Cast

Barbara Bel Geddes

1922 – 2005

Active years (films on this site)

1949–1958

Genres

CrimeDramaFilm-NoirMysteryRomance

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodFrench Poetic Realism and Classical Cinema

Directors worked with

Max Ophüls1 filmElia Kazan1 filmAlfred Hitchcock1 film

Biography

Barbara Bel Geddes was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost five decades. She received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and two Tony Awards. Bel Geddes was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in the television series Dallas, while her notable films included I Remember Mama (1948) and Vertigo (1958). In theatre, she is best remembered as Maggie in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955.

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Awards and honours

International

• Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 1952
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 1980

National / local

• Theatre World Award 1946
• Donaldson Awards

3 films on this site

1. Caught 1949 · Max Ophüls · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
2. Panic in the Streets 1950 · Elia Kazan · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
3. Vertigo 1958 · Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb 8.2 · Cast