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