Barbara Bel Geddes
Actor
- Born
- October 31, 1922 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- August 8, 2005 (age 82)
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
Vertigo
May 28, 1958
Panic in the Streets
July 27, 1950
Caught
February 17, 1949
Blood on the Moon
November 11, 1948
I Remember Mama
March 9, 1948
Fourteen Hours
April 1, 1951
The Long Night
May 28, 1947
The Five Pennies
June 18, 1959
Five Branded Women
March 15, 1960
Obsessed with Vertigo
October 4, 1997
The Todd Killings
October 20, 1971
By Love Possessed
July 19, 1961
Acting15
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Obsessed with Vertigo as Self
- 1977Our Town as Mrs. Webb
- 1971The Todd Killings as Mrs. Todd
- 1971Summertree as Ruth
- 1961By Love Possessed as Clarissa Winner
- 1960Five Branded Women as Marja
- 1959The Five Pennies as Wila Stutsman
- 1958Vertigo as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
- 1951Fourteen Hours