Barbara Bel Geddes
Acting • Born 1922-10-31 – Died 2005-08-08
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
Filmography
33 credits
Vertigo
Movie • 1958
Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Panic in the Streets
Movie • 1950
Nancy Reed
Blood on the Moon
Movie • 1948
Amy Lufton
Caught
Movie • 1949
Leonora Eames
I Remember Mama
Movie • 1948
Katrin
The Long Night
Movie • 1947
Jo Ann
The Five Pennies
Movie • 1959
Wila Stutsman
Fourteen Hours
Movie • 1951
Virginia Foster
Five Branded Women
Movie • 1960
Marja
By Love Possessed
Movie • 1961
Clarissa Winner
Our Town
Movie • 1977
Mrs. Webb
The Todd Killings
Movie • 1971
Mrs. Todd
Obsessed with Vertigo
Movie • 1997
Self
Summertree
Movie • 1971
Ruth
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Studio One
TV • 1948
Charlotte Lamb
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Lucia Clay
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Molly Malone
Journey to the Unknown
TV • 1968
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Marcia
Riverboat
TV • 1959
Missy
Spencer's Pilots
TV • 1976
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
The Second Mrs. de Winter
CBS Playhouse
TV • 1966
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Ruth Halliman
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Mary Andrews
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Tracy Samantha Lord
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Mary Maloney
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Helen Brewster
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Sybilla Meade
Studio One
TV • 1948
Letty Grey
Dallas
TV • 1978
Miss Ellie