Barbara Bel Geddes
Acting
Born: 1922-10-31 in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Bel Geddes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Dallas
Miss Ellie
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Second Mrs. de Winter
Robert Montgomery Presents
Tracy Samantha Lord
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Ruth Halliman
Studio One
Charlotte Lamb
Studio One
Letty Grey
Daniel Boone
Molly Malone
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucia Clay
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mary Maloney
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Helen Brewster
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sybilla Meade
Vertigo
Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Riverboat
Missy
Journey to the Unknown
Inga Madison
Fourteen Hours
Virginia Foster
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
Caught
Leonora Eames
Blood on the Moon
Amy Lufton
Spencer's Pilots
Five Branded Women
Marja
By Love Possessed
Clarissa Winner
Panic in the Streets
Nancy Reed
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Marcia
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mary Andrews
I Remember Mama
Katrin
The Long Night
Jo Ann
The Five Pennies
Wila Stutsman
Obsessed with Vertigo
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
Summertree
Ruth
The Todd Killings
Mrs. Todd
Our Town
Mrs. Webb