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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ActingBirthday
August 29, 1941Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
46Place of birth
New York City, New York, USACast credits
Harold and Maude
Sunshine DoréMe and You and Everyone We Know
EllenOver the Edge
Sandra WillatThe Visitation
Mrs. MaconSomething Wicked This Way Comes
Mrs. HallowayCrossworlds
Joe's MomThe Wild Pair
Fern WillisSatan's Princess
Mary KulikBabe
Lilly DidriksonLonely Hearts
MarthaMy Town
MotherHouse at the End of the Drive
Eunice SequoiaThe Reivers
SallyThe Princess and the Cabbie
NellieKotch
Vera KotcherBloody Birthday
MadgeWhen a Man Loves a Woman
Woman at Al-AnonMidnight Witness
ValerieThe Gold Bracelet
Miss HansonA Shining Season
Veta Mercer