Bethel Leslie

Personal Info

Birthday

August 3, 1929

Day of Death

1999-11-28

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, New York, USA

Also Known As

Jane Bethel Leslie

Bethel Leslie

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".

Known For

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Maverick

Wagon Train

Climax!

The Fugitive

Route 66

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Filmography

2000
Uninvited
as Mrs. Wentworth
1999
Message in a Bottle
as Marta Land
1998
Saint Maybe
as Mrs. Dulcimer
1995
Kansas
as Mabel 'Nana' Farley
1987
Ironweed
as Librarian
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Mary Tyrone
1981
The Girl on the Edge of Town
as Mrs. Morton
1979
Old Boyfriends
as Mrs. Vantil
1978
The Gift of Love
as Agnes
1975
The Last Survivors
as Inez Haynes
1971
Dr. Cook's Garden
as Essie Bullitt
1970
The Molly Maguires
as Mrs. Kehoe
1965
A Rage to Live
as Amy Hollister
The Ambassadors
as Maria Gostrey
1963
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Mrs. Helene Winston
The Animals
as Narrator (voice)
1960
The Bat
as Dale Ogden
1959
The Rabbit Trap
as Abby Colt