Barbara Bel Geddes was an American actress, artist and children's author. She is best known for her role in the television drama series Dallas as matriarch Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing. Bel Geddes also starred in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the role of Maggie. Her notable films included Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and I Remember Mama . She was the recipient of several acting awards and nominations throughout her career. Bel Geddes was born in New York City, the daughter of Helen Belle and stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes. She married theatrical... manager Carl Sawyer in 1944; they had one daughter, Susan. They divorced in 1951. Later that year, she married stage director Windsor Lewis with whom she had a daughter, Betsy. When Lewis became ill in 1967, Bel Geddes suspended her career to care for him until his death in 1972. Bel Geddes came to prominence in the 1946 Broadway production of Deep Are The Roots.
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| Birthdate: | October 31, 1922 |
| Birthplace: | New York City |
| Date of death: | August 8, 2005 |
| Height: | 5' 3" |
| Also known as: | Barbara Geddes, barbara_bel_geddes |