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 & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series · 1980
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year · 1952
- Theatre World Award · 1946
- Donaldson Awards
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1961 · nominated
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- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1949 · nominated
Filmography14 titles
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
I Remember Mama
Daniel Boone
Dallas
The Five Pennies
Panic in the Streets
The Ed Sullivan Show
Caught
Summertree
Blood on the Moon
The Long Night
By Love Possessed
The Todd Killings