Barbara Bel Geddes

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

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1922-10-31

Died: 2005-08-08

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	The Long Night	Jo Ann	57
2	1948	I Remember Mama	Katrin	71
3	1948	Blood on the Moon	Amy Lufton	62
4	1949	Caught	Leonora Eames	66
5	1950	Panic in the Streets	Nancy Reed	69
6	1951	Fourteen Hours	Virginia Foster	72
7	1958	Vertigo	Marjorie 'Midge' Wood	82
8	1959	The Five Pennies	Wila Stutsman	67
9	1960	Five Branded Women	Marja	60
10	1961	By Love Possessed	Clarissa Winner	49
11	1971	Summertree	Ruth	57
12	1971	The Todd Killings	Mrs. Todd	43
13	1977	Our Town	Mrs. Webb	90
14	1997	Obsessed with Vertigo	Self	70
15	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self (archive footage)	70

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1947

The Long Night

Jo Ann

1948

I Remember Mama

Katrin

1948

Blood on the Moon

Amy Lufton

1949

Caught

Leonora Eames

1950

Panic in the Streets

Nancy Reed

1951

Fourteen Hours

Virginia Foster

1958

Vertigo

Marjorie 'Midge' Wood

1959

The Five Pennies

Wila Stutsman

1960

Five Branded Women

Marja

1961

By Love Possessed

Clarissa Winner

1971

Summertree

Ruth

1971

The Todd Killings

Mrs. Todd

1977

Our Town

Mrs. Webb

1997

Obsessed with Vertigo

Self

2003

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

Self (archive footage)

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1948	Studio One	Charlotte Lamb	50
3	1948	Studio One	Letty Grey	50
4	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	The Second Mrs. de Winter	56
5	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Tracy Samantha Lord	56
6	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Marcia	73
7	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Mary Andrews	73
8	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Lucia Clay	77
9	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mary Maloney	77
10	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Helen Brewster	77
11	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Sybilla Meade	77
12	1959	Riverboat	Missy	62
13	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Ruth Halliman	55
14	1964	Daniel Boone	Molly Malone	69
15	1966	CBS Playhouse		70
16	1968	Journey to the Unknown		63
17	1976	Spencer's Pilots		50
18	1978	Dallas	Miss Ellie	69

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1948