- Bethel Leslie
Bethel Leslie (
August 3 ,1929 -November 28 ,1999 ) was an Americantheatre ,film , andtelevision actress and ascreenwriter .Born in
New York City , Leslie was discovered byGeorge Abbott , who cast her in the play "Snafu" in 1944. Over the next four decades she appeared in a number of Broadway productions, including "Goodbye, My Fancy " (1948), "The Time of the Cuckoo " (1952), "Inherit the Wind " (1955), and "Long Day's Journey Into Night " (1986), for which she was nominated for theTony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play .In 1950, Leslie was cast as
Cornelia Otis Skinner in "The Girls", a television series based on the author's "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay ". She departed the show after two months to appear withHelen Hayes in the play "The Wisteria Trees", adapted fromAnton Chekov 's "The Cherry Orchard " byJoshua Logan . She frequently guested on the manyanthology series popular in the early to mid-1950s, such as "Studio One" and "Playhouse 90 ", and also appeared in "Maverick", "", "The Rifleman ", "Bat Masterson ", "Perry Mason", "Adventures in Paradise ", "Bonanza ", "Ben Casey ", and "Have Gun - Will Travel " before becoming a regular on "The Richard Boone Show ", which garnered her anEmmy Award nomination for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Miss Lesliebecame a regular on the NBC soap, "The Doctors", when she took over the role of "Maggie Powers" afterAnn Williams left the role. She had recurring roles on "Another World" and "All My Children " and was featured in the television adaptations of "In Cold Blood " and "Saint Maybe ".Leslie was the head writer for "
The Secret Storm " in 1954. She also scripted episodes for "Gunsmoke ", "Bracken's World ", "Barnaby Jones ", "McCloud ", "Matt Helm ", and "Falcon Crest ".Leslie's
feature film credits include "A Rage to Live " (1965), "The Molly Maguires" (1970), "Ironweed" (1987), and "Message in a Bottle" (1999).Leslie died of cancer at age 70 in New York City.
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