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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​

Personal information

Birthday

1922-10-31

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

1948

6.1

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

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

2003

7.0

Movie
By Love Possessed

By Love Possessed

1961

4.9

Movie
Caught

Caught

1949

6.5

Movie
poster

CBS Playhouse

1966

7.0

TV
poster

Dallas

1978

6.8

TV
poster

Daniel Boone

1964

6.9

TV
poster

Dr. Kildare

1961

5.4

TV
Five Branded Women

Five Branded Women

1960

6.0

Movie
Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

1951

7.2

Movie
poster

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

1966

3.5

TV
I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama

1948

7.1

Movie
poster

Journey to the Unknown

1968

6.3

TV
Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece

Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece

1997

7.0

Movie
Our Town

Our Town

1977

9.0

Movie
Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

1950

6.9

Movie
poster

Riverboat

1959

6.2

TV
poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

5.2

TV
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
poster

Spencer's Pilots

1976

5.0

TV
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
Summertree

Summertree

1971

5.7

Movie
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies

1959

6.7

Movie
The Long Night

The Long Night

1947

5.8

Movie
The Todd Killings

The Todd Killings

1971

4.3

Movie
Vertigo

Vertigo

1958

8.2

Movie