10 Facts About Bonnie Bartlett

Bonnie Bartlett Daniels was born on June 20,1929 and is an American retired actress.

Bonnie Bartlett was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, the daughter of Carrie Archer and Elwin Earl Bonnie Bartlett, and was raised in Moline, Illinois.

Bonnie Bartlett's father had been an actor in stock productions across the country, but he gave up acting because her mother wanted to settle in Wisconsin.

Bonnie Bartlett debuted in television playing the heroine Vanessa Dale Raven on the soap opera Love of Life from 1955 to 1959, replacing actress Peggy McCay.

Bonnie Bartlett then moved on to night-time roles in the 1960s.

Bonnie Bartlett won back-to-back Emmys for her portrayal of Ellen Craig.

For many years, Bonnie Bartlett accepted only small guest appearances on such programs as The Golden Girls, Gunsmoke, The Rockford Files, and The Waltons.

Bonnie Bartlett's acting career picked up considerably in the 1980s, including the TV miniseries V and North and South: Book II, as well as the pivotal role as the mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito's characters in the 1988 film, Twins.

When St Elsewhere ended in 1988, Bonnie Bartlett's career moved to a wide variety of guest-starring appearances, including major roles on Wiseguy as a tough and corrupt matriarch of a sewage business; as Andrea Drey, secretary general of the United Earth Oceans Organization on seaQuest DSV; on Home Improvement as Lucille Taylor ; and on ER as Ruth Katherine Greene.

Bonnie Bartlett was added to the Hall of Honor at her alma mater, Moline High School in Moline, Illinois.