Barbara Bel Geddes

Born: 1922-10-31

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​


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Vertigo

as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Released: 1958-05-28

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities...

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Caught

as Leonora Eames
Released: 1949-02-17

Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is...

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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-04-03

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...

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The Five Pennies

as Wila Stutsman
Released: 1959-06-18

Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to...

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Panic in the Streets

as Nancy Reed
Released: 1950-07-27

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic...

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Blood on the Moon

as Amy Lufton
Released: 1948-11-11

Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle...

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I Remember Mama

as Katrin
Released: 1948-03-09

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children,...

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The Todd Killings

as Mrs. Todd
Released: 1971-10-20

Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"),...

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Five Branded Women

as Marja
Released: 1960-03-15

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished...

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Fourteen Hours

as Virginia Foster
Released: 1951-04-01

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not...

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The Long Night

as Jo Ann
Released: 1947-05-28

City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows...

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By Love Possessed

as Clarissa Winner
Released: 1961-07-19

An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner.

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Summertree

as Ruth
Released: 1971-06-06

Jerry, not a member of the 'protest generation' but is instead, an 'All American boy,' is...

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Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece

as Self
Released: 1997-06-01

A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo."...

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Our Town

as Mrs. Webb
Released: 1977-05-30

3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.

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Dallas

as Miss Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow
First aired: 1978-04-02

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all....

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Daniel Boone

as Molly Malone
First aired: 1964-09-24

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...

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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Ruth Halliman
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Studio One

as Charlotte Lamb
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Letty Grey
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as The Second Mrs. de Winter
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Tracy Samantha Lord
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Lucia Clay
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mary Maloney
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Helen Brewster
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sybilla Meade
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Midge Wood (archive footage) (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Riverboat

as Missy
First aired: 1959-09-13

Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds...

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Journey to the Unknown

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-26

A British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and...

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Spencer's Pilots

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-09-17

Spencer's Pilots is an American adventure series that aired on CBS from September 17 to November...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Marcia
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Mary Andrews
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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