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Dallas Actors Wonderful Barbara Bel Geddes
In , The New Yorkerpublished a cartoon showing a group of businessmen sitting around a boardroom table. “Gentlemen,” one of them says, “I am convinced that our next new biscuit must by styled by Norman Bel Geddes.”
Norman Bel Geddes never did design any biscuits, but he designed almost everything else, and for a couple of decades he was almost surely the best-known designer in America, the go-to guy for General Motors (he designed the company’s famous Futurama exhibit at the New York World’s Fair), Chrysler (he tweaked the Airflow, one of the first commercially produced aerodynamic vehicles), Philco (radios), and RCA (more radios). He designed appliances for Electrolux, seltzer bottles for Walter Kidde, vanities for the Simmons Company, and a chrome-plated cocktail set for Revere Copper and Brass that is an exclamation po
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Barbara Bel Geddes
Awards and Nominations
Tony Awards - - Best Performance bygd an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Barbara Bel Geddes, Mary, Mary
Tony Awards - - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Barbara Bel Geddes, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Theatre World Awards - - Performance
Barbara Bel Geddes, Deep Are the Roots
News
American Theatre of Actors Interactive Archive Now Live
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 25,
Explore the newly launched interactive archive of AMERICAN THEATRE OF ACTORS, celebrating nearly 50 years of new works in New York.
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by A.A. Cristi - May 2,
Sarasota Opera has announced the lineup for the Summer Classic Movies at the Opera House. The Classic Movies at the musikdrama House series featuring many beloved movies will open on Friday, May 12th at pm with A Space Odyssey. Throughout the summer and into the fall, fea
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Barbara Bel Geddes
American actress (–)
For a political scientist, see Barbara Geddes.
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Born | ()October 31, New York City, U.S. |
Died | August 8, () (aged82) Northeast Harbor, Maine, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Yearsactive | – |
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Father | Norman Bel Geddes |
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Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, August 8, ) was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost 5 decades. She was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in the television series Dallas. Bel Geddes also starred as Maggie in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in Her notable films included I Remember Mama () and Vertigo (). Throughout her career, she was the recipient of several acting awards and nominatio