The blunt and honest memoirs of Emmy-winning actress Bonnie Bartlett Daniels. It’s the story of her 70-plus year career, and her struggles in the pre-#metoo and pre-feminist world. It’s also the rare and unique story of a 70-plus year marriage (with film, theatre and TV icon William Daniels.) In a full telling of her life, we learn that through years of psychoanalysis and, ultimately, thanks to motherhood, she was able to heal the scars left by her abusive father and learn to love her life as if it were a rainbow “with a pot of gold at both ends.”

“A long life. A long career. A long marriage.

All told with Bonnie’s unflinching truth and humor.”

– Jamie Lee Curtis

“As evidence of my consistent good fortune landing a role on St. Elsewhere, I was gifted with another extremely bright and talented woman in my life, Bonnie Bartlett. And she arrived with a message that I really needed to hear. Commit to doing all the important work, and do so with rigorous honesty. She’s done just that with her transformative book. Read it today!”

– Ed Begley, Jr.

“I love it, and admire it. It’s the honest and true story of the American dream as lived by Bonnie Bartlett and her family. I would recommend it to anyone with a mind who wants to relate and identify with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It gives me hope.”

– Elliott Gould

About the Author:

Bonnie Bartlett Daniels is an award-winning actor of television and film. Her career spans more than seventy years, with her first major role on the 1950s daytime drama Love of Life. She has appeared in dozens of productions, notably Little House on the Prairie, St. Elsewhere (for which she won two Emmy Awards), Twins, ER, Parks and Recreation, and Better Call Saul. Fans will remember her as well from Stargate, Once and Again, V, Home Improvement, Firefly and her iconic character Barbara Thorndyke on Golden Girls.

Bonnie was born in Wisconsin and grew up in Illinois. She attended Northwestern University, where she met her husband, William Daniels, also an award-winning actor. The couple have two grown children and live in Studio City, California. Bonnie has recently released her memoir, Middle of the Rainbow: www.bonniesmiddleoftherainbow.com

William Daniels is an actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, whose extraordinary career has spanned six decades. He has enjoyed tremendous success both in Hollywood and on Broadway. Among his most beloved roles are George Feeny in Boy Meets World, KITT in Knight Rider, Dr. Mark Craig in St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and John Adams in the play and film 1776. His memoir, There I Go Again, was published in 2017. He is married to actress Bonnie Bartlett.