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Barbara Bel Geddes Biography (1922-)

Born October 31, 1922, in New York, NY; daughter of Norman and Helen Belle (Sneider) Bel Geddes; married Carl Schreuer, January 24, 1944 (divorced, 1951);married Windsor Lewis, April 15, 1951 (deceased); children: (first marriage)Susan; (second marriage) Betsy. Addresses: OFFICE--c/o Dallas, CBS Television, 7800 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036.

CTFT learned Barbara Bel Geddes designs greeting cards for George Caspari, Inc.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

October 31, 1922

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--School for Scandal, Clinton Playhouse, Clinton, CT, 1940.
• NEW YORK DEBUT--Dottie Coburn, Out of the Frying Pan, Windsor Theatre, 1941.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Cynthia Brown, Little Darling, Biltmore Theatre, NY, 1942.
• Alice, Nine Girls, Longacre Theatre, NY, 1943.
• Wilhelmina, Mrs. January and Mr. X, Belasco Theatre, NY, 1955.
• Genevra Langdon, Deep Are the Roots, Fulton Theatre, NY, 1945.
• Mordeen, Burning Bright, Broadhurst Theatre, NY, 1950.
• Patty O'Neill, The Moon Is Blue, Henry Miller's Theatre, NY, 1951.
• Rose Pemberton, The Living Room, Henry Miller's Theatre, NY, 1954.
• Maggie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Morosco Theatre, NY, 1955.
• Mary, The Sleeping Prince, Coronet Theatre, NY, 1956.
• Katherine Johnson, Silent Night, Morosco Theatre, NY, 1959.
• Mary, Mary, Mary, Helen Hayes Theatre, NY, 1961.
• Ellen Manville, Luv, Booth Theatre, NY, 1966.
• Jenny, Everything in the Garden, Plymouth Theatre, NY, 1967.
• Katy Cooper, Finishing Touches, Plymouth Theatre, NY, then Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1973.
• Appeared frequently in stock in such productions as Claudia, Lilian, BornYesterday, Voice of the Turtle, Wait Until Dark and Tobacco Road.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Judy, Junior Miss, USO, U.S. Army installations, 1942.
• Katy Cooper, Finishing Touches, U.S. cities, 1974.
• Ah! Wildnerness, U.S. cities, 1975.
• FILM DEBUT--The Long Night, 1947.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• I Remember Mama, 1948.
• Blood on the Moon, 1948.
• Caught, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949.
• Panic in the Streets, 1950.
• Fourteen Hours, 1951.
• The Five Pennies, Columbia, 1959.
• Five Branded Women, Paramount, 1960.
• By Love Posessed, United Artists, 1961.
• The Todd Killings (also known as A Dangerous Friend), National General, 1971.
• Summertree, Columbia, 1971.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Eleanor Southworth (Miss Ellie) Ewing, Dallas, CBS, 1978-84, 1985--.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• "Molly Morgan," Nash Airflyte Theater, CBS, 1951.

Recent Updates

August 8, 2005: Bel Geddes died on August 8, 2005, at her home in Northeast Harbor, Maine, of lung cancer. She was 82. Source: CNN.com, www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/10/obit.belgeddes.ap/index.html, August 18, 2005.