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