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Ellen Geer

Ellen Geer

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Ellen Ware Geer (born August 29, 1941) is an American actress, professor, screenwriter, film director and theatre director.Geer has enjoyed a long, distinguished career in film and television. She began her career appearing as a nun in the 1968 Richard Lester drama Petulia. Geer followed this with an appearance in 1969's The Reivers with her father, Will Geer. In 1971, Geer played the deceased wife of the lead character in Kotch, appearing throughout the movie in flashbacks. That same year, she became a regular on The Jimmy Stewart Show (which aired until the following year) and had a supporting role in the acclaimed comedy Harold and Maude. In 1974, she starred in two films which she also wrote: Silence and Memory of Us. Both featured her father. The remainder of Geer's 1970s career consisted primarily of guest appearances and made-for-TV movies. TV shows on which she appeared during this time included Police Story, The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, and two episodes of Fantasy Island. Her TV movie credits during this time included Babe (1975), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977), and A Shining Season (1979). The only theatrical film on which she worked in the late '70s was Jonathan Kaplan's Over the Edge in 1979. The remainder of her TV credits include guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Waltons, Quincy, M.E., Dallas, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, NYPD Blue, and Cold Case. She also had recurring roles on Falcon Crest and Beauty and the Beast. She played future Piper Halliwell on the WB series Charmed in the series finale. In October 2007, the actress returned briefly to Desperate Housewives which she briefly appeared in before. Geer has served since 1978 as Artistic Director of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, a professional repertory, open-air theater in Topanga Canyon, California. Geer has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor, teaching acting, at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater for 12 years.

Personal information

Birthday

1941-08-29

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

poster

7th Heaven

1996

6.4

TV
A Different Affair

A Different Affair

1987

0.0

Movie
A Shining Season

A Shining Season

1979

3.0

Movie
poster

American Dreams

2002

4.9

TV
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Archer

1975

7.5

TV
Babe

Babe

1975

5.5

Movie
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Baretta

1975

6.4

TV
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Barnaby Jones

1973

6.9

TV
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Beauty and the Beast

1987

7.5

TV
Bloody Birthday

Bloody Birthday

1981

5.9

Movie
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Bones

2005

8.2

TV
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Carnivàle

2003

7.9

TV
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Castle

2009

8.0

TV
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Charlie's Angels

1976

6.7

TV
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Charmed

1998

8.2

TV
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CHiPs

1977

6.8

TV
Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

1994

6.6

Movie
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Code Red

1981

5.5

TV
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Cold Case

2003

7.8

TV
Creator

Creator

1985

6.2

Movie
Criminal

Criminal

2004

6.2

Movie
Crossworlds

Crossworlds

1996

5.1

Movie
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

7.6

TV
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Dallas

1978

6.8

TV
Deadly Lessons

Deadly Lessons

1983

5.1

Movie
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Desperate Housewives

2004

7.9

TV
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Diagnosis: Murder

1993

7.1

TV
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ER

1994

7.8

TV
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Falcon Crest

1981

5.6

TV
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Ghost Story

1972

7.1

TV
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Girlfriends

2000

7.6

TV
Hard Traveling

Hard Traveling

1986

0.0

Movie
Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

1971

7.6

Movie
Heart Like a Wheel

Heart Like a Wheel

1983

5.6

Movie
House at the End of the Drive

House at the End of the Drive

2014

8.2

Movie
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Hunter

1984

7.2

TV
I Want to Live

I Want to Live

1983

4.0

Movie
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JAG

1995

7.3

TV
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Jake and the Fatman

1987

5.9

TV
June

June

2004

4.5

Movie
Kotch

Kotch

1971

6.4

Movie
Lonely Hearts

Lonely Hearts

1991

4.0

Movie
Man in the Chair

Man in the Chair

2007

6.9

Movie
Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

2005

7.0

Movie
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Medium

2005

7.5

TV
Memory of Us

Memory of Us

1974

0.0

Movie
Midnight Witness

Midnight Witness

1993

3.0

Movie
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Moonlighting

1985

7.5

TV
My Kidnapper, My Love

My Kidnapper, My Love

1980

6.0

Movie
My Town

My Town

1986

0.0

Movie
Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew

2002

5.6

Movie
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NCIS

2003

7.6

TV
Night Cries

Night Cries

1978

5.5

Movie
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Once and Again

1999

6.8

TV
Our House

Our House

2006

6.3

Movie
Over the Edge

Over the Edge

1979

7.2

Movie
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Paris

1979

5.0

TV
Patriot Games

Patriot Games

1992

6.7

Movie
Petulia

Petulia

1968

5.9

Movie
Phenomenon

Phenomenon

1996

6.4

Movie
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Police Story

1973

7.1

TV
Practical Magic

Practical Magic

1998

6.8

Movie
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Quincy, M.E.

1976

7.5

TV
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Room 104

2017

5.8

TV
Satan's Princess

Satan's Princess

1989

2.8

Movie
Silence

Silence

1974

0.0

Movie
Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983

6.4

Movie
poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

8.4

TV
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Supernatural

2005

8.3

TV
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Tales of the Unexpected

1979

6.7

TV
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The Bionic Woman

1976

7.0

TV
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The Division

2001

7.0

TV
The Gold Bracelet

The Gold Bracelet

2008

0.0

Movie
poster

The Jimmy Stewart Show

1971

6.0

TV
poster

The Mentalist

2008

8.4

TV
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The Middle

2009

7.6

TV
The Odd Couple II

The Odd Couple II

1998

6.3

Movie
The Postman

The Postman

1997

6.2

Movie
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The Practice

1997

7.7

TV
The Princess and the Cabbie

The Princess and the Cabbie

1981

7.0

Movie
The Reivers

The Reivers

1969

6.4

Movie
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The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.0

TV
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1977

6.8

Movie
The Visitation

The Visitation

2006

4.9

Movie
poster

The Waltons

1972

7.1

TV
The Wild Pair

The Wild Pair

1987

4.0

Movie
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

1994

0.0

Movie
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Trauma Center

1983

5.0

TV
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TV 101

1988

5.0

TV
Unlovable

Unlovable

2018

5.7

Movie
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Voyagers!

1982

7.5

TV
When a Man Loves a Woman

When a Man Loves a Woman

1994

6.5

Movie