Bethel Leslie

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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".

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Message in a Bottle

Movie1999

A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.

Ironweed

Movie1987

Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.

The Molly Maguires

Movie1970

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of improving their working conditions and the lives of their families.

Bethel Leslie

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Message in a Bottle

Ironweed

The Molly Maguires