Barbara Bel Geddes

Known for

Acting

Born

October 31, 1922

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Died

August 8, 2005 (aged 82)

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...

Best known work

Vertigo

1958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Dallas

1978

Panic in the Streets

1950

Caught

1949

Blood on the Moon

1948

I Remember Mama

1948

Fourteen Hours

1951

The Long Night

1947

Daniel Boone

1964

Filmography

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Self
1978
DallasTV
as Miss Ellie (304 episodes)
1977
Our Town
as Mrs. Webb
1976
Spencer's PilotsTV
1971
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Todd
1971
Summertree
as Ruth
1968
Journey to the UnknownTV
as Inga Madison (1 episode)
1966
CBS PlayhouseTV
as Doris Gray (1 episode)
1964
Daniel BooneTV
as Molly Malone (1 episode)
1961
Dr. KildareTV
as Dr. Ruth Halliman (1 episode)
1961
By Love Possessed
as Clarissa Winner
1960
The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesTV
1960
Five Branded Women
as Marja
1959
RiverboatTV
as Missy (1 episode)
1959
The Five Pennies
as Wila Stutsman
1958
Vertigo
as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV
as Lucia Clay (1 episode), as Mary Maloney (1 episode), as Helen Brewster (1 episode), as Sybilla Meade (1 episode)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsTV
as Marcia (1 episode), as Mary Andrews (1 episode)
1951
Fourteen Hours
as Virginia Foster
1950
Panic in the Streets
as Nancy Reed
1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsTV
as The Second Mrs. de Winter (1 episode), as Tracy Samantha Lord (1 episode)
1949
Caught
as Leonora Eames
1948
Blood on the Moon
as Amy Lufton
1948
Studio OneTV
as Charlotte Lamb (1 episode), as Letty Grey (1 episode)