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person_profile-Ellen Geer

Ellen Geer Age: 83

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ellen Geer

Date of Birth:

Aug 29, 1941

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Ellen Geer

    ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

    Ellen Ware Geer (born August 29, 1941) is an American actress, professor, screenwriter, film director and theatre director.Geer has enjoyed a long, distinguished career in film and television. She began her career appearing as a nun in the 1968 Richard Lester drama Petulia. Geer followed this with an appearance in 1969's The Reivers with her father, Will Geer. In 1971, Geer played the deceased wife of the lead character in Kotch, appearing throughout the movie in flashbacks. That same year, she became a regular on The Jimmy Stewart Show (which aired until the following year) and had a supporting role in the acclaimed comedy Harold and Maude. In 1974, she starred in two films which she also wrote: Silence and Memory of Us. Both featured her father. The remainder of Geer's 1970s career consisted primarily of guest appearances and made-for-TV movies. TV shows on which she appeared during this time included Police Story, The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, and two episodes of Fantasy Island. Her TV movie credits during this time included Babe (1975), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977), and A Shining Season (1979). The only theatrical film on which she worked in the late '70s was Jonathan Kaplan's Over the Edge in 1979. The remainder of her TV credits include guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Waltons, Quincy, M.E., Dallas, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, NYPD Blue, and Cold Case. She also had recurring roles on Falcon Crest and Beauty and the Beast. She played future Piper Halliwell on the WB series Charmed in the series finale. In October 2007, the actress returned briefly to Desperate Housewives which she briefly appeared in before. Geer has served since 1978 as Artistic Director of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, a professional repertory, open-air theater in Topanga Canyon, California. Geer has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor, teaching acting, at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater for 12 years.

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Filmography of

Ellen Geer

Found 42 Movies in total

Unlovable

Nana ( Actor )

... 2018

House at the End of the Drive

Eunice Sequoia ( Actor )

... 2014

Man in the Chair

Mrs. Erskine ( Actor )

... 2007

The Visitation

Mrs. Macon ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2005

Criminal

Grandma ( Actor )

... 2004

June

Grandma P. ( Actor )

... 2004

Nancy Drew

Librarian ( Actor )

... 2002

Practical Magic

Pharmacist ( Actor )

... 1998

The Odd Couple II

Frances Unger Melnick ( Actor )

... 1998

The Postman

Pineview Woman ( Actor )

... 1997

Phenomenon

Bonnie ( Actor )

... 1996

Crossworlds

Joe's Mom ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1994

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

Former Skater ( Actor )

... 1994

When a Man Loves a Woman

Woman at Al-Anon ( Actor )

... 1994

Midnight Witness

Valerie ( Actor )

... 1993

Patriot Games

Rose ( Actor )

... 1992

Lonely Hearts

Martha ( Actor )

... 1991

Satan's Princess

Mary Kulik ( Actor )

... 1989

The Wild Pair

Fern Willis ( Actor )

... 1987

A Different Affair

Mrs. Williams ( Actor )

... 1987

My Town

Mother ( Actor )

... 1986

Hard Traveling

Norah Sloan ( Actor )

... 1986

Creator

Mrs. Spencer ( Actor )

... 1985

I Want to Live

Mrs. Cooley ( Actor )

... 1983

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Mrs. Halloway ( Actor )

... 1983

Heart Like a Wheel

Mrs. Marianne Kalitta ( Actor )

... 1983

Deadly Lessons

Mrs. Grant ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1981

Bloody Birthday

Madge ( Actor )

... 1981

My Kidnapper, My Love

Paula Stanley ( Actor )

... 1980

A Shining Season

Veta Mercer ( Actor )

... 1979

Over the Edge

Sandra Willat ( Actor )

... 1979

Night Cries

Mrs. Whitney ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1977

Babe

Lilly Didrikson ( Actor )

... 1975

Memory of Us

Betty ( Actor )

Writer

... 1974

Harold and Maude

Sunshine Doré ( Actor )

... 1971

Kotch

Vera Kotcher ( Actor )

... 1971

The Reivers

Sally ( Actor )

... 1969

Petulia

Nun ( Actor )

... 1968