Portrait of Barbara Bel Geddes

Acting

Barbara Bel Geddes

Career

Active from 1947 to 1978, with a break from 1961 to 1970, busiest in 1948 and 1971 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Vertigo
Vertigo
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Bel Geddes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 3
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

5 titles ยท average score 68
Dallas
Dallas (1978)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Miss Ellie

Our Town
Our Town (1977)
GoodWatch score 87

as Mrs. Webb

Spencer's Pilots
Spencer's Pilots (1976)

TV show

The Todd Killings
The Todd Killings (1971)
GoodWatch score 53

as Mrs. Todd

Summertree
Summertree (1971)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ruth

1960s

7 titles ยท average score 59
Journey to the Unknown
Journey to the Unknown (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Inga Madison

CBS Playhouse
CBS Playhouse (1966)

TV show ยท as Doris Gray

Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (1964)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Molly Malone

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Dr. Ruth Halliman

By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed (1961)
GoodWatch score 49

as Clarissa Winner

Five Branded Women
Five Branded Women (1960)
GoodWatch score 63

as Marja

The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960)

TV show

1950s

8 titles ยท average score 75
The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies (1959)
GoodWatch score 77

as Wila Stutsman

Riverboat
Riverboat (1959)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Missy

Vertigo
Vertigo (1958)
GoodWatch score 91

as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Sybilla Meade / Mary Maloney

Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours (1951)
GoodWatch score 67

as Virginia Foster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Mary Andrews / Marcia

Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets (1950)
GoodWatch score 84

as Nancy Reed

Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV show ยท as The Second Mrs. de Winter / Tracy Samantha Lord

1940s

5 titles ยท average score 74
Caught
Caught (1949)
GoodWatch score 85

as Leonora Eames

Blood on the Moon
Blood on the Moon (1948)
GoodWatch score 74

as Amy Lufton

I Remember Mama
I Remember Mama (1948)
GoodWatch score 88

as Katrin

Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Charlotte Lamb / Letty Grey

The Long Night
The Long Night (1947)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jo Ann