Barbara Bel Geddes
Acting
1922-10-31 · New York City, New York, USA
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
movieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage) · 2003 · 7.0
movieObsessed with Vertigo
as Self · 1997 · 7.1
tvDallas
as Miss Ellie · 1978 · 6.8
movieOur Town
as Mrs. Webb · 1977 · 9.5
tvSpencer's Pilots
as · 1976 · 6.5
movieThe Todd Killings
as Mrs. Todd · 1971 · 4.6
movieSummertree
as Ruth · 1971 · 6.3
tvJourney to the Unknown
as Inga Madison · 1968 · 7.0
tvCBS Playhouse
as Doris Gray · 1966 · 7.0
tvDaniel Boone
as Molly Malone · 1964 · 7.0
tvDr. Kildare
as Dr. Ruth Halliman · 1961 · 5.7
movieBy Love Possessed
as Clarissa Winner · 1961 · 5.3
movieFive Branded Women
as Marja · 1960 · 6.1
tvRiverboat
as Missy · 1959 · 6.5
movieThe Five Pennies
as Wila Stutsman · 1959 · 6.9
movieVertigo
as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood · 1958 · 8.1
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucia Clay · 1955 · 7.8
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mary Maloney · 1955 · 7.8
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
as Helen Brewster · 1955 · 7.8
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sybilla Meade · 1955 · 7.8
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Marcia · 1951 · 7.2
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Mary Andrews · 1951 · 7.2
movieFourteen Hours
as Virginia Foster · 1951 · 7.3
moviePanic in the Streets
as Nancy Reed · 1950 · 6.9