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Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

Actor · Born 1922-10-31 · New York City, New York, USA

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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​

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Vertigo (1958) — Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
  2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Lucia Clay
  3. Dallas (1978) — Miss Ellie
  4. Panic in the Streets (1950) — Nancy Reed
  5. Caught (1949) — Leonora Eames
  6. Blood on the Moon (1948) — Amy Lufton
  7. I Remember Mama (1948) — Katrin
  8. Fourteen Hours (1951) — Virginia Foster
  9. The Long Night (1947) — Jo Ann
  10. Daniel Boone (1964) — Molly Malone
  11. The Five Pennies (1959) — Wila Stutsman
  12. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  13. Five Branded Women (1960) — Marja
  14. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Dr. Ruth Halliman
  15. Obsessed with Vertigo (1997) — Self
  16. Studio One (1948) — Charlotte Lamb
  17. The Todd Killings (1971) — Mrs. Todd
  18. By Love Possessed (1961) — Clarissa Winner
  19. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) — The Second Mrs. de Winter
  20. Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) — Self (archive footage)
  21. Riverboat (1959) — Missy
  22. Summertree (1971) — Ruth
  23. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) — Marcia
  24. Journey to the Unknown (1968) — Inga Madison
  25. Our Town (1977) — Mrs. Webb
  26. Spencer's Pilots (1976)
  27. CBS Playhouse (1966) — Doris Gray
  28. The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960)