Bonnie Bedelia

Bonnie Bedelia Culkin is an American actress, best known for her starring roles as Holly McClane in Die Hard and Die Hard 2, Barbara Sabich in Presumed Innocent, and Polly Chalmers in Needful Things, as well as the matriarch Camille Braverman on the drama series Parenthood. She is younger sister to actor Kit Culkin; aunt to his sons, actors Macaulay, Rory, and Kieran Culkin. Her and Kit's brother and sister, Terry and Candace, have also acted. Before becoming an actress, Bedelia studied ballet and appeared in a few productions with the New York City Ballet, including The Nutcracker. Her only dancing role onscreen was that of Clara in the Playhouse 90 television production of the George Balanchine Nutcracker (1958). From 1961 to 1967, Bedelia was a regular on the CBS soap opera Love of Life, portraying Sandy Porter. She also worked on Broadway, where she debuted supporting Patty Duke in 1962, in Isle of Children, and won a Theatre World Award for playing the lead of in My Sweet Charlie, in 1966. After beginning her career in theatre in the 1960s, Bedelia starred in the CBS daytime soap opera Love of Life and made her film debut in The Gypsy Moths. In 1969, she attracted attention as the pregnant marathon dancer in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? She starred in the comedy Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), had dramatic roles in The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972) and Between Friends (1973), and appeared opposite Richard Dreyfuss in the comedy The Big Fix (1978). On ...

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Die Hard (1988)

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NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McTiernan
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Alan Rickman  •  Reginald VelJohnson  •  Bonnie Bedelia

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McTiernan
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Alan Rickman  •  Reginald VelJohnson  •  Bonnie Bedelia

Anywhere but Here (1999)

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wayne Wang
CAST:  Susan Sarandon  •  Natalie Portman  •  Hart Bochner  •  Eileen Ryan

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wayne Wang
CAST:  Susan Sarandon  •  Natalie Portman  •  Hart Bochner  •  Eileen Ryan

Die Hard 2 (1990)

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Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renny Harlin
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  William Sadler  •  Franco Nero

Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renny Harlin
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  William Sadler  •  Franco Nero

Heart Like a Wheel (1983)

Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Beau Bridges  •  Leo Rossi  •  Hoyt Axton

Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Beau Bridges  •  Leo Rossi  •  Hoyt Axton

Presumed Innocent (1990)

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan J. Pakula
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Brian Dennehy  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Bonnie Bedelia

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan J. Pakula
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Brian Dennehy  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Bonnie Bedelia

The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)

Set in a remote Pennsylvania coal-mining town, this off-beat comedy follows the relationship between Carla, a hippie woman, and Rupert, a young punk rocker who feels like a pariah. Hoping to leave their current lives behind, the two conspire to kidnap Rupert's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Nyswaner
CAST:  Fred Ward  •  Keanu Reeves  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Amy Madigan

Set in a remote Pennsylvania coal-mining town, this off-beat comedy follows the relationship between Carla, a hippie woman, and Rupert, a young punk rocker who feels like a pariah. Hoping to leave their current lives behind, the two conspire to kidnap Rupert's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Nyswaner
CAST:  Fred Ward  •  Keanu Reeves  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Amy Madigan

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Jane Fonda  •  Michael Sarrazin  •  Susannah York  •  Gig Young

In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Jane Fonda  •  Michael Sarrazin  •  Susannah York  •  Gig Young

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Joffé
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Dwight Schultz  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  John Cusack

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Joffé
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Dwight Schultz  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  John Cusack

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)

Taut thriller about a photographer who races the clock to clear a man about to be executed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Pierson
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Arliss Howard  •  Andre Braugher

Taut thriller about a photographer who races the clock to clear a man about to be executed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Pierson
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Arliss Howard  •  Andre Braugher

Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)

Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his overly devout Catholic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cy Howard
CAST:  Gig Young  •  Bea Arthur  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Anne Jackson

Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his overly devout Catholic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cy Howard
CAST:  Gig Young  •  Bea Arthur  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Anne Jackson

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

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Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Castle
CAST:  Jay Underwood  •  Fred Savage  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Colleen Dewhurst

Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Castle
CAST:  Jay Underwood  •  Fred Savage  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Colleen Dewhurst

Manhood (2003)

A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bobby Roth
CAST:  Nestor Carbonell  •  John Ritter  •  Janeane Garofalo  •  Bonnie Bedelia

A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bobby Roth
CAST:  Nestor Carbonell  •  John Ritter  •  Janeane Garofalo  •  Bonnie Bedelia

The Big Fix (1978)

Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Susan Anspach  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  John Lithgow

Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Susan Anspach  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  John Lithgow

Sordid Lives (2000)

"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Del Shores
CAST:  Olivia Newton-John  •  Kirk Geiger  •  Sarah Hunley  •  Newell Alexander

"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Del Shores
CAST:  Olivia Newton-John  •  Kirk Geiger  •  Sarah Hunley  •  Newell Alexander

Bad Manners (1998)

Wes and Nancy are a married academics couple. One day they host Nancy's long-ago lover Matt and his current sexy girlfriend Kim. Matt is a musician and Kim is a computer specialist who helped Matt to make some discovery in his science. Wes suspects Kim of stealing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaufer
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  David Strathairn  •  Saul Rubinek  •  Julie Harris

Wes and Nancy are a married academics couple. One day they host Nancy's long-ago lover Matt and his current sexy girlfriend Kim. Matt is a musician and Kim is a computer specialist who helped Matt to make some discovery in his science. Wes suspects Kim of stealing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaufer
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  David Strathairn  •  Saul Rubinek  •  Julie Harris

Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story (1995)

A young man begins to suspect that his mother may have murdered his father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Schachter
CAST:  Neil Patrick Harris  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Meredith Salenger

A young man begins to suspect that his mother may have murdered his father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Schachter
CAST:  Neil Patrick Harris  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Meredith Salenger

Message to My Daughter (1973)

A confused teenager discovers a stack of tapes recorded years earlier by her dying mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Michael Lewis
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Martin Sheen  •  Kitty Winn  •  Neva Patterson

A confused teenager discovers a stack of tapes recorded years earlier by her dying mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Michael Lewis
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Martin Sheen  •  Kitty Winn  •  Neva Patterson

The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972)

A traveling salesman is lured by a precocious teenage girl to her shack in the desert for some sexual escapades. However, a scuzzy biker comes along and they both find themselves dominated and tormented by him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Starrett
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Ken Howard  •  Anthony Zerbe

A traveling salesman is lured by a precocious teenage girl to her shack in the desert for some sexual escapades. However, a scuzzy biker comes along and they both find themselves dominated and tormented by him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Starrett
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Ken Howard  •  Anthony Zerbe

Picnic (2000)

The son of the richest man in town wants to marry the town's beauty queen, but she meets a more interesting stranger who just got off the train.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Passer
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Josh Brolin  •  Ben Caswell  •  J.D. Evermore

The son of the richest man in town wants to marry the town's beauty queen, but she meets a more interesting stranger who just got off the train.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Passer
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Josh Brolin  •  Ben Caswell  •  J.D. Evermore

The Gypsy Moths (1969)

Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Gene Hackman  •  Scott Wilson

Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Gene Hackman  •  Scott Wilson
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