Wanted to play the role of Margaret 'Mick' Kelly in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), but lost out to Sondra Locke (1944-2018). Bedelia confided to the 8 October 1967 L.A. Times that "they decided I was too old" when she auditioned for the same part as Locke. As it turns out, Bedelia was four years younger than Locke, who lied about her age.