Bonnie Bartlett (Emmy Award Winner): Hyperfixated with Joseph Shepherd #16

Hyperfixated with Joseph Shepherd · Oct 7, 2026 · 26m

Acting legend and Emmy winner Bonnie Bartlett joins Joseph Shepherd to chat about growing up obsessed with classic Hollywood, her nearly 75-year career, and the incredible stories behind her memoir Middle of the Rainbow. Plus, Marilyn Monroe, Lee Strasberg, the Hollywood blacklist, Little House on the Prairie, live television, her marriage to William Daniels, becoming a mother, and so much more.

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0:38 Growing Up Movie Obsessed

1:59 Bonnie the Wild Child

3:35 Her Father's Acting Dreams

5:01 Her Mother's Disapproval

6:17 The Red Dress

8:12 Writing…