Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955

Barbara Bel Geddes (born October 31, 1922) is an American actress.

Bel Geddes, the daughter of architect Norman Bel Geddes, began as stage actress. Her most notable stage performance was originating the role of Maggie in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway in 1955.

Her film career began with 1947's The Long Night. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for I Remember Mama (1948). However, the House Unamerican Activities Committee investigations essentially ended her film career. Her career restarted when Alfred Hitchcock cast her in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents as well as an important role in the movie Vertigo (1958).

From 1978 to 1991, Bel Geddes played Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow on the prime time soap opera Dallas. In the 1984-1985 season she was replaced by Donna Reed because of Bel Geddes's heart surgery.

Retired from acting, she lives in Maine.


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Retired from acting, she lives in Maine. Browning's newest project is the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, in which she played the role of Violet Baudelaire, the oldest child who is a great inventor and very clever. In the 1984-1985 season she was replaced by Donna Reed because of Bel Geddes's heart surgery. She also appeared alongside Orlando Bloom and Heath Ledger in the 2003 drama movie Ned Kelly. From 1978 to 1991, Bel Geddes played Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow on the prime time soap opera Dallas. She has starred in the horror film Darkness Falls. Her career restarted when Alfred Hitchcock cast her in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents as well as an important role in the movie Vertigo (1958). She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

However, the House Unamerican Activities Committee investigations essentially ended her film career. Emily Browning (born December 7, 1988) is a child actor. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for I Remember Mama (1948). Ghost Ship (2002). Her film career began with 1947's The Long Night. Darkness Falls (2003). Her most notable stage performance was originating the role of Maggie in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway in 1955. Ned Kelly (2003).

Bel Geddes, the daughter of architect Norman Bel Geddes, began as stage actress. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). Barbara Bel Geddes (born October 31, 1922) is an American actress.