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Bonnie Bedelia Culkin is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre, she starred in the CBS daytime soap opera Love of Life (1961–1967) before making her movie debut in The Gypsy Moths (1969). Bedelia was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 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), and for her work in the movies They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), Bonanza, Presumed Innocent (1990), and Needful Things (1993). Bedelia has also had many other leading and supporting film roles.
Birth Name
Bonnie Bedelia Culkin
Born
Thursday, 25 March 1948
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Hill | Gram | 2023 |
| The Noel Diary | Ellie Foster | 2022 |
| Violet | Aunt Helen | 2021 |
| Life on the Rocks | Nana / Death | 2021 |
| Panic | Anne McCarthy | 2021 |
| A Stone in the Water | Martha | 2019 |
| The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self - Actress 'Holly Gennaro McClane' | 2019 |
| What/If | Margret Denner | 2019 |
| Christmas on the Coast | Ellie Cassadine | 2018 |
| The Scent of Rain & Lightning | Annabelle / Annabelle Linder | 2018 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Hill | Gram | 2023 |
| The Noel Diary | Ellie Foster | 2022 |
| Violet | Aunt Helen | 2021 |
| Life on the Rocks | Nana / Death | 2021 |
| Panic | Anne McCarthy | 2021 |
| A Stone in the Water | Martha | 2019 |
| The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self - Actress 'Holly Gennaro McClane' | 2019 |
| What/If | Margret Denner | 2019 |
| Christmas on the Coast | Ellie Cassadine | 2018 |
| The Scent of Rain & Lightning | Annabelle / Annabelle Linder | 2018 |
| A Joyous Christmas | Joy | 2017 |
| A Very Sordid Wedding | Latrelle Williamson / Latrelle | 2017 |
| Designated Survivor | Eva Booker | 2016 |
| Broken Links | Melanie | 2016 |
| Home & Family | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Parenthood | Camille Braverman | 2010 |
| Sordid Lives: The Series | Latrelle Williamson | 2008 |
| Berkeley | Hawkins | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Camille Braverman | 2007 |
| Big Love | Virginia Ginger Heffman | 2006 |
| Partners | Ellie Boone | 2004 |
| Manhood | Alice | 2003 |
| The Division | Capt. Kate McCafferty / Captain Kaitlyn "Kate" McCafferty / Kate McCafferty | 2001 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | DDA Madeline Klein | 2000 |
| Sordid Lives | Latrelle Williamson | 2000 |
| Picnic | Flo Owens | 2000 |
| Flowers for Algernon | Rose | 2000 |
| Anywhere But Here | Carol | 1999 |
| Gloria | Brenda | 1999 |
| Bad Manners | Nancy Westlund | 1998 |
| To Live Again | Iris Sayer | 1998 |
| Her Costly Affair | Dr. Diane Weston / Diane / Wife | 1996 |
| Homecoming | Eunice Logan | 1996 |
| The Outer Limits | Nancy McDonald | 1995 |
| Speechless | Annette | 1994 |
| Judicial Consent | Gwen Warwick | 1994 |
| Needful Things | Polly Chalmers | 1993 |
| Fallen Angels | Sally Creighton | 1993 |
| The Fire Next Time | Suzanne Morgan | 1993 |
| Presumed Innocent | Barbara Sabich | 1990 |
| Die Hard 2 | Holly McClane | 1990 |
| Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | Hannah McGrath | 1990 |
| Fat Man and Little Boy | Kitty Oppenheimer | 1989 |
| Die Hard | Holly Gennaro McClane | 1988 |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Pam Marshetta | 1988 |
| The Stranger | Alice Kildee | 1987 |
| Like Father Like Son | Lady with Gum in Hair | 1987 |
| When the Time Comes | Liddy Travis | 1987 |
| The Boy Who Could Fly | Charlene | 1986 |
| Violets Are Blue... | Ruth Squires | 1986 |
| Alex: The Life of a Child | Carole Deford | 1986 |
| The Lady from Yesterday | Janet Weston | 1985 |
| Death of an Angel | Grace | 1985 |
| Memorial Day | Cass | 1983 |
| Breakaway | Self | 1983 |
| Lovers and Other Strangers | Susan Henderson | 1983 |
| Heart Like a Wheel | Shirley Muldowney | 1983 |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | Mrs. Wells | 1980 |
| Salem's Lot | Susan Norton | 1979 |
| A Question of Love | Joan Saltzman | 1978 |
| The Big Fix | Suzanne | 1978 |
| The New Land | Anna Larsen | 1974 |
| Heatwave! | Laura Taylor | 1974 |
| Message to My Daughter | Janet Thatcher | 1973 |
| Love Story | Alice Hartman | 1973 |
| Between Friends | Ellie | 1973 |
| Sandcastles | Jenna Hampshire | 1972 |
| The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie | Rosalie | 1972 |
| Lovers and Other Strangers | Susan Henderson / Susan | 1970 |
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Ruby / Ruby Bates | 1969 |
| The Gypsy Moths | Annie Burke | 1969 |
| The High Chaparral | Tina Granger | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Ellie Barnett | 1967 |
| CBS Playhouse | Laura | 1967 |
| East Side/West Side | Linda Stuart | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| Bonanza | Laurie Mansfield / Alice Harper | 1959 |
| Playhouse 90 | Clara | 1956 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1994 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1984 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
