Barbara Bel Geddes | Playbill

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Barbara Bel Geddes

Performer

Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

Performer

Barbara Bel Geddes, the actress who originated the role of antsy, hungry Maggie the Cat in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof decades before she played the more composed matriarch Miss Ellie Ewing on TV's "Dallas," died Aug. 8, 2005, of cancer, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Born: Oct 31, 1922 in New York, New York
Death: Aug 8, 2005 in Northeast Harbor, Maine

Roles (15)

	Finishing Touches (1973) Opened Feb 8, 1973	as Katy Cooper (Original)
	Everything in the Garden (1967) Opened Nov 29, 1967	as Jenny (Original)
	Luv (1964) Opened Nov 11, 1964	as Ellen Manville (Replacement)	Arrived on Feb 28, 1966
	Mary, Mary (1961) Opened Mar 8, 1961	as Mary McKellaway (Original)
	Silent Night, Lonely Night (1959) Opened Dec 3, 1959	as Katherine (Original)
	The Sleeping Prince (1956) Opened Nov 1, 1956	as Mary (Original)
	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) Opened Mar 24, 1955	as Maggie (Original)
	The Living Room (1954) Opened Nov 17, 1954	as Rose Pemberton (Original)
	The Moon is Blue (1951) Opened Mar 8, 1951	as Patty O'Neill (Original)
	Burning Bright (1950) Opened Oct 18, 1950	as Mordeen (Original)

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Awards

Clarence Derwent Award
1946	Most Promising Female Performer	Deep Are the Roots	Winner

Theatre World Awards
1946	Theatre World Award	Deep Are the Roots	Winner

Tony Award
1961	Best Actress in a Play	Mary, Mary	Nominee
1956	Best Actress in a Play	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Nominee

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