Personal Info
Barbara Bel Geddes
Acting
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 continue…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Self
Our Town
as Mrs. Webb
Summertree
as Ruth
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Todd
By Love Possessed
as Clarissa Winner
Five Branded Women
as Marja
The Five Pennies
as Wila Stutsman
Vertigo
as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Fourteen Hours
as Virginia Foster
TV Shows
Dallas
as Miss Ellie · 304 ep.
Spencer's Pilots
1 ep.
Journey to the Unknown
1 ep.
CBS Playhouse
as Doris Gray · 1 ep.
Daniel Boone
as Molly Malone · 1 ep.
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Ruth Halliman · 1 ep.
Riverboat
as Missy · 1 ep.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sybilla Meade · 1 ep.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Mary Andrews · 1 ep.
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Tracy Samantha Lord · 1 ep.