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