Biografía y filmografía

Ellen Geer

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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.

Fotos

Películas (47)

Unlovable

Unlovable

2018 · Nana

House at the End of the Drive

House at the End of the Drive

2014 · Eunice Sequoia

The Gold Bracelet

The Gold Bracelet

2008 · Miss Hanson

Man in the Chair

Man in the Chair

2007 · Mrs. Erskine

Our House

Our House

2006 · Rose

The Visitation

The Visitation

2006 · Mrs. Macon

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

2005 · Ellen

Criminal

Criminal

2004 · Grandma

June

June

2004 · Grandma P.

Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew

2002 · Librarian

Practical Magic

Practical Magic

1998 · Pharmacist

The Odd Couple II

The Odd Couple II

1998 · Frances Unger Melnick

The Postman

The Postman

1997 · Mrs. Thompson

Phenomenon

Phenomenon

1996 · Bonnie

Crossworlds

Crossworlds

1996 · Joe's Mom

Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

1994 · Rose

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

1994 · Former Skater

When a Man Loves a Woman

When a Man Loves a Woman

1994 · Woman at Al-Anon

Midnight Witness

Midnight Witness

1993 · Valerie

Patriot Games

Patriot Games

1992 · Rose

Lonely Hearts

Lonely Hearts

1991 · Martha

Satan's Princess

Satan's Princess

1989 · Mary Kulik

The Wild Pair

The Wild Pair

1987 · Fern Willis

Big Shots

Big Shots

1987 · Bar Waitress

A Different Affair

A Different Affair

1987 · Mrs. Williams

My Town

My Town

1986 · Mother

Kung Fu: The Movie

Kung Fu: The Movie

1986 · Old Wife

Hard Traveling

Hard Traveling

1986 · Norah Sloan

Creator

Creator

1985 · Mrs. Spencer

I Want to Live

I Want to Live

1983 · Mrs. Cooley

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983 · Mrs. Halloway

Heart Like a Wheel

Heart Like a Wheel

1983 · Mrs. Marianne Kalitta

Deadly Lessons

Deadly Lessons

1983 · Mrs. Grant

The Princess and the Cabbie

The Princess and the Cabbie

1981 · Nellie

Bloody Birthday

Bloody Birthday

1981 · Madge

My Kidnapper, My Love

My Kidnapper, My Love

1980 · Paula Stanley

A Shining Season

A Shining Season

1979 · Veta Mercer

Over the Edge

Over the Edge

1979 · Sandra Willat

Night Cries

Night Cries

1978 · Mrs. Whitney

Babe

Babe

1977 · Lilly Didrikson

Memory of Us

Memory of Us

1974 · Betty, Writer

Silence

Silence

1974 · Barbara, Writer

Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

1971 · Sunshine Doré

Kotch

Kotch

1971 · Vera Kotcher

The Reivers

The Reivers

1969 · Sally

Petulia

Petulia

1968 · Nun

SON OF A BARMAN

SON OF A BARMAN

Series (51)