Marian Seldes
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Marian Hall Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received subsequent nominations for Father's Day (1971), Deathtrap (1978–82), Ring Round the Moon (1999), and Dinner at Eight (2002). She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits include Equus (1974–77), Ivanov (1997), and Deuce (2007). She was inducted into t...
Known For
Filmography
Marian
2017
as Self
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012
as Mabel Billingsly
The Extra Man
2010
as Vivian Cudlip
Home
2009
as Peggy
The Toe Tactic
2009
as Eunice (voice)
The Visitor
2008
as Barbara
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
2008
as The Duchess of Krakenthorp
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
2008
as Self
Leatherheads
2008
as Clerk
August Rush
2007
as The Dean
Suburban Girl
2007
as Margaret Paddleford
Miriam
2007
as Mrs. H.T. Miller
In from the Night
2006
as Nora Cantata
Big Day
2006
The Book of Daniel
2006
as Helen
Ballets Russes
2005
as Narrator
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Plainsong
2004
as Iva Stearns
Clubhouse
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
as President Jocelyn Carr
Hollywood Ending
2002
as Alexandra
Town & Country
2001
as Eugenie's Mother
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Louise Grantham Robilotti
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti
1961
2000
as Abby Hedley
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
as Abby Hedley
Duets
2000
as Harriet Gahagan
The Haunting
1999
as Mrs. Dudley
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Peggy Kendall
Celebrity
1998
as Datloff Party Guest
Affliction
1998
as Alma Pittman
Sex and the City
1998
as Mrs. Big
Digging to China
1997
as Leah Schroth
Home Alone 3
1997
as Mrs. Hess
Remember WENN
1996
as Miss Frye
Clarissa
1995
as Lillian Banion
Truman
1995
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Tom and Huck
1995
as Widow Douglas
Central Park West
1995
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994
as Justice Susie Sharp
Frasier
1993
as Betty
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
as Margaret Armstrong
Good & Evil
1991
as Charlotte Sandler
Law & Order
1990
as Suzanne
Wings
1990
as Eleanor Kingsbury
Zits
1988
as Miss Maple
Murphy Brown
1988
as Murphy's Aunt Brooke
Gertrude Stein and a Companion!
1987
as Alice B. Toklas
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lydia Winthrop
Kate & Allie
1984
Fingers
1978
as Ruth
Kate McShane
1975
as Secretary
Mannix
1967
as Ida Colby
The Star Wagon
1966
as Marian
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Herodias
Branded
1965
as Neela
Crime and Punishment USA
1959
as Debbie Cole
The Big Fisherman
1959
as Arnon
The Light in the Forest
1958
as Kate Owens
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
as Mme. Molotov
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Texan
1958
as Cora Laird
The Rifleman
1958
as Hazel / The Vision
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Widow Enga
The Young Stranger
1957
as Mrs. Morse (uncredited)
The True Story of Jesse James
1957
as Rowena Cobb
Perry Mason
1957
as Mary K. Davis
M Squad
1957
as Martha Wicklow
The Court of Last Resort
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Mollie Stanton
Suspicion
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Christie Smith
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Alicia Jolland
Gunsmoke
1955
as Mrs. Cullen
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lydia Brailing
The Millionaire
1955
as Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister
Matinee Theater
1955
The Lonely Night
1954
as Caroline
Climax!
1954
as Betty
General Electric Theater
1953
as Persis Hughes
General Electric Theater
1953
as Adelaide Baines
General Electric Theater
1953
as Leah
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Emily
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Iva Stearns
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Nora Cantata
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as May
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Anne
Hands of Murder
1949
Studio One
1948
as Anna Zenger
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
as Mary Widdicomb
Studio One
1948
as Belle Giles
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Emilia
Studio One
1948
as Anna Zeger
Kraft Television Theatre
1947