Ellen Geer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ellen Ware Geer (born August 29, 1941) is an American actress, professor, screenwriter, film director and theatre director.Geer has enjoyed a long, distinguished career in film and television. She began her career appearing as a nun in the 1968 Richard Lester drama Petulia. Geer followed this with an appearance in 1969's The Reivers with her father, Will Geer. In 1971, Geer played the deceased wife of the lead character in Kotch, appearing throughout the movie in flashbacks. That same year, she became a regular on The Jimmy Stewart Show (which aired until the following year) and had a supporting role in the acclaimed comedy Harold and Maude. In 1974, she starred in two films which she also wrote: Silence and Memory of Us. Both featured her father. The remainder of Geer's 1970s career consisted primarily of guest appearances and made-for-TV movies. TV shows on which she appeared during this time included Police Story, The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, and two episodes of Fantasy Island. Her TV movie credits during this time included Babe (1975), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977), and A Shining Season (1979). The only theatrical film on which she worked in the late '70s was Jonathan Kaplan's Over the Edge in 1979. The remainder of her TV credits include guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Waltons, Quincy, M.E., Dallas, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, NYPD Blue, and Cold Case. She also had recurring roles on Falcon Crest and Beauty and the Beast. She played future Piper Halliwell on the WB series Charmed in the series finale. In October 2007, the actress returned briefly to Desperate Housewives which she briefly appeared in before. Geer has served since 1978 as Artistic Director of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, a professional repertory, open-air theater in Topanga Canyon, California. Geer has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor, teaching acting, at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater for 12 years.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Unlovable as Nana
- 2017 · Room 104 as Lorraine
- 2014 · House at the End of the Drive as Eunice Sequoia
- 2009 · The Middle as Cynthia
- 2009 · Castle as Vera Mulqueen
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Grandmother
- 2008 · The Gold Bracelet as Miss Hanson
- 2007 · Man in the Chair as Mrs. Erskine
- 2006 · Our House as Rose
- 2006 · The Visitation as Mrs. Macon
- 2005 · Supernatural as Gert Case
- 2005 · Bones as Anne Reilly
- 2005 · Me and You and Everyone We Know as Ellen
- 2005 · Medium as Grandma Benoit
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Lillian Sims
- 2004 · Criminal as Grandma
- 2004 · June as Grandma P.
- 2003 · Cold Case as Kay Lang
- 2003 · NCIS as Esther Daniels
- 2003 · Carnivàle as The Crone
- 2002 · Nancy Drew as Librarian
- 2002 · American Dreams as Dorothy Day
- 2001 · The Division as
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Ruth Elliott
- 2000 · Girlfriends as
- 1999 · Once and Again as
- 1998 · Practical Magic as Pharmacist
- 1998 · Charmed as Elderly Piper
- 1998 · The Odd Couple II as Frances Unger Melnick
- 1997 · The Postman as Mrs. Thompson
- 1997 · The Practice as
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Joyce
- 1996 · Phenomenon as Bonnie
- 1996 · Crossworlds as Joe's Mom
- 1995 · JAG as Judge Gail Sanders
- 1994 · ER as Mrs. Ferguson
- 1994 · Clear and Present Danger as Rose
- 1994 · When a Man Loves a Woman as Woman at Al-Anon
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Lily
- 1993 · Midnight Witness as Valerie
- 1992 · Patriot Games as Rose
- 1991 · Lonely Hearts as Martha
- 1989 · Satan's Princess as Mary Kulik
- 1988 · TV 101 as Waitress
- 1987 · The Wild Pair as Fern Willis
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Dr. Kila Marr
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Mary
- 1987 · A Different Affair as Mrs. Williams
- 1986 · My Town as Mother
- 1986 · Hard Traveling as Norah Sloan
- 1985 · Creator as Mrs. Spencer
- 1985 · Moonlighting as Amy Everette
- 1984 · Hunter as Mrs. Dudleigh
- 1983 · Trauma Center as
- 1983 · I Want to Live as Mrs. Cooley
- 1983 · Something Wicked This Way Comes as Mrs. Halloway
- 1983 · Heart Like a Wheel as Mrs. Marianne Kalitta
- 1983 · Deadly Lessons as Mrs. Grant
- 1982 · Voyagers! as
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Doris
- 1981 · The Princess and the Cabbie as Nellie
- 1981 · Code Red as
- 1981 · Bloody Birthday as Madge
- 1980 · My Kidnapper, My Love as Paula Stanley
- 1979 · A Shining Season as Veta Mercer
- 1979 · Paris as Marie Castle
- 1979 · Over the Edge as Sandra Willat
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Stella Archer
- 1978 · Dallas as Dr. Anita Krane
- 1978 · Night Cries as Mrs. Whitney
- 1977 · The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald as
- 1977 · CHiPs as Julie Barris
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Sarah Markham
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Hutton
- 1976 · The Bionic Woman as
- 1975 · Babe as Lilly Didrikson
- 1975 · Archer as
- 1975 · Baretta as
- 1974 · Memory of Us as Betty
- 1974 · Silence as Barbara
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Mary Wiley
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · Ghost Story as Marian
- 1972 · The Waltons as
- 1971 · Harold and Maude as Sunshine Doré
- 1971 · The Jimmy Stewart Show as Wendy Howard
- 1971 · Kotch as Vera Kotcher
- 1969 · The Reivers as Sally
- 1968 · Petulia as Nun