Ellen Geer
Known for Acting · 97 credits
- Born
- 1941-08-29 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
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
TV Shows (51)
Supernatural
2005
as Gert Case
NCIS
2003
as Esther Daniels
The Mentalist
2008
as Grandmother
Bones
2005
as Anne Reilly
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Ruth Elliott
Castle
2009
as Vera Mulqueen
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Lillian Sims
Charmed
1998
as Elderly Piper
ER
1994
as Mrs. Ferguson
JAG
1995
as Judge Gail Sanders
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Dr. Kila Marr
Medium
2005
as Grandma Benoit
The Middle
2009
as Cynthia
Dallas
1978
as Dr. Anita Krane
Falcon Crest
1981
as Doris
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Lily
Cold Case
2003
as Kay Lang
The Practice
1997
as Judge G. Warner
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Hutton
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Sarah Markham
The Waltons
1972
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Annalise Anderson
Moonlighting
1985
as Amy Everette
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Stella Archer
Hunter
1984
as Mrs. Dudleigh
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Girlfriends
2000
as Elizabeth Bickle
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Mary Wiley
7th Heaven
1996
as Joyce
The Name of the Game
1968
as Sally Henderson
Baretta
1975
American Dreams
2002
as Dorothy Day
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Bionic Woman
1976
CHiPs
1977
as Julie Barris
Room 104
2017
as Lorraine
Carnivàle
2003
as The Crone
Police Story
1973
Once and Again
1999
L.A. Doctors
1998
Ghost Story
1972
as Marian
Code Red
1981
Voyagers!
1982
TV 101
1988
as Waitress
Trauma Center
1983
Paris
1979
as Marie Castle
Delvecchio
1976
as Edie Parker
For the People
2002
The Jimmy Stewart Show
1971
as Wendy Howard
Archer
1975
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Mary
Movies (46)
Practical Magic
1998
as Pharmacist
Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Rose
Phenomenon
1996
as Bonnie
The Postman
1997
as Mrs. Thompson
Patriot Games
1992
as Rose
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
as Woman at Al-Anon
Harold and Maude
1971
as Sunshine Doré
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
as Mrs. Halloway
Criminal
2004
as Grandma
Creator
1985
as Mrs. Spencer
Me and You and Everyone We Know
2005
as Ellen
The Odd Couple II
1998
as Frances Unger Melnick
Petulia
1968
as Nun
Bloody Birthday
1981
as Madge
The Reivers
1969
as Sally
Crossworlds
1996
as Joe's Mom
Deadly Lessons
1983
as Mrs. Grant
Midnight Witness
1993
as Valerie
Big Shots
1987
as Bar Waitress
Over the Edge
1979
as Sandra Willat
Kotch
1971
as Vera Kotcher
The Visitation
2006
as Mrs. Macon
Nancy Drew
2002
as Librarian
Unlovable
2018
as Nana
Heart Like a Wheel
1983
as Mrs. Marianne Kalitta
Babe
1977
as Lilly Didrikson
I Want to Live
1983
as Mrs. Cooley
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994
as Former Skater
The Wild Pair
1987
as Fern Willis
A Shining Season
1979
as Veta Mercer
The Princess and the Cabbie
1981
as Nellie
Lonely Hearts
1991
as Martha
My Town
1986
as Mother
Man in the Chair
2007
as Mrs. Erskine
Night Cries
1978
as Mrs. Whitney
SON OF A BARMAN
June
2004
as Grandma P.
Silence
1974
as Barbara
Our House
2006
as Rose
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
as Paula Stanley
House at the End of the Drive
2014
as Eunice Sequoia
A Different Affair
1987
as Mrs. Williams
Memory of Us
1974
as Betty
The Gold Bracelet
2008
as Miss Hanson
Satan's Princess
1989
as Mary Kulik
Hard Traveling
1986
as Norah Sloan
About 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… With 97 credits spanning from 1968 to 2018, Ellen Geer has appeared in 46 films and 51 TV shows.
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- Practical Magic (1998) — as Pharmacist
- Clear and Present Danger (1994) — as Rose
- Phenomenon (1996) — as Bonnie
- The Postman (1997) — as Mrs. Thompson
- Patriot Games (1992) — as Rose
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