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Ellen Geer
Actor, Writer
Born August 29, 1941 (80 years)
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Ellen Ware Geer (born August 29, 1941) is an American actress, professor, screenwriter, film director and theatre director.Geer has enjoyed a long, distinguished career in film and television. She began her career appearing as a nun in the 1968 Richard Lester drama Petulia. Geer followed this with an appearance in 1969's The Reivers with her father, Will Geer. In 1971, Geer played the deceased wife of the lead character in Kotch, appearing throughout the movie in flashbacks. That same year, she became a regular on The Jimmy Stewart Show (which aired until the following year) and had a supporting role in the acclaimed comedy Harold and Maude. In 1974, she starred in two films which she also wrote: Silence and Memory of Us. Both featured her father. The remainder of Geer's 1970s career consisted primarily of guest appearances and made-for-TV movies. TV shows on which she appeared during this time included Police Story, The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, and two episodes of Fantasy Island. Her TV movie credits during this time included Babe (1975), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977), and A Shining Season (1979). The only theatrical film on which she worked in the late '70s was Jonathan Kaplan's Over the Edge in 1979. The remainder of her TV credits include guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Waltons, Quincy, M.E., Dallas, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, NYPD Blue, and Cold Case. She also had recurring roles on Falcon Crest and Beauty and the Beast. She played future Piper Halliwell on the WB series Charmed in the series finale. In October 2007, the actress returned briefly to Desperate Housewives which she briefly appeared in before. Geer has served since 1978 as Artistic Director of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, a professional repertory, open-air theater in Topanga Canyon, California. Geer has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor, teaching acting, at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater for 12 years.
Filmography
| 2018 | Unlovable · as Nana |
| 2017 | Room 104 (TV Series) · as Lorraine |
| 2016 | Better Things (TV Series) · as Woman in Yellow |
| 2014 | House at the End of the Drive · as Eunice Sequoia |
| 2012 | The Misadventures of the Dunderheads · as Vernice |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (TV Series) · as Mary Ellen Stahl |
| 2009 | The Middle (TV Series) · as Cynthia |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Vera Mulqueen |
| 2008 | The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Grandmother |
| 2007 | Man in the Chair · as Mrs. Erskine |
| 2006 | Our House · as Rose |
| 2006 | The Visitation · as Mrs. Macon |
| 2005 | Me and You and Everyone We Know · as Ellen |
| 2005 | Medium (TV Series) · as Grandma Benoit |
| 2005 | Supernatural (TV Series) · as Gert Case |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Anne Reilly |
| 2004 | Criminal · as Grandma |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck (TV Series) · as Annalise Anderson |
| 2003 | Carnivàle (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Esther Daniels |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Kay Lang |
| 2002 | Nancy Drew · as Librarian |
| 2002 | American Dreams (TV Series) · as Dorothy Day |
| 2001 | Philly (TV Series) · as Carol Vaughn |
| 2001 | The Division (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Ruth Elliott |
| 2000 | Girlfriends (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Once And Again (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1998 | Practical Magic · as Pharmacist |
| 1998 | The Odd Couple II · as Frances Unger Melnick |
| 1998 | Charmed (TV Series) · as Elderly Piper |
| 1997 | The Postman · as Pineview Woman |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) · as Librarian |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Phenomenon · as Bonnie |
| 1996 | Crossworlds · as Joe's Mom |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven (TV Series) · as Joyce |
| 1995 | JAG (TV Series) · as Judge Gail Sanders |
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger · as Rose |
| 1994 | When a Man Loves a Woman · as Woman at Al-Anon |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Mrs. Ferguson |
| 1993 | Midnight Witness · as Valerie |
| 1993 | Deadly Exposure · as actor |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Veronica Lewis |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Lily |
| 1992 | Patriot Games · as Rose |
| 1991 | Lonely Hearts · as Martha |
| 1991 | The Pirates of Dark Water (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1989 | Satan's Princess · as Mary Kulik |
| 1988 | TV 101 (TV Series) · as Waitress |
| 1987 | The Wild Pair · as Fern Willis |
| 1987 | Big Shots · as Bar Waitress |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Dr. Kila Marr |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) · as Mary |
| 1986 | Kung Fu: The Movie · as Old Wife |
| 1986 | Hard Traveling · as Norah Sloan |
| 1985 | Creator · as Mrs. Spencer |
| 1985 | Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Irreconcilable Differences · as actor |
| 1984 | Hunter (TV Series) · as Mrs. Dudleigh |
| 1984 | Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Dorothy |
| 1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes · as Mrs. Halloway |
| 1983 | Heart Like a Wheel · as Mrs. Marianne Kalitta |
| 1982 | Voyagers! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Bloody Birthday · as Madge |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Dynasty (TV Series) · as Charlotte |
| 1981 | Code Red (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | On the Nickel · as Louise |
| 1980 | Too Close for Comfort (TV Series) · as Loraine Dockery |
| 1979 | Over the Edge · as Sandra Willat |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Stella Archer |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Dr. Anita Krane |
| 1977 | The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald · as Unknown |
| 1977 | CHiPs (TV Series) · as Julie Barris |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Doris Greer |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case · as Myra Condon |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Baretta (TV Series) · as Susan Foster |
| 1974 | Silence · as Barbara |
| 1974 | The Memory of Us · as Betty |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Mary Wiley |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Ghost Story (TV Series) · as Marian |
| 1972 | The Waltons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Harold and Maude · as Sunshine Doré |
| 1971 | Kotch · as Vera Kotcher |
| 1969 | The Reivers · as Sally |
| 1968 | Petulia · as Nun |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Sally Henderson |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Mother |