Barbara Bel Geddes
Biography
Barbara Bel Geddes was an American actress, artist, and children's author born in New York City, New York, on October 31, 1922. She passed away on August 8, 2005, at the age of 82. Known for her work in film and television, she has twenty-eight known acting credits listed in her database profile. Her notable television work includes the drama series Dallas, where she portrayed matriarch Eleanor Miss Ellie Ewing. On stage, she starred as Maggie in the original Broadway production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, and she also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo. Throughout her career, she received several awards and award nominations for her performances. She retired from acting and Dallas in 1990, settling in Northeast Harbor, Maine, where she continued her work as a fine artist and authored two children's books.
Career overview
Barbara Bel Geddes was an American actress, artist, and children's author born on October 31, 1922, in New York City, New York. She was best known for her television role in the drama series Dallas as the matriarch Eleanor Miss Ellie Ewing. In addition to her television work, she starred in the original Broadway production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof in the role of Maggie and appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo. Throughout her career, she received several awards and award nominations for her thespian performances.
Bel Geddes retired from Dallas and from acting in 1990. Following her retirement, she settled in her home in Northeast Harbor, Maine, where she continued her work as a fine artist. Along with her fine art and acting career, she was the author of two children's books and the creator of a line of products. Her life and career spanned across television, stage, and film until her death on August 8, 2005, at the age of 82.
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- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Obsessed with Vertigo (1997) as Self
- Dallas (1978) as Miss Ellie
- Our Town (1977) as Mrs. Webb
- Spencer's Pilots (1976)
- The Todd Killings (1971) as Mrs. Todd
- Summertree (1971) as Ruth
- Journey to the Unknown (1968) as Inga Madison
- CBS Playhouse (1966) as Doris Gray
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Molly Malone
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Dr. Ruth Halliman
- By Love Possessed (1961) as Clarissa Winner
- The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960)
- Five Branded Women (1960) as Marja
- Riverboat (1959) as Missy
- The Five Pennies (1959) as Wila Stutsman
- Vertigo (1958) as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Lucia Clay
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Mary Maloney
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Helen Brewster
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Sybilla Meade
- Fourteen Hours (1951) as Virginia Foster
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Marcia
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Mary Andrews
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as The Second Mrs. de Winter
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Tracy Samantha Lord
- Panic in the Streets (1950) as Nancy Reed
- Caught (1949) as Leonora Eames
- Studio One (1948) as Charlotte Lamb
- Studio One (1948) as Letty Grey
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Blood on the Moon (1948) as Amy Lufton
- I Remember Mama (1948) as Katrin
- The Long Night (1947) as Jo Ann