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A veteran stage actress discovered by the legendary George Abbott, Bethel Leslie began performing on Broadway at age 15. She quickly conquered the medium with stunning theater performances in `Inherit the Wind` and `Career` and later capped her formidable career with a Tony nomination as `Mary Tyrone` in `Long Day`s Journey Into Night` in 1986 opposite Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey and Peter Gallagher. Not as well known for her film work, the rather plain, hard-looking actress was best utilized as a brittle support player in The Rabbit Trap (1959) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). On TV as a teen, her first series was playing Cornelia Otis Skinner in `The Girls` (1950), in 1950. Throughout the 50s, she appeared in scores of dramatic parts on episodic TV and became one of those faces without a name, playing with great relish a neurotic victim or cruel-eyed villainess. TV soaps took up Bethel`s later years, appearing in `The Doctors` (1963), `All My Children` (1970) and `One Life to Live` (1968) at various times. At one point, she was a head writer for `The Secret Storm` (1954). Bethel died of cancer at age 70.