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Barbara Bel Geddes
Actor
Born October 31, 1922Died August 8, 2005 (82 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2005 | Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again · as Miss Ellie Ewing |
| 2004 | Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork · as Miss Ellie Ewing |
| 2002 | After Dallas · as Miss Ellie Ewing |
| 2000 | Doing Dallas · as Miss Ellie Ewing |
| 1982 | Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies · as Jo Ann |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Miss Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow |
| 1977 | Our Town · as Mrs. Webb |
| 1971 | The Todd Killings · as Mrs. Todd |
| 1971 | Summertree · as Ruth |
| 1968 | Journey to the Unknown (TV Series) |
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Molly Malone |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed · as Clarissa Winner |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Ruth Halliman |
| 1960 | 5 Branded Women · as Marja |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Missy |
| 1959 | The Five Pennies · as Wila Stutsman |
| 1958 | Vertigo · as Marjorie 'midge' Wood |
| 1957 | The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Sidney Cantrell |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Lucia Clay |
| 1955 | The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Lily Barton |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Marcia |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours · as Virginia Foster |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Bethel Merriday |
| 1950 | Panic in the Streets · as Nancy Reed |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Tracy Samantha Lord |
| 1949 | Caught · as Leonora Eames |
| 1948 | Blood on the Moon · as Amy Lufton |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Letty Grey |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama · as Katrin |
| 1947 | The Long Night · as Jo Ann |