Marian Seldes

Marian Seldes

Acting • Born 1928-08-23 – Died 2014-10-06

Acting1New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Marian Hall Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received subsequent nominations for Father's Day (1971), Deathtrap (1978–82), Ring Round the Moon (1999), and Dinner at Eight (2002). She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits include Equus (1974–77), Ivanov (1997), and Deuce (2007). She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marian Seldes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

97 credits
The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Movie • 1965

Herodias

August Rush

August Rush

Movie • 2007

The Dean

The Haunting

The Haunting

Movie • 1999

Mrs. Dudley

Digging to China

Digging to China

Movie • 1997

Leah Schroth

The Visitor

The Visitor

Movie • 2008

Barbara

1961

1961

Movie • 2000

Abby Hedley

The Lonely Night

The Lonely Night

Movie • 1954

Caroline

The Light in the Forest

The Light in the Forest

Movie • 1958

Kate Owens

Celebrity

Celebrity

Movie • 1998

Datloff Party Guest

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

Movie • 1992

Margaret Armstrong

If These Walls Could Talk 2

If These Walls Could Talk 2

Movie • 2000

Abby Hedley

Fingers

Fingers

Movie • 1978

Ruth

Crime and Punishment USA

Crime and Punishment USA

Movie • 1959

Debbie Cole

The Extra Man

The Extra Man

Movie • 2010

Vivian Cudlip

Home

Home

Movie • 2009

Peggy

Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

Movie • 2004

Narrator (voice)

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

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

Movie • 2003

Self

The Toe Tactic

The Toe Tactic

Movie • 2009

Eunice (voice)

The Big Fisherman

The Big Fisherman

Movie • 1959

Arnon

Kate McShane

Kate McShane

Movie • 1975

Secretary

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

Movie • 2008

The Duchess of Krakenthorp

The Young Stranger

The Young Stranger

Movie • 1957

Mrs. Morse (uncredited)

Plainsong

Plainsong

Movie • 2004

Iva Stearns

Hollywood Ending

Hollywood Ending

Movie • 2002

Alexandra

Zits

Zits

Movie • 1988

Miss Maple

In from the Night

In from the Night

Movie • 2006

Nora Cantata

The Plot to Kill Stalin

The Plot to Kill Stalin

Movie • 1958

Mme. Molotov

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

Movie • 2008

Self

Ballets Russes

Ballets Russes

Movie • 2005

Narrator

Clarissa

Clarissa

Movie • 1995

Lillian Banion

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

Movie • 1994

Justice Susie Sharp

Suburban Girl

Suburban Girl

Movie • 2007

Margaret Paddleford

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Movie • 2012

Mabel Billingsly

Affliction

Affliction

Movie • 1998

Alma Pittman

Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile

Movie • 2003

President Jocelyn Carr

Gertrude Stein and a Companion!

Gertrude Stein and a Companion!

Movie • 1987

Alice B. Toklas

Home Alone 3

Home Alone 3

Movie • 1997

Mrs. Hess

Truman

Truman

Movie • 1995

Eleanor Roosevelt

The Star Wagon

The Star Wagon

Movie • 1966

Marian

Duets

Duets

Movie • 2000

Harriet Gahagan

Leatherheads

Leatherheads

Movie • 2008

Clerk

Tom and Huck

Tom and Huck

Movie • 1995

Widow Douglas

The True Story of Jesse James

The True Story of Jesse James

Movie • 1957

Rowena Cobb

Marian

Marian

Movie • 2017

Self

Miriam

Miriam

Movie • 2007

Mrs. H.T. Miller

Town & Country

Town & Country

Movie • 2001

Eugenie's Mother

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Lydia Winthrop

Big Day

Big Day

TV • 2006

Law & Order

Law & Order

TV • 1990

Suzanne

Kate & Allie

Kate & Allie

TV • 1984

Wings

Wings

TV • 1990

Eleanor Kingsbury

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV • 1999

Peggy Kendall

Central Park West

Central Park West

TV • 1995

The Book of Daniel

The Book of Daniel

TV • 2006

Helen

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Mrs. Cullen

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Mary K. Davis

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Anna Zenger

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Persis Hughes

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Emily

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Lydia Brailing

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV • 1958

The Millionaire

The Millionaire

TV • 1955

Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister

Clubhouse

Clubhouse

TV • 2004

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

May

Climax!

Climax!

TV • 1954

Betty

M Squad

M Squad

TV • 1957

Martha Wicklow

Good & Evil

Good & Evil

TV • 1991

Charlotte Sandler

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

TV • 1955

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV • 1948

Branded

Branded

TV • 1965

Neela

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV • 1956

Alicia Jolland

The Court of Last Resort

The Court of Last Resort

TV • 1957

The Texan

The Texan

TV • 1958

Cora Laird

Sex and the City

Sex and the City

TV • 1998

Mrs. Big

Frasier

Frasier

TV • 1993

Betty

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Adelaide Baines

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Mary Widdicomb

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Iva Stearns

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Nora Cantata

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Belle Giles

Mannix

Mannix

TV • 1967

Ida Colby

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Mollie Stanton

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

TV • 2001

Louise Grantham Robilotti

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV • 1948

Emilia

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Anne

Hands of Murder

Hands of Murder

TV • 1949

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre

TV • 1947

Suspicion

Suspicion

TV • 1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Christie Smith

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

TV • 1988

Murphy's Aunt Brooke

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Leah

Omnibus

Omnibus

TV • 1952

The Rifleman

The Rifleman

TV • 1958

Hazel / The Vision

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Shirley Temple's Storybook

TV • 1958

Widow Enga

Remember WENN

Remember WENN

TV • 1996

Miss Frye

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

TV • 2001

Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Anna Zeger

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