Bethel Leslie

Biography: An actress since her early teens, Bethel Leslie made her Broadway bow opposite Conrad Janis in 1944's Snafu. Leslie later appeared as Rachel in the original 1956 production of Inherit the Wind; she went on to gain near-legendary status among West Coast actors for her work in a 1959 staging of Career, aging 30 years in the third act simply by wearing a hat. Though she has been in films sporadically since 1958, she is most widely known for her television work. Her first series stint was as Cornelia Otis Skinner in The Girls (1950), a TV-sitcom adaptation of Ms. Skinner's autobiography Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. Together with Vera Miles and Beverly Garland, she was one of the busiest and most-in-demand TV guest actresses of the 1950s and 1960s; she played everything from kidnap victims to cold-blooded murderesses, and was seen as three different defendants on three different Perry Mason episodes. Her versatility really got a workout on The Richard Boone Show (1963), a weeklyAn actress since her early teens, Bethel Leslie made her Broadway bow opposite Conrad Janis in 1944's Snafu. Leslie later appeared as Rachel in the original 1956 production of Inherit the Wind; she went on to gain near-legendary status among West Coast actors for her work in a 1959 staging of Career, aging 30 years in the third act simply by wearing a hat. Though she has been in films sporadically since 1958, she is most widely known for her television work. Her first series stint was as Cornelia Otis Skinner in The Girls (1950), a TV-sitcom adaptation of Ms. Skinner's autobiography Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. Together with Vera Miles and Beverly Garland, she was one of the busiest and most-in-demand TV guest actresses of the 1950s and 1960s; she played everything from kidnap victims to cold-blooded murderesses, and was seen as three different defendants on three different Perry Mason episodes. Her versatility really got a workout on The Richard Boone Show (1963), a weekly TV anthology wherein a repertory company of eleven actors played parts in all the plays. More recently, Bethel Leslie has evinced a preference for the stage; one of her most formidable assignments was the killer part of Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. Expand

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tbd One Life to Live: Season 37 Jul 16, 2004 Ethel Crawford (1994) tbd
tbd One Life to Live: Season 36 Jul 15, 2003 Ethel Crawford (1994) tbd
tbd One Life to Live: Season 35 Jul 17, 2002 Ethel Crawford (1994) tbd
tbd One Life to Live: Season 34 Jul 25, 2001 Ethel Crawford (1994) tbd
tbd Falcon Crest: Season 1 Dec 4, 1981 Writer tbd
tbd Kung Fu: Season 2 Sep 27, 1973 Rita tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 16 Sep 14, 1970 Writer tbd
tbd The Wild Wild West: Season 4 Sep 27, 1968 Melanie tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 10 Sep 26, 1964 Elsa tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 7 Sep 30, 1961 Rose-Ellen tbd
tbd Rawhide: Season 4 Sep 29, 1961 Martha tbd
tbd Bonanza: Season 3 Sep 24, 1961 Ann tbd
tbd Route 66: Season 2 Sep 22, 1961 Lori tbd
tbd Route 66: Season 1 Oct 7, 1960 Jo tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 3 Oct 3, 1959 Sylvia Sutton tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 2 Sep 20, 1958 Evelyn tbd
tbd Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 1 Sep 6, 1958 Carole tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 1 Sep 21, 1957 Janet tbd