Barbara Bel Geddes: Barbara Bel Geddes. Actress: Vertigo. Arguably best remembered for her role as Miss Ellie, the Ewing family matriarch on the long-running TV series Dallas (1978), Barbara Bel Geddes had earlier scored success on stage and screen long before gaining more lasting fame on television. She was born in New York City on Halloween Day 1922, the daughter of noted theatrical and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes, who staged more than...
Known For: Vertigo (Marjorie 'Midge' Wood), Dallas (Miss Ellie EwingMiss Ellie Ewing Farlow), Panic in the Streets (Nancy Reed), Caught (Leonora Eames)