Bonnie Bartlett

Birth Name:

Bonnie Bartlett

Birth Place:

Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

In 1986, both she and husband William Daniels won Emmy Awards for their performances in "St․ Elsewhere" a television series in which they played a married couple, making them the second married couple to win the award on the same night
Served on the National Board of Directors for the Screen Actors Guild
Determined to live out her father's dream of becoming an actor, she studied the craft with Lee Strasberg
Has played the wife of her real life husband on multiple television shows, including "St․ Elsewhere," "Boy Meets World" and "Touched by an Angel․"
Made a career primarily out of playing character parts on a variety of programs on television
A plaque honoring her is displayed in the auditorium lobby at Moline High in her hometown of Moline, Illinois
While her two adopted children were young, she focused primarily on raising them as a stay-at-home mother, accepting only small and infrequent parts

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