Actor
Barbara Bel Geddes
October 31, 1922 · 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 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Ellen Corby
3 titles together
Vertigo, I Remember Mama, The Long Night
Raymond Bailey
2 titles together
Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock
2 titles together
Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
John Benson
2 titles together
Vertigo, The Five Pennies
Ray Teal
2 titles together
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Long Night
Bartlett Robinson
2 titles together
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Riverboat
Full filmography · 25
Our Town
as Mrs. Webb
1977
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Todd
1971
Summertree
as Ruth
1971
By Love Possessed
as Clarissa Winner
1961
Five Branded Women
as Marja
19606.1
The Five Pennies
as Wila Stutsman
19596.9
Vertigo
as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
19588.1
Fourteen Hours
as Virginia Foster
19517.3
Panic in the Streets
as Nancy Reed
19506.9
Caught
as Leonora Eames
19496.6
Blood on the Moon
as Amy Lufton
19486.2
I Remember Mama
as Katrin
19487.2