About Kathleen Beller
Kathleen Jennifer Beller is an American actress who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Promises in the Dark (1979) and was well known for her role as Kirby Anders on the prime time soap opera Dynasty. She had a small role in The Godfather Part II and a featured role in The Betsy. She played Betsy in 1978's The Betsy, a role Beller hoped would end her television career and start her film career: For a TV actress, getting that first feature film is a major step. In 1981, 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 Beller later commented that she was dissatisfied with the film. Although she assumed this demand would cause her not to be cast, she won the role, which the film's director changed to a woman in her early 20s.
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