20 Facts About Kathleen Beller

Kathleen Beller had a small role in The Godfather Part II and a featured role in The Betsy.

Kathleen Beller debuted on television in 1971, taking over the role of Liza Walton Sentell in the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow, which was originated by Denise Nickerson.

Kathleen Beller appeared on the show until 1974 when she quit to move from New York City to Los Angeles.

Kathleen Beller's film debut was a small role in 1974's The Godfather Part II, portraying an actress in a play that the young Vito Corleone and Genco Abbandando attended.

Kathleen Beller played Betsy in 1978's The Betsy, a role Beller hoped would end her television career and start her film career:.

Kathleen Beller blamed the role, which she said could have been played by anyone.

Kathleen Beller recalled the exhausting casting procedure of Mary White, which lasted daily for three weeks.

Kathleen Beller has appeared in films, playing a supporting role in the 1978 musical comedy Movie Movie, and portraying a cancer patient in the film Promises in the Dark.

Kathleen Beller spent three months researching the Promises in the Dark role, and later recalled it as one of her favorite roles.

In 1981, Kathleen Beller co-starred in the psychological thriller No Place to Hide, her first adult role.

The film was a commercial success, grossing $39 million on a $4 million budget, but Kathleen Beller later commented that she was dissatisfied with the film.

In 1982 Kathleen Beller starred in the Civil War miniseries The Blue and the Gray, in which she played Kathy Reynolds, a senator's daughter.

Kathleen Beller perhaps is best remembered for her role from 1982 to 1984 as Kirby Anders Colby in the prime time television soap opera Dynasty.

Kathleen Beller blamed her departure from Dynasty on the new writers who were hired in 1984, explaining that they had "lost interest in her character and that when her contract ended, they decided not to renew it".

Kathleen Beller said that "[she'd] come back if they wanted [her]".

Kathleen Beller reprised the role for Dynasty: The Reunion in 1991.

Kathleen Beller's casting in the film was an unusual one: According to the actress, she received a call from her agent about a script, read it immediately, and drove to the studio an hour later, expecting a meeting.

Kathleen Beller took the role because of "the whirlwind casting", and the fact that she had not worked for seven months, since a guest spot on Glitter.

Kathleen Beller played Mary Caitlin Callahan on the short-lived school drama The Bronx Zoo.

Kathleen Beller married musician Thomas Dolby in Suffolk, England in 1988.