Biography
Barbara Bel Geddes
Acting
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. Be…
Career works
27
Movies
15
Series
12
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
10/31/1922
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Date of death
08/08/2005
Filmography highlights
Movies
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · 7.0
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997 · 7.1
Our Town
1977 · 9.5
The Todd Killings
1971 · 4.6
Summertree
1971 · 6.3
By Love Possessed
1961 · 5.3
Five Branded Women
1960 · 6.1
The Five Pennies
1959 · 6.9
Vertigo
1958 · 8.1
Fourteen Hours
1951 · 7.3
Panic in the Streets
1950 · 6.9
Caught
1949 · 6.6
Blood on the Moon
1948 · 6.2
I Remember Mama
1948 · 7.2
The Long Night
1947 · 5.8
Series
