Barbara Bel Geddes
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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
(15 total)
Vertigo
as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Panic in the Streets
as Nancy Reed
Caught
as Leonora Eames
Blood on the Moon
as Amy Lufton
I Remember Mama
as Katrin
Fourteen Hours
as Virginia Foster
The Long Night
as Jo Ann
The Five Pennies
as Wila Stutsman
Five Branded Women
as Marja
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Self
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Todd
By Love Possessed
as Clarissa Winner
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
Summertree
as Ruth
Our Town
as Mrs. Webb
TV Shows
(18 total)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucia Clay
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mary Maloney
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Helen Brewster
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sybilla Meade
Dallas
as Miss Ellie
Daniel Boone
as Molly Malone
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Ruth Halliman
Studio One
as Charlotte Lamb
Studio One
as Letty Grey
Robert Montgomery Presents
as The Second Mrs. de Winter
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Tracy Samantha Lord
Riverboat
as Missy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Marcia
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Mary Andrews
