Name
Barbara Bel Geddes
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-10-31
Deathday
2005-08-08 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
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Known For
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- 1958 Vertigo as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
- 1950 Panic in the Streets as Nancy Reed
- 1948 Blood on the Moon as Amy Lufton
- 1949 Caught as Leonora Eames
- 1948 I Remember Mama as Katrin
- 1947 The Long Night as Jo Ann
- 1959 The Five Pennies as Wila Stutsman
- 1951 Fourteen Hours as Virginia Foster
- 1960 Five Branded Women as Marja
- 1961 By Love Possessed as Clarissa Winner
- 1977 Our Town as Mrs. Webb
- 1971 The Todd Killings as Mrs. Todd
- 1997 Obsessed with Vertigo as Self
- 1971 Summertree as Ruth
- 2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Charlotte Lamb
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Lucia Clay
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Molly Malone
- 1968 Journey to the Unknown ( 1 episode ) as Inga Madison
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Marcia
- 1959 Riverboat ( 1 episode ) as Missy
- 1976 Spencer's Pilots ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as The Second Mrs. de Winter
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Ruth Halliman
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Mary Andrews
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Tracy Samantha Lord
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Mary Maloney
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Helen Brewster
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Sybilla Meade
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Letty Grey
- 1978 Dallas ( 304 episodes ) as Miss Ellie
- 1966 CBS Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Doris Gray
- 1960 The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries ( 1 episode )
