Marian Seldes: movies and TV shows
Marian Seldes has 105 credits in the archive: 48 films and 57 TV series, from 1947 to 2017. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1947 – 2017 · busiest year: 1957 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Marian | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2012 | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Mabel Billingsly | Film | 4.3 | 83 |
| 2010 | The Extra Man | Vivian Cudlip | Film | 5.8 | 81 |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie | Tottie | TV | 7.1 | 80 |
| 2009 | Home | Peggy | Film | 5.4 | 80 |
| 2009 | The Toe Tactic | Eunice (voice) | Film | 4.0 | 80 |
| 2008 | Leatherheads | Clerk | Film | 5.9 | 79 |
| 2008 | The Visitor | Barbara | Film | 7.1 | 79 |
| 2008 | Murnau, Borzage and Fox | Self | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 2008 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment | The Duchess of Krakenthorp | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 2007 | August Rush | The Dean | Film | 7.4 | 78 |
| 2007 | Suburban Girl | Margaret Paddleford | Film | 5.5 | 78 |
| 2007 | Miriam | Mrs. H.T. Miller | Film | — | 78 |
| 2006 | The Book of Daniel | Helen | TV | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2006 | Big Day | TV | 5.7 | 77 | |
| 2006 | In from the Night | Nora Cantata | Film | 6.7 | 77 |
| 2005 | Ballets Russes | Narrator | Film | 7.2 | 76 |
| 2004 | Clubhouse | TV | 5.0 | 75 | |
| 2004 | Plainsong | Iva Stearns | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 2004 | Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 75 |
| 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile | President Jocelyn Carr | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2002 | Hollywood Ending | Alexandra | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Louise Grantham Robilotti | TV | 7.9 | 72 |
| 2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Mrs. Pitcairn | TV | 7.9 | 72 |
| 2001 | Town & Country | Eugenie's Mother | Film | 4.5 | 72 |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Abby Hedley | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2000 | Duets | Harriet Gahagan | Film | 5.7 | 71 |
| 2000 | 1961 | Abby Hedley | Film | — | 71 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Peggy Kendall | TV | 8.0 | 70 |
| 1999 | The Haunting | Mrs. Dudley | Film | 5.5 | 70 |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Mrs. Big | TV | 7.4 | 69 |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Datloff Party Guest | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 1998 | Affliction | Alma Pittman | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1997 | Home Alone 3 | Mrs. Hess | Film | 5.3 | 68 |
| 1997 | Digging to China | Leah Schroth | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 1996 | Remember WENN | Miss Frye | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 1995 | Central Park West | TV | 4.9 | 66 | |
| 1995 | Tom and Huck | Widow Douglas | Film | 5.3 | 66 |
| 1995 | Truman | Eleanor Roosevelt | Film | 7.7 | 66 |
| 1995 | Clarissa | Lillian Banion | Film | 7.4 | 66 |
| 1994 | In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness | Justice Susie Sharp | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Betty | TV | 7.7 | 64 |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Margaret Armstrong | Film | 5.1 | 63 |
| 1991 | Good & Evil | Charlotte Sandler | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Suzanne | TV | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1990 | Wings | Eleanor Kingsbury | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1989 | In a Pig's Eye | Mrs. Isabel Purvis | Film | — | 60 |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Murphy's Aunt Brooke | TV | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1988 | Zits | Miss Maple | Film | 4.9 | 59 |
| 1987 | Gertrude Stein and a Companion! | Alice B. Toklas | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Lydia Winthrop | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie | TV | 6.0 | 55 | |
| 1978 | Fingers | Ruth | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1975 | Kate McShane | Secretary | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Ida Colby | TV | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1966 | The Star Wagon | Marian | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1965 | Branded | Neela | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Herodias | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1960 | Special for Women | TV | 6.3 | 31 | |
| 1959 | Crime and Punishment USA | Debbie Cole | Film | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | Arnon | Film | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Hazel / The Vision | TV | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Widow Enga | TV | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1958 | The Texan | Cora Laird | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 29 | |
| 1958 | The Light in the Forest | Kate Owens | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1958 | Half Hour to Kill | Joyce Field | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1958 | The Plot to Kill Stalin | Mme. Molotov | Film | — | 29 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Mary K. Davis | TV | 7.7 | 28 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Mollie Stanton | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Christie Smith | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1957 | Suspicion | TV | 6.2 | 28 | |
| 1957 | M Squad | Martha Wicklow | TV | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1957 | The Court of Last Resort | TV | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1957 | The True Story of Jesse James | Rowena Cobb | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1957 | The Young Stranger | Mrs. Morse (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 28 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 27 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Audience Member | TV | — | 27 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient | TV | — | 27 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Alicia Jolland | TV | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 26 | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Mrs. Cullen | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister | TV | 5.8 | 26 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lydia Brailing | TV | 7.8 | 26 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Betty | TV | 3.8 | 25 |
| 1954 | The Lonely Night | Caroline | Film | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Persis Hughes | TV | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Adelaide Baines | TV | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Leah | TV | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 23 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Emily | TV | 8.8 | 22 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Iva Stearns | TV | 8.8 | 22 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Nora Cantata | TV | 8.8 | 22 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | May | TV | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Anne | TV | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1949 | Hands of Murder | TV | — | 20 | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Anna Zenger | TV | 5.4 | 19 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mary Widdicomb | TV | 5.4 | 19 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Belle Giles | TV | 5.4 | 19 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Anna Zeger | TV | 5.4 | 19 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 19 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Emilia | TV | 6.6 | 19 |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 18 | |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode | Louise Soubirous | Film | — | — |