She Conquered Theater Then Brought Her Talents To Your Favorite TV Shows with Bonnie Bartlett

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Bonnie Bartlett’s impressive career spans half a century beginning with three starring years on the 50s soap, Love of Life and building towards guest starring parts in Gunsmoke, The Waltons, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Home Improvement, and starring turns in St. Elsewhere, Little House on The Prairie and Boy Meets World. Additionally, she played the infamous Barbara Thorndyke on The Golden Girls.

Bonnie and William Daniels have been married for over 73 years, often playing husband and wife and even winning Emmys together for St. Elsewhere!

Bonnie’s bold and honest new book is called Middle of the Rainbow. In it, she describes her journey to pull life lessons from her troubled childhood, build a career, sustain a loving relationship, raise her kids and cherish her life’s many gifts.

In an era long before #MeToo, Bonnie used therapy and Lee Strasberg acting classes to process her tangled emotions, heal her scars and find her best path forward. Plus, Fritz and Weezy are recommending The Grab, now streaming and Andrew McCarthy’s Brat Pack doc, Brats, on Hulu.

Path Points of Interest:

Middle of the Rainbow by Bonnie Bartlett

Bonnie Bartlett on Wikipedia

Bonnie Bartlett on IMDB

William Daniels' Book - There I Go Again

St. Elsewhere

Little House on the Prairie

Boy Meets World

She Drinks a Little

Gift of Democracy

Media Path Podcast

The Grab - Streaming

Brats