
Biography
Born in New York City in 1928, Bethel Leslie was a prolific stage, film and TV actress, active on and off Broadway from 1944 to 1999, and in film and television from 1949 to 1999. She was also an occasional screenwriter for television. Beside the stage, she worked mainly in television, in numerous TV series such as "Perry Mason", "Rawhide", "Wagon Train" and "Gun Law".
Acted in 73
2000s
- 2000
Uninvited
Mrs. Wentworth
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Saint Maybe
Mrs. Dulcimer
- 1996
In Cold Blood
TV
- 1995
Kansas
Mabel 'Nana' Farley
- 1992
Terror on Track 9
Movie
1980s
- 1987
Ironweed
Librarian
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Mary Tyrone
- 1985
- 1981
The Girl on the Edge of Town
Mrs. Morton
1970s
- 1979
Beyond Death's Door
Movie
- 1978
The Gift of Love
Agnes
- 1975
The Last Survivors
Inez Haynes
- 1972
Kung Fu
Rita Coblenz · 1 episode
- 1971
Dr. Cook's Garden
Essie Bullitt
- 1970
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
The Richard Boone Show
TV
The Doctors
Dr. Maggie Powers · 39 episodes
- 1962
- 1961
Straightaway
TV
- 1960
The Bat
Dale Ogden
Hong Kong
Kate Martin · 1 episode
1950s
- 1959
The Rabbit Trap
Abby Colt
- 1958
- 1957
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Dulcimer · 1 episode
Wrote 6
1980s
- 1981
1970s
- 1979
A Christmas for Boomer
Writer
- 1976
- 1975
1960s
- 1962
1950s
- 1955
Appearances2
1960s
- 1963
The Animals
Narrator (voice)
1940s
- 1948