Marian Seldes

Marian Seldes

Known for
Acting
Born
August 23, 1928
Died
October 6, 2014 (aged 86)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Marian Hall Seldes was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received subsequent nominations for Father's Day (1971), Deathtrap (1978–82), Ring Round the Moon (1999), and Dinner at Eight (2002). She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits include Equus (1974–77), Ivanov (1997), and Deuce (2007). She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marian Seldes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode

Movie · as Louise Soubirous

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Presenting Geraldine Page

Presenting Geraldine Page

Movie

2017
Marian poster

Marian

Movie · as Self

2012
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life poster

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Movie · as Mabel Billingsly

2010
The Extra Man poster

The Extra Man

Movie · as Vivian Cudlip

2009
Home poster

Home

Movie · as Peggy

2009
The Toe Tactic poster

The Toe Tactic

Movie · as Eunice (voice)

2009
Nurse Jackie poster

Nurse Jackie

TV · as Tottie · 1 ep

2008
The Visitor poster

The Visitor

Movie · as Barbara

2008
La Fille du Régiment - Metropolitan Opera poster

La Fille du Régiment - Metropolitan Opera

Movie · as The Duchess of Krakenthorp

2008
Murnau, Borzage and Fox poster

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

Movie · as Self

2008
Leatherheads poster

Leatherheads

Movie · as Clerk

2007
August Rush poster

August Rush

Movie · as The Dean

2007
Suburban Girl poster

Suburban Girl

Movie · as Margaret Paddleford

2007
Miriam poster

Miriam

Movie · as Mrs. H.T. Miller

2006
In from the Night poster

In from the Night

Movie · as Nora Cantata

2006
Big Day poster

Big Day

TV · 2 eps

2006
The Book of Daniel poster

The Book of Daniel

TV · as Helen · 1 ep

2005
Ballets Russes poster

Ballets Russes

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision poster

Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2004
Plainsong poster

Plainsong

Movie · as Iva Stearns

2004
Clubhouse poster

Clubhouse

TV · 1 ep

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Movie · as Self

2003
Mona Lisa Smile poster

Mona Lisa Smile

Movie · as Jocelyn Carr

2002
Hollywood Ending poster

Hollywood Ending

Movie · as Alexandra

2001
Town & Country poster

Town & Country

Movie · as Eugenie's Mother

2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery poster

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

TV · as Louise Grantham Robilotti, Mrs. Pitcairn · 2 eps

2000
1961 poster

1961

Movie · as Abby Hedley

2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2 poster

If These Walls Could Talk 2

Movie · as Abby Hedley

2000
Duets poster

Duets

Movie · as Harriet Gahagan

1999
The Haunting poster

The Haunting

Movie · as Mrs. Dudley

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Peggy Kendall · 1 ep

1998
Celebrity poster

Celebrity

Movie · as Datloff Party Guest

1998
Affliction poster

Affliction

Movie · as Alma Pittman

1998
Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City

TV · as Mrs. Big · 1 ep

1997
Digging to China poster

Digging to China

Movie · as Leah Schroth

1997
Home Alone 3 poster

Home Alone 3

Movie · as Mrs. Hess

1996
Remember WENN poster

Remember WENN

TV · as Miss Frye · 1 ep

1995
Clarissa poster

Clarissa

Movie · as Lillian Banion

1995
Truman poster

Truman

Movie · as Eleanor Roosevelt

1995
Tom and Huck poster

Tom and Huck

Movie · as Widow Douglas

1995
Central Park West poster

Central Park West

TV · 1 ep

1994
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness poster

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

Movie · as Justice Susie Sharp

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Betty · 1 ep

1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag poster

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

Movie · as Margaret Armstrong

1991
Good & Evil poster

Good & Evil

TV · as Charlotte Sandler · 11 eps

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Suzanne · 1 ep

1990
Wings poster

Wings

TV · as Eleanor Kingsbury · 1 ep

1989
In a Pig's Eye

In a Pig's Eye

Movie · as Mrs. Isabel Purvis

1988
Zits poster

Zits

Movie · as Miss Maple

1988
Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown

TV · as Murphy's Aunt Brooke · 1 ep

1987
Gertrude Stein and a Companion! poster

Gertrude Stein and a Companion!

Movie · as Alice B. Toklas

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Lydia Winthrop · 1 ep

1984
Kate & Allie poster

Kate & Allie

TV · 1 ep

1978
Fingers poster

Fingers

Movie · as Ruth

1975
Kate McShane poster

Kate McShane

Movie · as Secretary

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Ida Colby · 1 ep

1966
The Star Wagon poster

The Star Wagon

Movie · as Marian

1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told poster

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Movie · as Herodias

1965
Branded poster

Branded

TV · as Neela · 1 ep

1960
Special for Women poster

Special for Women

TV · 1 ep

1959
Crime and Punishment USA poster

Crime and Punishment USA

Movie · as Debbie Cole

1959
The Big Fisherman poster

The Big Fisherman

Movie · as Arnon

1958
The Light in the Forest poster

The Light in the Forest

Movie · as Kate Owens

1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin poster

The Plot to Kill Stalin

Movie · as Mme. Molotov

1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV · as Louise

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · as Cora Laird · 1 ep

1958
The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman

TV · as Hazel / The Vision · 1 ep

1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook poster

Shirley Temple's Storybook

TV · as Widow Enga · 1 ep

1958
Half Hour to Kill poster

Half Hour to Kill

TV · as Joyce Field · 1 ep

1957
The Young Stranger poster

The Young Stranger

Movie · as Mrs. Morse (uncredited)

1957
The True Story of Jesse James poster

The True Story of Jesse James

Movie · as Rowena Cobb

1957
Panic Button

Panic Button

Movie · as Kate Sullivan

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Mary K. Davis · 1 ep

1957
M Squad poster

M Squad

TV · as Martha Wicklow · 1 ep

1957
The Court of Last Resort

The Court of Last Resort

TV · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Mollie Stanton, Christie Smith · 1 ep

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · 1 ep

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Alicia Jolland · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member, Self - Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient · 4 eps

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Mrs. Cullen · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Lydia Brailing · 1 ep

1955
The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire

TV · as Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister · 1 ep

1955
Matinee Theater poster

Matinee Theater

TV · 3 eps

1954
The Lonely Night

The Lonely Night

Movie · as Caroline

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Betty · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Persis Hughes, Adelaide Baines, Leah · 1 ep

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 3 eps

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Emily, Iva Stearns, Nora Cantata · 1 ep

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as May, Anne · 1 ep

1949
Hands of Murder

Hands of Murder

TV · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Anna Zenger, Mary Widdicomb, Belle Giles, Anna Zeger · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Emilia · 2 eps

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · 4 eps