Bonnie Bedelia | |
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Bonnie Bedelia in The New Land (1974).
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Born |
Bonnie Bedelia Culkin March 25, 1948 New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1957–present |
Spouse(s) |
Ken Luber (m. 1969; div. 1980) Michael MacRae (m. 1995) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives |
Kit Culkin (brother) Macaulay Culkin (nephew) Kieran Culkin (nephew) Rory Culkin (nephew) |
Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin, March 25, 1948) is an American actress. She began her career in theatre and during 1960s starred in the CBS daytime soap opera, Love of Life (1961–67), before making her movie debut in The Gypsy Moths (1969).
Bedelia was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in 1983 film Heart Like a Wheel, and for an Independent Spirit Award for The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988). She 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), Presumed Innocent (1990), and Needful Things (1993). Bedelia also had many other leading and supporting roles, and has worked regularly on television.
For her television work, Bedelia received two Emmy Awards nominations. From 2001 to 2004, Bedelia played the lead role in the Lifetime television drama series, The Division, and later starred as family matriarch Camille Braverman in the NBC drama series, Parenthood (2010–2015).
Bonnie Bedelia was born in New York City, the daughter of Marian Ethel (née Wagner), a writer and editor, and Philip Harley Culkin, a journalist. She was born in a difficult financial period when her father's firm went bankrupt and they lived in "a cold-water tenement flat". She has two brothers, one of whom is actor Kit Culkin, and a sister, Candice Culkin. She is the aunt of actors Macaulay, Kieran, and Rory Culkin. Her mother died when she was 14 and her father, "who had always had ulcers," died shortly after.