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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

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

    1980 · Won · 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards

    Dallas

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role

    1949 · Nominated · 21st Academy Awards

    I Remember Mama

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters Barbara Bel Geddes played, best-known titles first.

Barbara Bel Geddes as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Barbara Bel Geddes as Ellie Ewing Farlow

Character images: TheTVDB

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: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Bel Geddes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

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

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 · average score 68
Dallas
Dallas (1978)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · 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 · average score 59
Journey to the Unknown
Journey to the Unknown (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Inga Madison

CBS Playhouse
CBS Playhouse (1966)

TV show · as Doris Gray

Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (1964)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Molly Malone

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

TV show · 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 · average score 75
The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies (1959)
GoodWatch score 75

as Wila Stutsman

Riverboat
Riverboat (1959)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Missy

Vertigo
Vertigo (1958)
GoodWatch score 91

as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood

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

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

1940s

5 titles · 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 89

as Katrin

Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Letty Grey / Charlotte Lamb

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

as Jo Ann