Ellen Geer
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1941-08-29 (83 years old)
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Ellen Geer
Biography
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.
Known For
Actor
as Nana
as Lorraine
as Eunice Sequoia
as Cynthia
as Vera Mulqueen
as Miss Hanson
as Grandmother
as Mrs. Erskine
as Rose
as Mrs. Macon
as Ellen
as Anne Reilly
as Gert Case
as Grandma Benoit
as Grandma
as Grandma P.
as Lillian Sims
as Kay Lang
as Esther Daniels
as The Crone
as Librarian
as Dorothy Day
as Ruth Elliott
as Pharmacist
as Frances Unger Melnick
as Elderly Piper
as Mrs. Thompson
as Bonnie
as Joe's Mom
as Joyce
as Judge Gail Sanders
as Rose
as Woman at Al-Anon
as Mrs. Ferguson
as Valerie
as Lily
as Rose
as Martha
as Mary Kulik
as Waitress
as Fern Willis
as Mrs. Williams
as Dr. Kila Marr
as Mary
as Mother
as Norah Sloan
as Mrs. Spencer
as Amy Everette
as Mrs. Dudleigh
as Mrs. Cooley
as Mrs. Halloway
as Mrs. Marianne Kalitta
as Mrs. Grant
as Nellie
as Madge
as Doris
as Paula Stanley
as Veta Mercer
as Sandra Willat
as Marie Castle
as Stella Archer
as Mrs. Whitney
as Dr. Anita Krane
as Julie Barris
as Sarah Markham
as Hutton
as Lilly Didrikson
as Betty
as Barbara
as Mary Wiley
as Marian
as Sunshine Doré
as Vera Kotcher
as Wendy Howard
as Sally
as Nun
Writer
as Writer
as Writer