Acting
Ellen Geer
EN, DE, HU cinema · 47 credits
Born
29 August 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
Unlovable
as Nana
House at the End of the Drive
as Eunice Sequoia
The Gold Bracelet
as Miss Hanson
Man in the Chair
as Mrs. Erskine
The Visitation
as Mrs. Macon
Our House
as Rose
June
as Grandma P.
Criminal
as Grandma
Nancy Drew
as Librarian
The Odd Couple II
as Frances Unger Melnick
Practical Magic
as Pharmacist
The Postman
as Mrs. Thompson
Crossworlds
as Joe's Mom
Phenomenon
as Bonnie
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Woman at Al-Anon
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
as Former Skater
Midnight Witness
as Valerie
Patriot Games
as Rose
Lonely Hearts
as Martha
Satan's Princess
as Mary Kulik
The Wild Pair
as Fern Willis
A Different Affair
as Mrs. Williams
Big Shots
as Bar Waitress
My Town
as Mother
Hard Traveling
as Norah Sloan
Kung Fu: The Movie
as Old Wife
Creator
as Mrs. Spencer
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Mrs. Halloway
Deadly Lessons
as Mrs. Grant
Heart Like a Wheel
as Mrs. Marianne Kalitta
I Want to Live
as Mrs. Cooley
Bloody Birthday
as Madge
My Kidnapper, My Love
as Paula Stanley
Over the Edge
as Sandra Willat
A Shining Season
as Veta Mercer
Night Cries
as Mrs. Whitney
Babe
as Lilly Didrikson
Silence
1974
Silence
as Barbara, Writer
Memory of Us
as Betty, Writer
Harold and Maude
as Sunshine Doré
Kotch
as Vera Kotcher
The Reivers
as Sally
Petulia
as Nun