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Bethel Leslie

Highest Rated: 90% The Molly Maguires (1970)

Lowest Rated: 32% Message in a Bottle (1999)

Birthday: Aug 3, 1929

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Bethel Leslie was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1946, she appeared with Fredric March in "Year Ago." In 1950, she co-starred with Helen Hayes in "The Wisteria Trees," an Americanization of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard." In 1944, she made her acting debut on Broadway in "Snafu" at age 15. In 1948, she had a supporting role in "Goodbye, My Fancy," starring Sam Wannamaker. Leslie worked on a variety of projects during her early entertainment career, including "Captain Newman, M.D." with Gregory Peck (1963), "Love of Life" (CBS, 1951-1980) and "Playhouse 90" (CBS, 1956-1960). She also contributed to "Studio One" (CBS, 1948-1958), "The Nash Airflyte Theater" (CBS, 1950-51) and "The Rabbit Trap" (1959). She followed this recognition with roles in the Suzanne Pleshette dramatic adaptation "A Rage to Live" (1965), "The Molly Maguires" (1970) and "Dr. Cook's Garden" (ABC, 1970-71). She spent the seventies through the nineties tackling film roles in the Meryl Streep dramatic period piece "Ironweed" (1987) and "Message in A Bottle" (1999) with Kevin Costner. She also was featured in the TV movie "The Gift of Love" (ABC, 1978-79). Leslie last acted in the Kevin Isola crime drama "Uninvited" (1999). Leslie passed away in November 1999 at the age of 70.

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Highest rated movies

90% 62% The Molly Maguires
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60% 65% Captain Newman, M.D.
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32% 66% Message in a Bottle
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Dr. Cook's Garden
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30% Saint Maybe
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Terror on Track 9
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The Rabbit Trap
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55% A Rage to Live
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The Last Survivors
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79% Long Day's Journey into Night
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Filmography

Movies

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32% 66% Message in a Bottle Marta Land (Character) $52.8M 1999
No Score Yet 30% Saint Maybe Mrs. Dulcimer (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kansas Mabel "Nana" Farley (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Terror on Track 9 Unknown (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 79% Long Day's Journey into Night Mary Tyrone (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 80% The Gift of Love Agnes (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Survivors Inez Haynes (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Cook's Garden Essie Bullitt (Character) - 1971
90% 62% The Molly Maguires Mrs. Kehoe (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet March From Camp Tyler Clarissa (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 55% A Rage to Live Amy Hollister (Character) - 1965
60% 65% Captain Newman, M.D. Mrs. Helene Winston (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rabbit Trap Abby Colt (Character) - 1959

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Writer 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet McCloud Writer 1974
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Lois Graham (Guest Star) 1970 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Rose Ellen (Guest Star),
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1962 1964 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1968 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The High Chaparral Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Loner Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Greta Halstadt (Guest Star) 1960-1961 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daniel Boone Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Marcie King (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Lydia Turner (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Dr. Jean Howard (Guest Star) 1961 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lloyd Bridges Show Donna Mae Apple (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cain's Hundred Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Unknown (Guest Star) 1960 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bus Stop Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rifleman Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thriller Unknown (Character) 1960-1961
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mabel (Character) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Janet Morris (Guest Star) 1958 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Staccato Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bat Masterson Mildred Conrad (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Step Beyond Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown Marcy James (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio One Unknown (Character) 1954