Acting credits
26
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Actor
Barbara Bel Geddes
Acting
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Movies: 15Series: 11
TMDB ID: 5730
IMDb ID: nm0000895
Known for: Acting
Born: October 31, 1922
Died: August 8, 2005
Age: 82
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1947 - 2003
Years active: 57
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q232421
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Barbara Bel Geddes.
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
2003 Movie
7.0
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Self
1997 Movie
9.0
Our Town
as Mrs. Webb
1977 Movie
4.1
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Todd
1971 Movie
5.7
Summertree
as Ruth
1971 Movie
4.9
By Love Possessed
as Clarissa Winner
1961 Movie
6.0
Five Branded Women
as Marja
1960 Movie
6.8
The Five Pennies
as Wila Stutsman
1959 Movie
8.1
Vertigo
as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
1958 Movie
7.2
Fourteen Hours
as Virginia Foster
1951 Movie
6.9
Panic in the Streets
as Nancy Reed
1950 Movie
6.6
Caught
as Leonora Eames
1949 Movie
6.2
Blood on the Moon
as Amy Lufton
1948 Movie
7.1
I Remember Mama
as Katrin
1948 Movie
5.6
The Long Night
as Jo Ann
1947 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Barbara Bel Geddes.
6.8
Dallas
as Miss Ellie • 304 eps
1978 Series
5.0
Spencer's Pilots
1 eps
1976 Series
6.3
Journey to the Unknown
1 eps
1968 Series
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Molly Malone • 1 eps
1964 Series
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Ruth Halliman • 1 eps
1961 Series
6.2
Riverboat
as Missy • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucia Clay • 1 eps
1955 Series
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Marcia • 1 eps
1951 Series
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as The Second Mrs. de Winter • 1 eps
1950 Series
5.0
Studio One
as Charlotte Lamb • 1 eps
1948 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series