broadway, making her debut supporting Patty Duke in 1962 in Isle of Children and winning a Theatre World award in the lead of My Sweet Charlie in 1966. In April 1969 she guest starred in "The Unwanted", an episode of the TV series Bonanza.

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 wife of Bruce Willis's character John McClane 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 (1993). She currently co-stars in the NBC series, Parenthood, playing the role of the family matriarch, Camille Braverman. The series is in its second season.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Then Came Bronson	Temple Brooks	TV series, pilot movie
1969	Template:Sortname	Annie Burke
1969	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	Ruby
1970	Pursuit of Treasure
1970	Lovers and Other Strangers	Susan Henderson
1972	Template:Sortname	Rosalie
1972	Sandcastles	Jenna Hampshire	Made for TV, with Jan Michael Vincent, 74 minutes
1973	Between Friends	Ellie
1978	Template:Sortname	Suzanne
1979	Salem's Lot	Susan Norton	TV miniseries
1983	Heart Like a Wheel	Shirley Muldowney	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1986	Violets Are Blue	Ruth Squires
1986	Death of an Angel	Grace
1986	Template:Sortname	Charlene Michaelson
1986	Alex: The Life of a Child	Carol Deford	TV
1987	Like Father Like Son	Lady with gum in hair	(uncredited)
1987	Template:Sortname	Alice Kildee
1988	Template:Sortname	Pam Marshetta	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
1988	Die Hard	Holly Gennaro McClane
1989	Fat Man and Little Boy	Kitty Oppenheimer
1990	Die Hard 2	Holly McClane
1990	Presumed Innocent	Barbara Sabich
1993	Needful Things	Polly Chalmers
1993	Judicial Consent	Gwen Warwick
1994	Speechless	Annette
1996	Template:Sortname	Valerie Sabbath	TV miniseries
1996	Her Costly Affair	Dr. Diane Weston	TV movie
1997	Bad Manners	Nancy
1997	Any Mother's Son	Dorothy Hajdys	Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
1999	Gloria	Brenda
1999	Anywhere but Here	Carol
2000	Sordid Lives	Latrelle Williamson
2000	Picnic	Flo Owens	TV movie
2001– 2004	Template:Sortname	Captain Kaitlyn McCafferty	TV series (58 episodes)
2003	Manhood	Alice
2005	Berkeley	Hawkins
2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	DDA Madeline Klein	TV series, episode "Grissom's Divine Comedy"
2008	Sordid Lives: The Series	Latrelle Williamson	TV series (11 episodes)
2010	Parenthood	Camille Braverman	TV series

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