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Barbara Bel Geddes

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Barbara Bel Geddes

Born October 31, 1922 in New York City, New York, USADied August 8, 200513 films

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.

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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.

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Vertigo posterFirst watchVertigo19588.1as Marjorie 'Midge' WoodA retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Panic in the Streets poster6.9Panic in the Streets1950Caught poster6.6Caught1949I Remember Mama poster7.2I Remember Mama1948Fourteen Hours poster7.3Fourteen Hours1951Blood on the Moon poster6.2Blood on the Moon1948

Filmography

13 films as actor
  1. 1977Our TownMrs. Webb
  2. 1971The Todd KillingsMrs. Todd
  3. 1971SummertreeRuth
  4. 1961By Love PossessedClarissa Winner
  5. 1960Five Branded WomenMarja
  6. 1959The Five PenniesWila Stutsman
  7. 1958VertigoMarjorie 'Midge' Wood
  8. 1951Fourteen HoursVirginia Foster
  9. 1950Panic in the StreetsNancy Reed
  10. 1949CaughtLeonora Eames
  11. 1948Blood on the MoonAmy Lufton
  12. 1948I Remember MamaKatrin
  13. 1947The Long NightJo Ann