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