Acting
Barbara Bel Geddes
1922 · New York City, New York, USA
15 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Vertigo
Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Blood on the Moon
Amy Lufton
Caught
Leonora Eames
Fourteen Hours
Virginia Foster
The Five Pennies
Wila Stutsman
Panic in the Streets
Nancy Reed
By Love Possessed
Clarissa Winner
Obsessed with Vertigo
Self
The Long Night
Jo Ann
I Remember Mama
Katrin
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
Five Branded Women
Marja