Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 31, 1922
Died
Aug 08, 2005
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
28 titles
Barbara Bel Geddes
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
Filmography
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
Self
Dallas
Miss Ellie
Our Town
Mrs. Webb
Spencer's Pilots
The Todd Killings
Mrs. Todd
Summertree
Ruth
Journey to the Unknown
Inga Madison
CBS Playhouse
Doris Gray
Daniel Boone
Molly Malone
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Ruth Halliman
By Love Possessed
Clarissa Winner
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
Five Branded Women
Marja
Riverboat
Missy
The Five Pennies
Wila Stutsman
Vertigo
Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucia Clay
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Marcia
Fourteen Hours
Virginia Foster
Panic in the Streets
Nancy Reed
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Second Mrs. de Winter
Caught
Leonora Eames
Blood on the Moon
Amy Lufton
Studio One
Charlotte Lamb
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
I Remember Mama
Katrin
The Long Night
Jo Ann