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Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

Actor · 1922 – 2005 · New York City, New York, USA

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​

Movies15

  • Movie8.1

    Vertigo

    1958 · 6.5K votes

  • Movie7.3

    Fourteen Hours

    1951 · 53 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Blood on the Moon

    1948 · 73 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.6

    Caught

    1949 · 102 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Long Night

    1947 · 44 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Panic in the Streets

    1950 · 170 votes

  • Movie7.2

    I Remember Mama

    1948 · 66 votes

  • Movie5.2

    By Love Possessed

    1961 · 10 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Five Pennies

    1959 · 29 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Five Branded Women

    1960 · 21 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Obsessed with Vertigo

    1997 · 18 votes

  • Movie4.6

    The Todd Killings

    1971 · 12 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Summertree

    1971 · 5 votes

  • Movie9.5

    Our Town

    1977 · 2 votes

Series13

  • TV6.9

    Dallas

    1978 · 249 votes

  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV7.0

    Daniel Boone

    1964 · 34 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 266 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV6.5

    Riverboat

    1959 · 6 votes

  • TV7.0

    CBS Playhouse

    1966 · 2 votes

  • TV7.0

    Journey to the Unknown

    1968 · 4 votes

  • TV6.5

    Spencer's Pilots

    1976 · 2 votes

  • TV7.2
  • TV8.0