Barbara Bel Geddes
Birthday
1922/10/31
Day of death
2005/08/08 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
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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 fro...Read more
Acting
(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: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece
as Self
(1971) Summertree
as Ruth
(2003) Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
(1948) Studio One
as Charlotte Lamb
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucia Clay
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Molly Malone
(1968) Journey to the Unknown
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Marcia
(1959) Riverboat
as Missy
(1976) Spencer's Pilots
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as The Second Mrs. de Winter
(1966) CBS Playhouse
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Ruth Halliman
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Mary Andrews
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Tracy Samantha Lord
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mary Maloney
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Helen Brewster
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sybilla Meade
(1948) Studio One
as Letty Grey
(1966) Golden Camera Awards
as Self
(1978) Dallas
as Miss Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Midge Wood (archive footage) (uncredited)