Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

1922-10-31 – 2005-08-08 (age 82) New York City, New York, USA
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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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Vertigo
Vertigo

1958

as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood

Caught
Caught

1949

as Leonora Eames

Blood on the Moon
Blood on the Moon

1948

as Amy Lufton

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

1971

as Ruth

The Long Night
The Long Night

1947

as Jo Ann

Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets

1950

as Nancy Reed

The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies

1959

as Wila Stutsman

Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours

1951

as Virginia Foster

By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed

1961

as Clarissa Winner

Five Branded Women
Five Branded Women

1960

as Marja

I Remember Mama
I Remember Mama

1948

as Katrin

The Todd Killings
The Todd Killings

1971

as Mrs. Todd

Obsessed with Vertigo
Our Town
Our Town

1977

as Mrs. Webb