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)

The Mentalist
2008
as Grandmother

Supernatural
2005
as Gert Case

NCIS
2003
as Esther Daniels

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Ruth Elliott

Bones
2005
as Anne Reilly

Desperate Housewives
2004
as Lillian Sims

Castle
2009
as Vera Mulqueen

Dallas
1978
as Dr. Anita Krane

Charmed
1998
as Elderly Piper

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Dr. Kila Marr

JAG
1995
as Judge Gail Sanders

ER
1994
as Mrs. Ferguson

Nip/Tuck
2003
as Annalise Anderson

The Middle
2009
as Cynthia

Medium
2005
as Grandma Benoit

Cold Case
2003
as Kay Lang

The Waltons
1972

The Practice
1997
as Judge G. Warner

Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Lily

Falcon Crest
1981
as Doris

Hunter
1984
as Mrs. Dudleigh

Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Sarah Markham

Charlie's Angels
1976
as Hutton

Girlfriends
2000
as Elizabeth Bickle

Moonlighting
1985
as Amy Everette

Jake and the Fatman
1987

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Stella Archer

Barnaby Jones
1973
as Mary Wiley

Baretta
1975

The Bionic Woman
1976

The Name of the Game
1968
as Sally Henderson

7th Heaven
1996
as Joyce

American Dreams
2002
as Dorothy Day

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Ghost Story
1972
as Marian

Carnivàle
2003
as The Crone

Room 104
2017
as Lorraine

Police Story
1973

Once and Again
1999

L.A. Doctors
1998

CHiPs
1977
as Julie Barris

Voyagers!
1982

TV 101
1988
as Waitress

Trauma Center
1983

Delvecchio
1976
as Edie Parker
For the People
2002

Code Red
1981

Paris
1979
as Marie Castle

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

Patriot Games
1992
as Rose
Silence
1974
as Barbara

The Postman
1997
as Mrs. Thompson

When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
as Woman at Al-Anon

Harold and Maude
1971
as Sunshine Doré

Me and You and Everyone We Know
2005
as Ellen

Hard Traveling
1986
as Norah Sloan

Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
as Mrs. Halloway

Petulia
1968
as Nun

Unlovable
2018
as Nana

The Odd Couple II
1998
as Frances Unger Melnick

Creator
1985
as Mrs. Spencer

Criminal
2004
as Grandma

Over the Edge
1979
as Sandra Willat

The Wild Pair
1987
as Fern Willis

My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
as Paula Stanley

I Want to Live
1983
as Mrs. Cooley

Satan's Princess
1989
as Mary Kulik

The Reivers
1969
as Sally

A Shining Season
1979
as Veta Mercer

Bloody Birthday
1981
as Madge

Heart Like a Wheel
1983
as Mrs. Marianne Kalitta

Midnight Witness
1993
as Valerie

The Visitation
2006
as Mrs. Macon

Crossworlds
1996
as Joe's Mom

Lonely Hearts
1991
as Martha

Big Shots
1987
as Bar Waitress

Man in the Chair
2007
as Mrs. Erskine

Nancy Drew
2002
as Librarian

Our House
2006
as Rose

June
2004
as Grandma P.

Night Cries
1978
as Mrs. Whitney

House at the End of the Drive
2014
as Eunice Sequoia

Deadly Lessons
1983
as Mrs. Grant

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994
as Former Skater

Kotch
1971
as Vera Kotcher
SON OF A BARMAN

A Different Affair
1987
as Mrs. Williams

Babe
1977
as Lilly Didrikson
The Princess and the Cabbie
1981
as Nellie

My Town
1986
as Mother

Memory of Us
1974
as Betty

The Gold Bracelet
2008
as Miss Hanson
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
- Patriot Games (1992) — as Rose
- Silence (1974) — as Barbara
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