Bonnie Bedelia Bio

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Bonnie Bedelia Culkin (born March 25, 1948) is an American actress, best known for her roles in Die Hard (1988), its successor, Die Hard 2 (1990), and Presumed Innocent (1990).

Bonnie Bedelia: Biography

Bedelia was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Marian Ethel (née Wagner), a writer and editor, and Philip Harley Culkin, a journalist. She is the sister of Kit Culkin and the aunt of actors Macaulay, Quinn, Kieran, Christian, Shane and Rory Culkin.

Bonnie Bedelia: Career

From 1961-1967, Bonnie was a regular on the CBS soap opera, Love of Life, playing the role of Sandy Porter. Bedelia was nominated for a Golden Globe for her starring role in 1983's Heart Like a Wheel as drag racer Shirley Muldowney. Other well-known performances came as the wives of Bruce Willis's character John McClane in Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990), and Harrison Ford in Presumed Innocent (1990).

Bedelia appears in two Stephen King film adaptations: Salem's Lot and Needful Things (1993).