Bethel Leslie

Bethel Leslie

Nacimiento : 1929-08-03, New York, New York, USA

Muerte : 1999-11-28

Historia

Born in New York City in 1928, Bethel Leslie was a prolific stage, film and TV actress, active on and off Broadway from 1944 to 1999, and in film and television from 1949 to 1999. She was also an occasional screenwriter for television. Beside the stage, she worked mainly in television, in numerous TV series such as "Perry Mason", "Rawhide", "Wagon Train" and "Gun Law".

Perfil

Bethel Leslie

Películas

Uninvited
Mrs. Wentworth
A man is accused of murdering his childhood love and her entire family.
Mensaje en una botella
Marta Land
Una mujer encuentra una carta romántica en una botella traida por la marea y sigue la pista del autor, un carpintero de barcos viudo, cuya esposa murió trágicamente joven. Como surge una atracción profunda y mutua, el hombre se esfuerza por hacer las paces con su pasado para poder seguir adelante y encontrar la felicidad.
Bondad en el alma
Mrs. Dulcimer
Ian es un muchacho de 17 años, proveniente de una clase media-baja de Baltimore, que se culpa del suicidio de su hermano por una conversación que tiene con él antes de su muerte.
Kansas
Mabel 'Nana' Farley
When a single mother and high-powered Chicago ad executive returns to her home town in Kansas to care for her ailing father, she rediscovers the joys and hardships of farm life.
Terror on Track 9
A New York detective tracks a serial killer who injects his victims with poison at Grand Central Station.
Tallo de hierro
Librarian
Son los años de la Gran Depresión. Tras sufrir un trágico accidente, Francis Phelan, un antiguo jugador de béisbol, abandona a su familia y se convierte en un borracho errante. Tanto él como su novia y compañera de borracheras, intentan escapar del doloroso recuerdo de un pasado que los persigue.
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Mary Tyrone
Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on Showtime cable television in April 1987, and then for free on PBS stations' American Playhouse series in May 1988), 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' is Eugene O'Neill's award-winning and classic play about a day in the life of a dysfunctional family. Wealthy but unsatisfied former thespian James (Jack Lemmon) lives with his morphine-addict wife, Mary (Bethel Leslie), and their two tormented sons, Jamie (Kevin Spacey) and Edmund (Peter Gallagher). As nightfall approaches, truth and madness fight for control over a family tearing itself apart. A landmark production from theater legend Jonathan Miller, this searing drama is a bold, electrifying powerhouse you'll never forget. (Lemmon was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie the following year.)
Old Boyfriends
Mrs. Vantil
When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.
Beyond Death's Door
A prostitute and a skier who have been "brought back" from the brink of death relate their experiences to a skeptical doctor, who begins to believe them.
The Gift of Love
Agnes
Inspired by O. Henry's short story about a young bride and groom, each of whom foolishly--but quite lovingly--sacrifices a treasured possession to buy the perfect Christmas gift for their mate.
The Last Survivors
Inez Haynes
When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.
Dr. Cook's Garden
Essie Bullitt
A young doctor returns to his New England home town after a long absence. He visits with the town's kindly old physician, Dr. Cook, a man he has admired since childhood. However, he soon finds out that the old doctor isn't quite what he seems to be, and the young doctor finds his life in danger.
Odio en las entrañas
Mrs. Kehoe
Condado de Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, 1876. Una sociedad secreta de mineros irlandeses dedicados a extraer carbón, unidos por un juramento sagrado, presionan a la codiciosa y despiadada empresa para la que trabajan saboteando instalaciones mineras con la esperanza de mejorar sus condiciones laborales y la vida de sus familias.
Vida sin freno
Amy Hollister
Grace Caldwell ha estado rodeada de hombres durante toda su existencia, lo que ha puesto en entredicho su situación social y su prestigio. Este hecho a ella no le había influido nunca. Sin embargo, cuando Sidney Tate le pide la mano para casarse, se siente atrapada por su pasado. Aunque le cuenta a su amado toda la verdad, éste insiste en casarse con ella. Ella debatirá entre perder su libertad o seguir con la vida que siempre le gustó llevar, libre y sin ataduras.
The Ambassadors
TV Movie directed by James Cellan Jones.
El capitán Newman
Mrs. Helene Winston
El capitán Josiah Newman (Gregory Peck) es el jefe de la unidad de psiquiatría de una base militar durante los últimos días de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Aunque vive entregado al cuidado de sus pacientes, hace todo lo posible para no volver al frente. Le preocupan especialmente tres pacientes que comparten un insuperable complejo de culpa por las muertes que han causado: el coronel Bliss (Eddie Albert), el cabo Tompkins (Bobby Darin), un hombre condecorado por su valor en la batalla, y el capitán Winston (Robert Duvall), que ha caído en estado catatónico, tras haber permanecido escondido durante más de un año en el sótano de un edificio en Alemania.
The Bat
Dale Ogden
A sinister criminal known only as "The Bat" attempts to locate a fortune in stolen securities supposedly hidden in the rambling mansion owned by spinster Cornelia Van Gorde.
The Rabbit Trap
Abby Colt
A man must choose between work or his family after he is called back to work during a family vacation. He and his son have set a harmless rabbit trap in the woods near the cabin they are vacationing in. When the family returns home they realize that they forget to retrieve the trap and the son fears that a rabbit will be captured and die a slow death from starvation. The man is in line for a promotion, yet feels that he is under appreciated by his boss. He must choose whether or not to follow his instincts and do the right thing or possibly lose the promotion he has worked long and hard for.