Bonnie Bedelia

Nick Danger · January 25th, 2009, 06:52 AM

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000889/

Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin in New York City on March 25, 1948) is an American actress. She is the aunt of actor Macaulay Culkin.

Bedelia made her film debut with a supporting role in The Gypsy Moths, a 1969 drama directed by John Frankenheimer that starred Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. That same year, she earned great acclaim for her work in Sydney Pollack's They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, which cast her as the pregnant wife of a hapless drifter (Bruce Dern). A role as a young bride-to-be in the similarly feted Lovers and Other Strangers followed in 1970, and Bedelia spent the remainder of the decade appearing largely in TV movies.

1983 provided Bedelia with a meaty starring role in the theatrical feature Heart Like a Wheel, the true-life tale of drag racer Shirley "Cha-Cha" Muldowney. Though the movie made minor waves in theaters, Bedelia's hardscrabble portrayal received universal praise, so much so that there was strong Academy Awards buzz surrounding the actress. A Best Actress nomination eluded her, although she was duly recognized with a nod from the Golden Globes in 1984. She continued to do prolific television work in the 1980s, but also had enthusiastically received turns in such films as The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), a family drama that cast her as the widowed mother of two children, and Die Hard (1988), the action blockbuster that saw her prove an able foil for star Bruce Willis in her role as Willis' estranged wife. She reprised her role in the latter for Die Hard 2 two years later, and that same year gave a haunting portrayal of Harrison Ford's neglected and embittered wife in Alan J. Pakula's Presumed Innocent.

torta · January 27th, 2009, 07:16 AM

**DTravel** · February 4th, 2009, 04:36 PM

2 photos of Bonnie Bedelia from the archives of Life magazine.

pausebutton · May 28th, 2009, 04:07 PM

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Nick Danger · November 12th, 2009, 10:18 AM

credit to Shiloh

Nick Danger · February 14th, 2010, 08:12 AM

The Gypsy Moths (1969)

Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)

**Winnter** · February 27th, 2010, 08:54 PM

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**johnbear** · January 12th, 2017, 09:34 PM

January 25th, 2009, 06:52 AM	#1
Nick Danger Blocked! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dixie Posts: 303 Thanks: 90 Thanked 2,402 Times in 292 Posts	Bonnie Bedelia http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000889/ Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin in New York City on March 25, 1948) is an American actress. She is the aunt of actor Macaulay Culkin. Bedelia made her film debut with a supporting role in The Gypsy Moths, a 1969 drama directed by John Frankenheimer that starred Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. That same year, she earned great acclaim for her work in Sydney Pollack's They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, which cast her as the pregnant wife of a hapless drifter (Bruce Dern). A role as a young bride-to-be in the similarly feted Lovers and Other Strangers followed in 1970, and Bedelia spent the remainder of the decade appearing largely in TV movies. 1983 provided Bedelia with a meaty starring role in the theatrical feature Heart Like a Wheel, the true-life tale of drag racer Shirley "Cha-Cha" Muldowney. Though the movie made minor waves in theaters, Bedelia's hardscrabble portrayal received universal praise, so much so that there was strong Academy Awards buzz surrounding the actress. A Best Actress nomination eluded her, although she was duly recognized with a nod from the Golden Globes in 1984. She continued to do prolific television work in the 1980s, but also had enthusiastically received turns in such films as The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), a family drama that cast her as the widowed mother of two children, and Die Hard (1988), the action blockbuster that saw her prove an able foil for star Bruce Willis in her role as Willis' estranged wife. She reprised her role in the latter for Die Hard 2 two years later, and that same year gave a haunting portrayal of Harrison Ford's neglected and embittered wife in Alan J. Pakula's Presumed Innocent.

February 4th, 2009, 04:36 PM	#3
DTravel Lean Mean Screencap Machine Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Better you don't know. Posts: 23,804 Thanks: 10,480 Thanked 207,303 Times in 23,713 Posts	Bonnie Bedelia - Life archives x2 2 photos of Bonnie Bedelia from the archives of Life magazine. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I rage and weep for my country. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I can reup screencaps, other material might have been lost.

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pausebutton Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 281 Thanks: 478 Thanked 8,953 Times in 280 Posts	Bonnie Bedelia - Then Came Bronson (1969) [mod edit - dead link(s) removed] Last edited by Wendigo; February 21st, 2020 at 04:50 PM.. Reason: re-upped

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