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