Portrait of Bonnie Bartlett

Acting

Bonnie Bartlett

Career

Active from 1975 to 2012, busiest in 1994 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
GoodWatch score77/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    1987 · Won · 39th Primetime Emmy Awards

    St. Elsewhere

    Source: Wikidata

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    1986 · Won · 38th Primetime Emmy Awards

    St. Elsewhere

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

1

The characters Bonnie Bartlett played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bonnie Bartlett Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.7
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7
  • Violence
    3.2, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    1.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family Drama 5
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Rural Setting 2
  • Suspenseful 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Intriguing Plot 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
SEGAL
SEGAL (2025)

Thanks

2010s

3 titles · average score 76
Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul (2015)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Helen

Key & Peele
Key & Peele (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Mother

Of Two Minds
Of Two Minds (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kathleen

2000s

8 titles · average score 67
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Paula Horke

Saving Shiloh
Saving Shiloh (2006)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mrs. Wallace

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Rosemary Bullard

Boston Legal
Boston Legal (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Marguerite Hauser

It Must Be Love
It Must Be Love (2004)
GoodWatch score 52

as Kate Gazelle

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Sylvia Chalmers

Firefly
Firefly (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Patience

Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine (2000)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Edna Carlyle

1990s

26 titles · average score 64
Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
GoodWatch score 74

as Charlotte

Sleeping with the Devil
Sleeping with the Devil (1997)
GoodWatch score 63

as Stasha Dubrovich

Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Linea

The Practice
The Practice (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Joanne Oz

Shiloh
Shiloh (1996)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mrs. Wallace

The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp (1996)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mrs. Buster

ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Ruth Greene

Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel (1994)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show · as Loretta / Dr. Lucy Scribner

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993)
GoodWatch score 69

as Lucille Mohr

Boy Meets World
Boy Meets World (1993)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Lila Bolander

Home Improvement
Home Improvement (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Lucille

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
GoodWatch score 60

as Anita Parker

1980s

24 titles · average score 66
Twins
Twins (1988)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mary Ann Benedict

Right to Die
Right to Die (1987)

as Lillian

L.A. Law
L.A. Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Gloria Lee

Matlock
Matlock (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Lorraine Maslin

The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls (1985)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Barbara Thorndyke

North and South
North and South (1985)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as General's Wife

Malice in Wonderland
Malice in Wonderland (1985)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ida Koverman

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Marilyn North

Love Letters
Love Letters (1983)
GoodWatch score 48

as Maggie Winter

St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Ellen Craig

She Drinks a Little
She Drinks a Little (1981)

as Miriam Scott

A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home (1981)
GoodWatch score 75

as JoAnn Booth

1970s

17 titles · average score 69
Knots Landing
Knots Landing (1979)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Dr. Ruth West

Promises in the Dark
Promises in the Dark (1979)
GoodWatch score 58

as Nurse Farber

Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot (1979)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Ann Norton

Ike
Ike (1979)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Mary 'Mamie' Eisenhower (née Doud)

Lou Grant
Lou Grant (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Claire

The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon (1976)
GoodWatch score 59

as Brady's Secretary

The Legend of Lizzie Borden
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
GoodWatch score 72

as Sylvia Knowlton

Barney Miller
Barney Miller (1975)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Ellen Milford / Emily Loftis

Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Grace Snider Edwards / Grace Snider

The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Casey Patterson

Kojak
Kojak (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Joan Milner

Emergency!
Emergency! (1972)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Eunice Evans

1950s

1 title · average score 76
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Maylee Baines / Agnes Benton