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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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Born:
Aug 29, 1941 In New York City - New York - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
75
First Appeared:
In the movie Petulia 1968-06-10
Latest Project:
Movie Unlovable 2018-11-01
Known For
Poster of Bones
Poster of Me and You and Everyone We Know
Poster of Babe
Poster of The Reivers
Filmography
Movie Unlovable Nana 2018-11-01
Movie House at the End of the Drive Eunice Sequoia 2014-01-11
Series Castle Viola Maddox 2009-03-09
Movie The Gold Bracelet Miss Hanson 2008-01-01
Movie Our House Rose 2006-05-01
Movie The Visitation Mrs. Macon 2006-02-28
Series Medium Unknown 2005-01-03
Movie Me and You and Everyone We Know Ellen 2005-06-17
Series Bones Unknown 2005-09-13
Series Supernatural Unknown 2005-09-13
Movie Criminal Grandma 2004-09-10
Movie June Grandma P. 2004-06-04
Series Desperate Housewives Unknown 2004-10-03
Series Carnivàle Unknown 2003-09-14
Series Cold Case Unknown 2003-09-28
Movie Nancy Drew Librarian 2002-12-15
Series The Division Unknown 2001-01-07
Series Girlfriends Unknown 2000-09-11
Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown 2000-10-06
Series Once and Again Unknown 1999-09-21
Series Charmed Unknown 1998-10-07
Movie The Odd Couple II Frances Unger Melnick 1998-04-09
Movie Practical Magic Pharmacist 1998-10-16
Series The Practice Unknown 1997-03-04
Movie The Postman Pineview Woman 1997-12-25
Movie Phenomenon Bonnie 1996-07-05
Movie Crossworlds Joe's Mom 1996-10-30
Series JAG Unknown 1995-09-23
Movie When a Man Loves a Woman Woman at Al-Anon 1994-04-29
Movie Clear and Present Danger Rose 1994-08-03
Series ER Unknown 1994-09-19
Movie Midnight Witness Valerie 1993-02-25
Series Diagnosis: Murder Unknown 1993-10-29
Movie Patriot Games Rose 1992-06-04
Movie Lonely Hearts Martha 1991-09-11
Movie Satan's Princess Mary Kulik 1989-12-01
Series Beauty and the Beast Mary 1987-09-25
Movie A Different Affair Mrs. Williams 1987-03-24
Series Star Trek: The Next Generation Unknown 1987-09-28
Series Jake and the Fatman 1987-09-26
Movie The Wild Pair Fern Willis 1987-12-11
Movie My Town Mother 1986-05-25
Series Moonlighting Unknown 1985-03-03
Movie Creator Mrs. Spencer 1985-09-20
Series Hunter Unknown 1984-09-18
Movie Deadly Lessons Mrs. Grant 1983-03-07
Movie Heart Like a Wheel Mrs. Marianne Kalitta 1983-04-01
Movie Something Wicked This Way Comes Mrs. Halloway 1983-04-29
Movie I Want to Live Mrs. Cooley 1983-05-09
Series Voyagers! Unknown 1982-10-03
Movie Bloody Birthday Madge 1981-04-28
Movie The Princess and the Cabbie Nellie 1981-11-03
Series Falcon Crest Unknown 1981-12-04
Movie Over the Edge Sandra Willat 1979-05-18
Movie A Shining Season Veta Mercer 1979-12-26
Series Paris Unknown 1979-09-29
Movie Night Cries Mrs. Whitney 1978-01-29
Movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald 1977-09-30
Series CHiPs Unknown 1977-09-15
Series The Bionic Woman Unknown 1976-01-14
Series Charlie's Angels Unknown 1976-09-22
Series Quincy, M.E. Unknown 1976-10-03
Series Baretta Unknown 1975-01-17
Movie Babe Lilly Didrikson 1975-10-25
Series Archer Unknown 1975-01-30
Movie Silence Barbara 1974-04-15
Series Police Story Unknown 1973-03-20
Series The Waltons Unknown 1972-09-14
Series Ghost Story Unknown 1972-09-15
Series The Streets of San Francisco Unknown 1972-09-23
Movie Kotch Vera Kotcher 1971-09-17
Movie Harold and Maude Sunshine Doré 1971-12-20
Series The Jimmy Stewart Show Wendy Howard 1971-09-19
Movie The Reivers Sally 1969-12-25
Movie Petulia Nun 1968-06-10