Ellen Geer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1941 (age 85)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ellen Ware Geer (born August 29, 1941) is an American actress, professor, screenwriter, film director and theatre director.Geer has enjoyed a long, distinguished career in film and television. She began her career appearing as a nun in the 1968 Richard Lester drama Petulia. Geer followed this with an appearance in 1969's The Reivers with her father, Will Geer. In 1971, Geer played the deceased wife of the lead character in Kotch, appearing throughout the movie in flashbacks. That same year, she became a regular on The Jimmy Stewart Show (which aired until the following year) and had a supporting role in the acclaimed comedy Harold and Maude. In 1974, she starred in two films which she also wrote: Silence and Memory of Us. Both featured her father. The remainder of Geer's 1970s career consisted primarily of guest appearances and made-for-TV movies. TV shows on which she appeared during this time included Police Story, The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, and two episodes of Fantasy Island. Her TV movie credits during this time included Babe (1975), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977), and A Shining Season (1979). The only theatrical film on which she worked in the late '70s was Jonathan Kaplan's Over the Edge in 1979. The remainder of her TV credits include guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Waltons, Quincy, M.E., Dallas, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, NYPD Blue, and Cold Case. She also had recurring roles on Falcon Crest and Beauty and the Beast. She played future Piper Halliwell on the WB series Charmed in the series finale. In October 2007, the actress returned briefly to Desperate Housewives which she briefly appeared in before. Geer has served since 1978 as Artistic Director of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, a professional repertory, open-air theater in Topanga Canyon, California. Geer has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor, teaching acting, at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater for 12 years.
Known For
Filmography
SON OF A BARMAN
Movie
Unlovable
Movie · as Nana
Room 104
TV · as Lorraine · 1 ep
House at the End of the Drive
Movie · as Eunice Sequoia
Castle
TV · as Vera Mulqueen · 1 ep
The Middle
TV · as Cynthia · 1 ep
The Gold Bracelet
Movie · as Miss Hanson
The Mentalist
TV · as Grandmother · 1 ep
Man in the Chair
Movie · as Mrs. Erskine
The Visitation
Movie · as Mrs. Macon
Our House
Movie · as Rose
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Movie · as Ellen
Medium
TV · as Grandma Benoit · 2 eps
Bones
TV · as Anne Reilly · 1 ep
Supernatural
TV · as Gert Case · 1 ep
June
Movie · as Grandma P.
Criminal
Movie · as Grandma
Desperate Housewives
TV · as Lillian Sims · 3 eps
Carnivàle
TV · as The Crone · 1 ep
Cold Case
TV · as Kay Lang · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Esther Daniels · 1 ep
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Annalise Anderson · 1 ep
Nancy Drew
Movie · as Librarian
American Dreams
TV · as Dorothy Day · 1 ep
For the People
TV · 1 ep
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Ruth Elliott · 1 ep
Girlfriends
TV · as Elizabeth Bickle · 3 eps
Once and Again
TV · 2 eps
The Odd Couple II
Movie · as Frances Unger Melnick
Practical Magic
Movie · as Pharmacist
Charmed
TV · as Elderly Piper · 1 ep
L.A. Doctors
TV · 1 ep
The Postman
Movie · as Mrs. Thompson
The Practice
TV · as Judge G. Warner · 1 ep
Crossworlds
Movie · as Joe's Mom
Phenomenon
Movie · as Bonnie
7th Heaven
TV · as Joyce · 1 ep
JAG
TV · as Judge Gail Sanders · 1 ep
When a Man Loves a Woman
Movie · as Woman at Al-Anon
Clear and Present Danger
Movie · as Rose
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Movie · as Former Skater
ER
TV · as Mrs. Ferguson · 1 ep
Midnight Witness
Movie · as Valerie
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Lily · 1 ep
Patriot Games
Movie · as Rose
Lonely Hearts
Movie · as Martha
Satan's Princess
Movie · as Mary Kulik
TV 101
TV · as Waitress · 1 ep
The Wild Pair
Movie · as Fern Willis
A Different Affair
Movie · as Mrs. Williams
Big Shots
Movie · as Bar Waitress
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Dr. Kila Marr · 1 ep
Jake and the Fatman
TV · 1 ep
Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Mary · 20 eps
My Town
Movie · as Mother
Hard Traveling
Movie · as Norah Sloan
Kung Fu: The Movie
Movie · as Old Wife
Creator
Movie · as Mrs. Spencer
Moonlighting
TV · as Amy Everette · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Mrs. Dudleigh · 1 ep
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Movie · as Mrs. Halloway
Deadly Lessons
Movie · as Mrs. Grant
Heart Like a Wheel
Movie · as Mrs. Marianne Kalitta
I Want to Live
Movie · as Mrs. Cooley
Trauma Center
TV · 1 ep
Voyagers!
TV · 1 ep
The Princess and the Cabbie
Movie · as Nellie
Bloody Birthday
Movie · as Madge
Falcon Crest
TV · as Doris · 11 eps
Code Red
TV · 1 ep
My Kidnapper, My Love
Movie · as Paula Stanley
Over the Edge
Movie · as Sandra Willat
A Shining Season
Movie · as Veta Mercer
Paris
TV · as Marie Castle · 1 ep
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Stella Archer · 1 ep
Night Cries
Movie · as Mrs. Whitney
Dallas
TV · as Dr. Anita Krane · 2 eps
Babe
Movie · as Lilly Didrikson
CHiPs
TV · as Julie Barris · 5 eps
The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Sarah Markham, Dr. Solomon
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Hutton · 1 ep
Delvecchio
TV · as Edie Parker · 1 ep
Baretta
TV
Archer
TV · 1 ep
Silence
Movie · as Barbara
Memory of Us
Movie · as Betty
Police Story
TV · 1 ep
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Mary Wiley · 1 ep
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep
The Waltons
TV · 2 eps
Ghost Story
TV · as Marian · 1 ep
Harold and Maude
Movie · as Sunshine Doré
Kotch
Movie · as Vera Kotcher
The Jimmy Stewart Show
TV · as Wendy Howard · 24 eps
The Reivers
Movie · as Sally
Petulia
Movie · as Nun
The Name of the Game
TV · as Sally Henderson · 1 ep