Barbara Bel Geddes
Acting
Born October 31, 1922, New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
- Dallas — Miss Ellie
- 1977Our Town — Mrs. Webb
- Spencer's Pilots
- 1971Summertree — Ruth
- 1971The Todd Killings — Mrs. Todd
- Journey to the Unknown — Inga Madison
- CBS Playhouse — Doris Gray
- Daniel Boone — Molly Malone
- 1961By Love Possessed — Clarissa Winner
- Dr. Kildare — Dr. Ruth Halliman
- 1960Five Branded Women — Marja
- The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
- Riverboat — Missy
- 1959The Five Pennies — Wila Stutsman
- 1958Vertigo — Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Lucia Clay, Mary Maloney, Helen Brewster, Sybilla Meade
- 1951Fourteen Hours — Virginia Foster
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Marcia, Mary Andrews
- 1950Panic in the Streets — Nancy Reed
- Robert Montgomery Presents — The Second Mrs. de Winter, Tracy Samantha Lord
- 1949Caught — Leonora Eames
- 1948Blood on the Moon — Amy Lufton
- 1948I Remember Mama — Katrin
- Studio One — Charlotte Lamb, Letty Grey
- 1947The Long Night — Jo Ann
Appearances as themselves (3)
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self (archive footage)
- 1997Obsessed with Vertigo — Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self