Bonnie Bartlett Net Worth
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Updated on May 11, 2026
Bonnie Bartlett net worth is
$600,000
Bonnie Bartlett Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Bonnie Bartlett (born June 20, 1929) is an American television and film actress. Her career spans over 60 years, with her first major role being on a 1950s daytime drama, Love of Life. She is best known for her role as Ellen Craig on the medical drama series St. Elsewhere. She and her husband, actor William Daniels, who played her fictional husband Dr. Mark Craig, won 1986 Emmy Awards on the same night, becoming the first married couple to accomplish the feat since Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1965.
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | She played the wife of her real life husband William Daniels in three different series: St. Elsewhere (1982), Boy Meets World (1993) and Touched by an Angel (1994). |
| 2 | On Boy Meets World (1993), she had a recurring role as the dean of the college that Cory and his friends attended. Her real-life husband, William Daniels, played Cory's beloved principal who followed them there and accepted a professorship. Bartlett and Daniels married each other on the show after their characters met each other, just as they have been in real life. |
| 3 | Her first child with actor William Daniels--whom she had met while attending Northwestern University--was a son they named William Daniels Jr., but he died shortly after birth in 1961. |
| 4 | In the fall of 2000 she was an honoree at her former school, Moline High School, in their Hall of Honor. Her plaque sits in a viewing window in the auditorium lobby in Moline, Illinois. |
| 5 | Raised in Moline, Illinois (USA) |
| 6 | Bartlett and husband, actor William Daniels, won Emmys in 1986 for their portrayals of another married couple, Dr. and Mrs. Mark Craig, on the cult TV series St. Elsewhere (1982). |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nina | 2016 | Recital Stage Woman | |
| Key and Peele | 2015 | TV Series | Mother |
| Parks and Recreation | 2013 | TV Series | Paula Horke |
| Of Two Minds | 2012 | TV Movie | Kathleen |
| Valediction | 2011 | Short | Annabel |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2008 | TV Series | Rosemary Bullard |
| General Hospital | 2006 | TV Series | Miriam Spinelli |
| Boston Legal | 2006 | TV Series | Marguerite Hauser |
| Saving Shiloh | 2006 | Mrs. Wallace | |
| Huff | 2005 | TV Series | Margaret |
| It Must Be Love | 2004 | TV Movie | Kate Gazelle |
| NCIS | 2004 | TV Series | Dr. Sylvia Chalmers |
| Touched by an Angel | 1997-2003 | TV Series | Loretta / Dr. Lucy Scribner / Emily Vincent |
| Firefly | 2002 | TV Series | Patience |
| Strong Medicine | 2002 | TV Series | Edna Carlyle |
| Once and Again | 1999-2002 | TV Series | Barbara Brooks |
| Tuesdays with Morrie | 1999 | TV Movie | Charlotte |
| The Practice | 1997-1999 | TV Series | Joanne Oz |
| Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | 1999 | Mrs. Wallace | |
| Boy Meets World | 1997-1999 | TV Series | Dean Lila Bolander |
| Home Improvement | 1995-1998 | TV Series | Lucille Taylor |
| Family Blessings | 1998 | TV Movie | Mavis Lallek |
| Stargate SG-1 | 1998 | TV Series | Linea |
| Primary Colors | 1998 | Martha Harris | |
| ER | 1997-1998 | TV Series | Ruth Greene |
| Sleeping with the Devil | 1997 | TV Movie | Stasha Dubrovich |
| Ghosts of Mississippi | 1996 | Billie DeLaughter | |
| Shiloh | 1996 | Mrs. Wallace | |
| The Faculty | 1996 | TV Series | Katherine |
| The Courtyard | 1995 | TV Movie | Cathleen Fitzgerald |
| In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy | 1995 | TV Movie | Aunt Alice |
| The Grass Harp | 1995 | Mrs. Buster | |
| See Jane Run | 1995 | TV Movie | Doris |
| Take Me Home Again | 1994 | TV Movie | Sylvia |
| A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | 1994 | TV Movie | Rosemary Sutter |
| Where Are My Children? | 1994 | TV Movie | Judge Carol Jean Woods |
| SeaQuest 2032 | 1994 | TV Series | Secretary General Andrea Dre |
| Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story | 1993 | TV Movie | Lucille Mohr |
| Donato and Daughter | 1993 | TV Movie | Renata Donato |
| Dave | 1993 | Female Senator | |
| Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | 1993 | TV Movie | Ruth |
| I'll Fly Away | 1992 | TV Series | Beth Lekatzis |
| Room for Two | 1992 | TV Series | Francine Luboff |
| L.A. Law | 1992 | TV Series | Gloria Lee |
| The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | 1990 | TV Movie | Anita Parker |
| Midnight Caller | 1989-1990 | TV Series | Hillary Townsend King / Hillary Townsend-King |
| Wiseguy | 1990 | TV Series | Harriet Weiss |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1989 | TV Series | Marilyn North |
| Matlock | 1989 | TV Series | Lorraine Maslin |
| Twins | 1988 | Old Mary Ann Benedict | |
| Police Story: The Watch Commander | 1988 | TV Movie | Margaret Wilson |
| St. Elsewhere | 1982-1988 | TV Series | Ellen Craig |
| The Golden Girls | 1988 | TV Series | Barbara Thorndyke |
| Right to Die | 1987 | TV Movie | Lillian |
| Deadly Deception | 1987 | TV Movie | Marge Shoat |
| Welcome Home | 1986 | Short | |
| The Wizard | 1986 | TV Series | Rachel |
| North and South, Book II | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | General's Wife |
| The Deliberate Stranger | 1986 | TV Movie | Louise Bundy |
| Hotel | 1985 | TV Series | Olga Petrovsky |
| Malice in Wonderland | 1985 | TV Movie | Ida Koverman |
| Celebrity | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | Mabel Hofmeyer |
| Dreams | 1984 | TV Series | |
| Dempsey | 1983 | TV Movie | Celia Dempsey |
| V | 1983 | TV Mini-Series | Lynn Bernstein |
| Love Letters | 1983/II | Maggie Winter | |
| Frances | 1982 | Studio Stylist | |
| Lou Grant | 1982 | TV Series | Claire |
| Barney Miller | 1980-1982 | TV Series | Emily Loftis / Ellen Milford |
| Blind Tom: The Story of Thomas Bethune | 1981 | Short | |
| A Long Way Home | 1981 | TV Movie | JoAnn Booth |
| Knots Landing | 1981 | TV Series | Dr. Ruth West |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | 1981 | TV Series | Miriam Scott |
| Eight Is Enough | 1981 | TV Series | Mrs. Gregory |
| All Night Long | 1981 | Patricia | |
| Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | 1980 | TV Movie | Norma Joyce |
| A Perfect Match | 1980 | TV Movie | Judge Greenburg |
| Seed of Innocence | 1980 | Velma, Alice's Mother | |
| Visions | 1980 | TV Series | |
| Shirley | 1979 | TV Series | Sarah |
| Salem's Lot | 1979 | TV Movie | Ann Norton |
| Little House on the Prairie | 1974-1979 | TV Series | Grace Snider Edwards Grace Snider |
| Promises in the Dark | 1979 | Nurse Farber | |
| Hart to Hart | 1979 | TV Series | Myra Bensinger |
| The Last Word | 1979 | Mrs. Garrity | |
| California Dreaming | 1979 | Melinda Booke | |
| Ike: The War Years | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Mamie Eisenhower |
| A Death in Canaan | 1978 | TV Movie | Teresa Noble |
| Rafferty | 1977 | TV Series | |
| Killer on Board | 1977 | TV Movie | Debra Snowden |
| Washington: Behind Closed Doors | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Mrs. Bailey / Joan Bailey |
| The Last Tycoon | 1976 | Brady's Secretary | |
| The Rockford Files | 1976 | TV Series | Casey Patterson |
| The Legend of Lizzie Borden | 1975 | TV Movie | Sylvia Knowlton |
| Kojak | 1975 | TV Series | Joan Milner |
| Gunsmoke | 1974 | TV Series | Agnes Benton / Maylee Baines |
| Murder or Mercy | 1974 | TV Movie | Elena Champion |
| The Waltons | 1974 | TV Series | Martha Rudge |
| Emergency! | 1973 | TV Series | Eunice Evans |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | 1969 | TV Series | Donna Douglas |
| The Patty Duke Show | 1965 | TV Series | Miss Castle |
| Love of Life | 1951 | TV Series | Ellie Crown (1951) / Vanessa 'Van' Dale Raven Sterling (1955-1959) |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Grass Harp | 1995 | performer: "ROCK OF AGES" |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storyline Online | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| The Morning Program | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| The New Hollywood Squares | 1987 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
| The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | St. Elsewhere (1982) |
| 1987 | Q Award | Viewers for Quality Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series | St. Elsewhere (1982) |
| 1986 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | St. Elsewhere (1982) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | St. Elsewhere (1982) |
Known for movies
Twins (1988)
as Old Mary Ann Benedict
St. Elsewhere (1982-1988)
as Ellen Craig
Shiloh (1996)
as Mrs. Wallace
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
as Charlotte
