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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 31, 1922
Died
August 8, 2005
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Barbara Bel Geddes
1.1 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Bel Geddes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
7.0
Self
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
6.8
Miss Ellie
Dallas
1978
9.0
Mrs. Webb
Our Town
1977
5.0
Spencer's Pilots
1976
4.1
Mrs. Todd
The Todd Killings
1971
5.7
Ruth
Summertree
1971
6.3
Journey to the Unknown
1968
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7.0
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
Molly Malone
Daniel Boone
1964
Credits
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
2003
7.0
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Self
1997
7.0
Dallas
as Miss Ellie
1978
6.8
Our Town
as Mrs. Webb
1977
9.0
Spencer's Pilots
1976
5.0
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Todd
1971
4.1
Summertree
as Ruth
1971
5.7
Journey to the Unknown
1968
6.3
🎬
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Molly Malone
1964
7.0
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Ruth Halliman
1961
5.5
By Love Possessed
as Clarissa Winner
1961
4.9
Five Branded Women
as Marja
1960
6.0
Riverboat
as Missy
1959
6.2
The Five Pennies
as Wila Stutsman
1959
6.8
Vertigo
as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
1958
8.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucia Clay
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mary Maloney
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Helen Brewster
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sybilla Meade
1955
7.8
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Marcia
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Mary Andrews
1951
7.2
Fourteen Hours
as Virginia Foster
1951
7.2
Panic in the Streets
as Nancy Reed
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
as The Second Mrs. de Winter
1950
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Tracy Samantha Lord
1950
5.6
Caught
as Leonora Eames
1949
6.5
Blood on the Moon
as Amy Lufton
1948
6.2
Studio One
as Charlotte Lamb
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Letty Grey
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
I Remember Mama
as Katrin
1948
7.1
The Long Night
as Jo Ann
1947
5.6