Zina Bethune
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Bethune in 1968
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February 17, 1945 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 12, 2012 (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Hit-and-run accident |
| Resting place | Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor, ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher |
| Years active | 1951–2006 |
| Known for | Theater Bethune |
| Spouse(s) | Sean Feeley (m. 1970) |
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Zina Bethune (February 17, 1945 – February 12, 2012) was an American actress, dancer, and choreographer.
Bethune was born in New York City, the daughter of Ivy (née Vigder), an actress (born June 1, 1918, Sevastopol, Russia) and William Charles Bethune, a sculptor and painter who died in 1950 when Zina was 5 years old.
Bethune began her formal ballet training aged 6 at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet. By age 14 she was dancing with the New York City Ballet.
As a child performer, Bethune appeared in the original cast of The Most Happy Fella as well as several American daytime television dramas, including a stint as the first "Robin Lang" on The Guiding Light from May 1956 to April 1958. Bethune played President Franklin D. Roosevelt's daughter in Sunrise at Campobello in 1960.
Newspaper columnist Dick Kleiner described Bethune's performance in a 1958 television production as a "shatteringly beautiful portrayal of Tennessee Williams' young heroine in This Property Is Condemned." In October 1958, Zina portrayed Amy March in the CBS musical adaptation of Little Women.
She portrayed nurse Gail Lucas on The Nurses (1962–65), and appeared in other series, including Kraft Television Theatre (with Martin Huston in the series finale), Route 66, The Judy Garland Show, Pantomime Quiz, Hollywood Squares, Young Dr. Malone, Dr. Kildare, The Invaders and Emergency!.
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