Bonnie Bedelia Net Worth

Bonnie Bedelia's Quotes

• I like to do a movie, to be on it 8, 10 weeks. It evolves as you're working on it. Little things come to you every day. It's a slow process, and when you have to pack it into a short period of time, which you do for television, the experience is not one that I cherish. So if it's going to be television, it's really got to be the right thing.
• It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broadway. But you do kind of miss the things that I now see my children doing. I'm just happy they are not actors. The Valentine's Day dance is really important. Pitching in Little League is very important. And the medals and the scouts are really important.
• I don't consider roles like in Die Hard (1988) what I do. This is like a hobby. It's fun. I had a good time. And I love being in a movie that people actually go see. But it's about things getting blown up. It's not about great character development.
• When I was 14, my mother died. My father, who had always had ulcers, came apart. He had a series of intestinal operations, and was in the hospital for nearly a year. So the four of us teenagers lived by ourselves in the apartment without a guardian.
• Unless you burst into movies as a sex goddess, you're likely to play wives and mothers. I came into movies as a teenager in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) playing a pregnant waif from the Ozarks. I didn't get a chance to burst into movies in Body Heat (1981). My career isn't based on having a 23-inch waist and a big bust, though I do.

Interesting Facts about Bonnie Bedelia

1. Her picture appears on the cover of the book "The Films of Don Shebib" by Piers Handling (Canadian Film Institute, Ottawa, 1978). Donald Shebib was her director for Between Friends (1973).
2. Sister of Kit Culkin, Candace Culkin and Terry Culkin.
3. Aunt of Macaulay Culkin, Kieran Culkin, Dakota Culkin, Rory Culkin, Shane Culkin, Christian Culkin, and Quinn Culkin.
4. She appears in two films based on Stephen King books where there's an evil antique shop owner in the plot (Salem's Lot (1979) and Needful Things (1993)).
5. She has two sons with Ken Luber: Uri Luber (born 5 June 1970) and Jonah Luber (born 15 June 1976).
6. Co-founded the Los Angeles Classic Theater Works.
7. Studied drama at Herbert Berghof HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City.
8. Her paternal grandfather was of Irish descent. Her other ancestry includes German, English, Swiss-German, and French.
9. Wanted to play the role of Margaret 'Mick' Kelly in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), but lost out to Sondra Locke (1944-2018). Bedelia confided to the 8 October 1967 L.A. Times that "they decided I was too old" when she auditioned for the same part as Locke. As it turns out, Bedelia was four years younger than Locke, who lied about her age.