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Bedelia enjoyed renewed attention for her appearances as Bruce Willis' wife in the popular summer features 'Die Hard' (1988), 'Die Hard II: Die Harder' and was cast opposite Harrison Ford in 'Presumed Innocent' (both 1990).

TV-movies and occasional miniseries took up the slack between films during the 1970s and 80s.

She finally gained widespread critical acclaim for her nuanced portrayal of real-life race car driver Shirley Muldowney in 'Heart Like a Wheel' (1982). She was excellent as Harrison Ford's wife in the legal thriller 'Presumed Innocent' (1990) and delivered a string of memorable turns in small screen efforts. On the other hand, the actress herself disavowed her work in 'Fat Man and Little Boy' (1989) as scientist Kitty Oppenheimer, claiming that much of her best work ended on the cutting room floor. Her turn as the cheating wife of a right-wing nut whose alienated teenage son plans a kidnapping in 'The Prince of Pennsylvania' (1988) earned her attention and a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award. In 1988, Bedelia was cast as the businesswoman spouse of a man who sets out to save her when he plane is hijacked in 'Die Hard,' a role she reprised in the sequel 'Die Hard 2: Die Harder' (1990). Staging something of a comeback in 1983, Bedelia earned widespread critical praise for her performance as race car driver Shirley Muldowney in the biopic 'Heart Like a Wheel.' Although the expected Academy Award nomination did not materialize, the actress began to land prestige projects like CBS' 'Memorial Day' (1983) and 'Violets Are Blue' (1986), in which she was outstanding as the wife of a cheating husband. She did, however, appear in several TV projects, including the above average romance 'Sandcastles' (CBS, 1972) and the short-lived ABC adaptation of 'The New Land' (1974), in which she portrayed a 19th-century Swedish immigrant to America. Although her career was on an upward swing, the actress opted to concentrate on marriage and motherhood and curtailed her feature film appearances for much of the remainder of the decade. She made her film acting debut in 'The Gypsy Moths' in 1969, but was more memorable as a pregnant marathon dancer in that same year's 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' and as the bride to be in the superlative comedy 'Lovers and Other Strangers' (1970).

It was only inevitable that movie roles would follow.

After a five-year stint (1961-66) as a regular on the CBS daytime serial 'Love of Life,' Bedelia made a splash in the Broadway play 'My Sweet Charlie,' playing a pregnant young Southern woman on the lam with a black lawyer. The petite brunette danced in four productions at City Ballet before hanging up her toe shoes in favor of acting. After being spotted by a talent scout in a school production of 'Tom Sawyer,' she made her stage debut at the North Jersey Playhouse and later earned a full scholarship at George Balanchine's New York City Ballet. A talented and attractive leading lady, Bonnie Bedelia (nee Culkin) began her career as a juvenile performer on stage and TV along with her older brother Kit.

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