Bethel Leslie
출생 : 1929-08-03, New York, New York, USA
사망 : 1999-11-28
약력
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".
Mrs. Wentworth
A man is accused of murdering his childhood love and her entire family.
Marta Land
'시카고 트리뷴'지의 유능한 자료 수집가 테레사(Theresa Osborne: 로빈 라이트 분). 오랜만에 휴가를 얻은 테레사는 케이프 코드 해변으로 한가로운 여행을 떠난다. 이른 아침 해변을 거닐던 그녀는 우연히 백사장에 밀려온 병 속에 담긴 편지를 발견한다. 편지는 한 남자가 죽은 아내, 캐서린에 대한 그리움을 담아 띄워보낸 사랑의 메시지. 편지에 담긴 진실한 사랑은 이혼의 상처로 마음의 문을 굳게 닫아버린 테레사에게 부드러운 봄바람처럼 달콤하게 다가온다. 테레사로부터 편지를 전해받은 상사 찰리(Charlie Toschi: 로비 콜트란스 분)는 자신의 칼럼에 그 편지를 게재하고, 같은 사람이 쓴 두 통의 편지가 연이어 발견된다. 또 다른 편지를 받아본 테레사는 얼굴도 모르는 채 'G'라는 이니셜을 가진 편지의 주인공에 대한 그리움과 호기심을 키워가고 마침내 그를 찾아 나선다. 사고로 아내를 잃은 후 바닷가 외딴 집에서 혼자 외롭게 살아가는 개럿(Garret Blake: 케빈 코스트너 분). 바닷가에서 자신의 배를 손 보던 그는 테레사의 방문을 받는다. 자신을 너무도 잘 이해하는 테레사에게 쉽게 마음을 열어 보인 개럿. 그가 밤마다 혼자 나가던 요트 여행에 그녀를 초대하면서 두 사람은 급속도로 가까워 진다. 그러나 테레사는 자신이 간직하고 있는 개럿의 편지에 대해 그리고 그 편지가 신문 칼럼에 소개되었다는 사실에 대해서는 끝내 고백하지 못한다. 짧은 시간이었지만 서로를 깊이 사랑하게 된 개럿과 테레사 하지만 이들 앞에 놓인 현실은 순탄하지만은 않은데.
Mrs. Dulcimer
A lonely teen troubled by a past family tragedy is suspicious of his sister-in-law, believing she is being unfaithful. His confrontation with his brother sets off a series of tragic events.
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.
A New York detective tracks a serial killer who injects his victims with poison at Grand Central Station.
Librarian
1938년 뉴욕, 올버니. 거리의 부랑자 프란시스(Francis Phelan: 잭 니콜슨 분)는 22년전, 태어난지 13일 밖에 안되는 아들을 실수로 죽게 하자 그 죄책감 때문에 집을 나와 떠돌이 생활을 한다. 그러던 중 과거에 피아니스트이자 가수였던 헬렌(Helen: 메릴 스트립 분)을 만나 서로의 상처를 보듬고 살아간다. 때는 살을 에이는 듯한 혹한의 겨울. 프란시스는 어느날 묘지 청소하는 일을 맡아 자신의 죽은 아들 제랄드의 무덤 앞에서 통곡한다. 그날 저녁 선교관을 찾아갔던 프란시스는 목사에게서 고물장수 로스캠의 조수직을 추천 받는다. 마차를 타고 이집저집을 돌아다니던 프란시스는 과거의 상념에 빠져들게 되고 전부인의 집을 방문한다. 걱정하던 것과는 달리 전부인 애니(Annie Phelan: 캐롤 베이커 분)는 프란시스를 반갑게 맞이한다. 이에 프란시스는 22년전 자신의 실수를 가족은 물론 아무한테도 말하지 않고 비밀을 지켜온 애니의 속깊은 정에 가슴이 뭉클해진다. 한편 헬렌은 프란시스가 집을 방문하는 동안 도서관, 교회, 카페 등을 전전하다 마치 지친 삶의 끝에 맞는 휴식처럼 편안하게 고질병으로 인한 죽음을 맞이한다. 가족과 눈물겨운 재회를 프란시스는 뜻하지 않은 헬렌과 친구 루디(Rudy: 톰 웨이츠 분)의 죽음을 통해 따뜻한 방 한 개의 소중함을 절실히 깨닫는다.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mrs. Kehoe
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of improving their working conditions and the lives of their families.
Amy Hollister
Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.
TV Movie directed by James Cellan Jones.
Mrs. Helene Winston
In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units.
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.
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.