Barbara Bel Geddes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 31, 1922
- Died
- August 8, 2005 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American actress, artist and children's author. She is best known for her role in the television drama series Dallas as matriarch Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing. Bel Geddes also starred in the original Broadway production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof in the role of Maggie, and also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). She was the recipient of several awards and award nominations for her thespian performances. Bel Geddes retired from Dallas (and acting) in 1990 and settled in her home in Northeast Harbor, Maine, where she continued to work as a fine artist. She was the author of two children's books and the creator of a line of greeting cards. She was twice married, the mother of two daughters, and died of lung cancer on August 8, 2005. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Bel Geddes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
Movie · as Self
Dallas
TV · as Miss Ellie · 304 eps
Our Town
Movie · as Mrs. Webb
Spencer's Pilots
TV · 1 ep
The Todd Killings
Movie · as Mrs. Todd
Summertree
Movie · as Ruth
Journey to the Unknown
TV · as Inga Madison · 1 ep
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Doris Gray · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Molly Malone · 1 ep
By Love Possessed
Movie · as Clarissa Winner
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Dr. Ruth Halliman · 1 ep
Five Branded Women
Movie · as Marja
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
TV · 1 ep
The Five Pennies
Movie · as Wila Stutsman
Riverboat
TV · as Missy · 1 ep
Vertigo
Movie · as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Lucia Clay, Mary Maloney, Helen Brewster, Sybilla Meade · 1 ep
Fourteen Hours
Movie · as Virginia Foster
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Marcia, Mary Andrews · 1 ep
Panic in the Streets
Movie · as Nancy Reed
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as The Second Mrs. de Winter, Tracy Samantha Lord · 1 ep
Caught
Movie · as Leonora Eames
Blood on the Moon
Movie · as Amy Lufton
I Remember Mama
Movie · as Katrin
Studio One
TV · as Charlotte Lamb, Letty Grey · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Long Night
Movie · as Jo Ann