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Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 31, 1922
Died Aug 08, 2005 (82)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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​

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Our Town

Our Town

1977

as Mrs. Webb

Summertree

Summertree

1971

as Ruth

The Todd Killings

The Todd Killings

1971

as Mrs. Todd

By Love Possessed

By Love Possessed

1961

as Clarissa Winner

Five Branded Women

Five Branded Women

1960

as Marja

The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies

1959

as Wila Stutsman

Vertigo

Vertigo

1958

as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

1951

as Virginia Foster

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

1950

as Nancy Reed

Caught

Caught

1949

as Leonora Eames

Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

1948

as Amy Lufton

I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama

1948

as Katrin

The Long Night

The Long Night

1947

as Jo Ann

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BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actress The Spirit of St. Louis Nominated
Television Credits

Dallas

as Miss Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow

Episodes: 304

First Aired: Apr 02, 1978

Studio One

as Charlotte Lamb

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Lucia Clay

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Daniel Boone

as Molly Malone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Marcia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Riverboat

as Missy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1959

Robert Montgomery Presents

as The Second Mrs. de Winter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Ruth Halliman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Mary Andrews

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Tracy Samantha Lord

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mary Maloney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Helen Brewster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sybilla Meade

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Studio One

as Letty Grey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Midge Wood (archive footage) (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Journey to the Unknown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1968

Spencer's Pilots

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1976

CBS Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 08, 1966

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1966

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