Mini Biography
A veteran stage actress discovered by the legendary George Abbott, Bethel Leslie began performing on Broadway at age 15. She quickly conquered the medium with stunning theater performances in "Inherit the Wind" and "Career" and later capped her formidable career with a Tony nomination as "Mary Tyrone" in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" in 1986 opposite Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey and Peter Gallagher. Not as well known for her film work, the rather plain, hard-looking actress was best utilized as a brittle support player in The Rabbit Trap (1959) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). On TV as a teen, her first series was playing Cornelia Otis Skinner in "The Girls" (1950), in 1950. Throughout the 50s, she appeared in scores of dramatic parts on episodic TV and became one of those faces without a name, playing with great relish a neurotic victim or cruel-eyed villainess. TV soaps took up Bethel's later years, appearing in "The Doctors" (1963), "All My Children" (1970) and "One Life to Live" (1968) at various times. At one point, she was a head writer for "The Secret Storm" (1954). Bethel died of cancer at age 70.
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Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net
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