Actor
Barbara Bel Geddes
Born 31 October 1922 · New York City, New York, USA — died 8 August 2005
Barbara Bel Geddes (1922–2005) was an American actress of stage, film and television. She originated Maggie in Broadway's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and played Midge in Hitchcock's Vertigo. She became widely known to TV audiences as Miss Ellie Ewing on Dallas.
Key films
I Remember Mama (1948)
Her early screen breakthrough as the eldest daughter, earning her an Oscar nomination.
Caught (1949)
Lead role in Max Ophüls' noir melodrama about a young woman trapped in a marriage to a controlling millionaire.
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Played the wife of a public health officer in Elia Kazan's tense New Orleans thriller.
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Appeared in a gripping drama about a man threatening to jump from a skyscraper.
Vertigo (1958)On Cinespective
Played Midge in Hitchcock's masterpiece, her best-remembered film role.
Key awards
- 1949: Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (I Remember Mama)
- 1980: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Dallas)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 15
- 1947The Long Night · as Jo AnnActor
- 1948Blood on the Moon · as Amy LuftonActor
- 1948I Remember Mama · as KatrinActor
- 1949Caught · as Leonora EamesActor
- 1950Panic in the Streets · as Nancy ReedActor
- 1951Fourteen Hours · as Virginia FosterActor
- 1958Vertigo · as Marjorie 'Midge' WoodActor
- 1959The Five Pennies · as Wila StutsmanActor
- 1960Five Branded Women · as MarjaActor
- 1961By Love Possessed · as Clarissa WinnerActor
- 1971The Todd Killings · as Mrs. ToddActor
- 1971Summertree · as RuthActor
- 1977Our Town · as Mrs. WebbActor
- 1997Obsessed with Vertigo · as SelfActor
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · as Self (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.