For her television work, Bedelia has earned two Emmy Awards nominations. From 2001 to 2004, Bedelia played the lead role in the Lifetime television drama series The Division. She also starred as family matriarch Camille Braverman in the NBC family drama series Parenthood (2010–15).
Early life
Bedelia was born in New York City,[2] the daughter of Marian Ethel (née Wagner), a writer and editor, and Philip Harley Culkin, who was in public relations and 50 years old at the time.[3] She was born in a difficult financial period when her father's firm went bankrupt, and they lived in a cold-water tenement flat.[3] Her mother died when she was 14, and her father, who had always had ulcers, spent a year in hospital following her death.[3] She has two brothers,[3] one of whom is actor Kit Culkin, and a sister, Candice Culkin.[4] She is the aunt of actors Macaulay, Kieran, and Rory Culkin.[3][4]
Before becoming an actress, Bedelia studied ballet and appeared in a few productions with the New York City Ballet, including The Nutcracker. Her only dancing role onscreen was that of Clara in the Playhouse 90 television production of the George Balanchine Nutcracker (1958). From 1961 to 1967, Bedelia was a regular on the CBS soap opera Love of Life, portraying Sandy Porter. She also worked on Broadway, where she debuted supporting Patty Duke in 1962, in Isle of Children,[3] and won a Theatre World Award for playing the lead of in My Sweet Charlie, in 1966.[6]
Bedelia in the made-for-TV film Message to My Daughter (1973)
Bedelia starred in the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010–15) as the family matriarch, Camille Braverman.[11][12]
In 2017, she appeared in season 2 of the ABC crime drama series Designated Survivor, and in two Hallmark movies. In 2019, she guest starred on the Netflix series What/If.
Personal life
Bedelia married scriptwriter Ken Luber on April 24, 1969.[citation needed] The couple had two sons, Uri (b. 1970) and Jonah (b. 1976), before divorcing in 1980.[3] She wed actor Michael MacRae in 1995.[13][14]
↑ Neilly, Peter (2010). "Out to Lunch!: Jay Telfer". The Wayback Times. Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
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