Ellen Geer
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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
Credits
Practical Magic (1998)
as Pharmacist
Patriot Games (1992)
as Rose
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
as Rose
Phenomenon (1996)
as Bonnie
The Postman (1997)
as Mrs. Thompson
Harold and Maude (1971)
as Sunshine Doré
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
as Woman at Al-Anon
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
as Mrs. Halloway
The Odd Couple II (1998)
as Frances Unger Melnick
Over the Edge (1979)
as Sandra Willat
Petulia (1968)
as Nun
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
as Ellen
Creator (1985)
as Mrs. Spencer
Criminal (2004)
as Grandma
The Reivers (1969)
as Sally
Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
as Mrs. Marianne Kalitta
Man in the Chair (2007)
as Mrs. Erskine
Satan's Princess (1989)
as Mary Kulik
Unlovable (2018)
as Nana
Bloody Birthday (1981)
as Madge
Hard Traveling (1986)
as Norah Sloan
I Want to Live (1983)
as Mrs. Cooley
Nancy Drew (2002)
as Librarian
Big Shots (1987)
as Bar Waitress
House at the End of the Drive (2014)
as Eunice Sequoia
Night Cries (1978)
as Mrs. Whitney
The Princess and the Cabbie (1981)
as Nellie
Crossworlds (1996)
as Joe's Mom
Lonely Hearts (1991)
as Martha
My Kidnapper, My Love (1980)
as Paula Stanley
The Visitation (2006)
as Mrs. Macon
Our House (2006)
as Rose
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story (1994)
as Former Skater
The Wild Pair (1987)
as Fern Willis
SON OF A BARMAN (—)
Actor
Deadly Lessons (1983)
as Mrs. Grant
A Shining Season (1979)
as Veta Mercer
Silence (1974)
as Barbara
Midnight Witness (1993)
as Valerie
Kotch (1971)
as Vera Kotcher
Memory of Us (1974)
as Betty
My Town (1986)
as Mother
Babe (1977)
as Lilly Didrikson
A Different Affair (1987)
as Mrs. Williams
June (2004)
as Grandma P.
The Gold Bracelet (2008)
as Miss Hanson