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Marian Seldes

Actor

Marian Seldes

Born August 23, 1928 in New York City, New York, USADied October 6, 201443 films

Marian Hall Seldes was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received subsequent nominations for Father's Day (1971), Deathtrap (1978–82), Ring Round the Moon (1999), and Dinner at Eight (2002). She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father's Day.

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Her other Broadway credits include Equus (1974–77), Ivanov (1997), and Deuce (2007). She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010.

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Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. TBAWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette EpisodeLouise Soubirous
  2. 2012Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of LifeMabel Billingsly
  3. 2010The Extra ManVivian Cudlip
  4. 2009The Toe TacticEunice (voice)
  5. 2008La Fille du Régiment - Metropolitan OperaThe Duchess of Krakenthorp
  6. 2008LeatherheadsClerk
  7. 2008The VisitorBarbara
  8. 2007August RushThe Dean
  9. 2007MiriamMrs. H.T. Miller
  10. 2007Suburban GirlMargaret Paddleford
  11. 2006In from the NightNora Cantata
  12. 2004PlainsongIva Stearns
  13. 2003Mona Lisa SmileJocelyn Carr
  14. 2002Hollywood EndingAlexandra
  15. 2001Town & CountryEugenie's Mother
  16. 2000DuetsHarriet Gahagan
  17. 20001961Abby Hedley
  18. 2000If These Walls Could Talk 2Abby Hedley
  19. 1999The HauntingMrs. Dudley
  20. 1998CelebrityDatloff Party Guest
  21. 1998AfflictionAlma Pittman
  22. 1997Home Alone 3Mrs. Hess
  23. 1997Digging to ChinaLeah Schroth
  24. 1995Tom and HuckWidow Douglas
  25. 1995ClarissaLillian Banion
  26. 1995TrumanEleanor Roosevelt
  27. 1994In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & MadnessJustice Susie Sharp
  28. 1992The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagMargaret Armstrong
  29. 1989In a Pig's EyeMrs. Isabel Purvis
  30. 1988ZitsMiss Maple
  31. 1987Gertrude Stein and a Companion!Alice B. Toklas
  32. 1978FingersRuth
  33. 1975Kate McShaneSecretary
  34. 1966The Star WagonMarian
  35. 1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldHerodias
  36. 1959Crime and Punishment USADebbie Cole
  37. 1959The Big FishermanArnon
  38. 1958The Plot to Kill StalinMme. Molotov
  39. 1958The Light in the ForestKate Owens
  40. 1957Panic ButtonKate Sullivan
  41. 1957The True Story of Jesse JamesRowena Cobb
  42. 1957The Young StrangerMrs. Morse (uncredited)
  43. 1954The Lonely NightCaroline