Ellen Geer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1941
- 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.
Filmography
- SON OF A BARMAN
SON OF A BARMAN TBA
Actor
Unlovable 2018
as Nana
House at the End of the Drive 2014
as Eunice Sequoia
The Gold Bracelet 2008
as Miss Hanson
Man in the Chair 2007
as Mrs. Erskine
Our House 2006
as Rose
The Visitation 2006
as Mrs. Macon
Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005
as Ellen
Criminal 2004
as Grandma
June 2004
as Grandma P.
Nancy Drew 2002
as Librarian
Practical Magic 1998
as Pharmacist
The Odd Couple II 1998
as Frances Unger Melnick
The Postman 1997
as Mrs. Thompson
Phenomenon 1996
as Bonnie
Crossworlds 1996
as Joe's Mom
Clear and Present Danger 1994
as Rose
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story 1994
as Former Skater
When a Man Loves a Woman 1994
as Woman at Al-Anon
Midnight Witness 1993
as Valerie
Patriot Games 1992
as Rose
Lonely Hearts 1991
as Martha
Satan's Princess 1989
as Mary Kulik
The Wild Pair 1987
as Fern Willis
Big Shots 1987
as Bar Waitress
A Different Affair 1987
as Mrs. Williams
My Town 1986
as Mother
Kung Fu: The Movie 1986
as Old Wife
Hard Traveling 1986
as Norah Sloan
Creator 1985
as Mrs. Spencer
I Want to Live 1983
as Mrs. Cooley
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983
as Mrs. Halloway
Heart Like a Wheel 1983
as Mrs. Marianne Kalitta
Deadly Lessons 1983
as Mrs. Grant
- The Princess and the Cabbie
The Princess and the Cabbie 1981
as Nellie
Bloody Birthday 1981
as Madge
My Kidnapper, My Love 1980
as Paula Stanley
A Shining Season 1979
as Veta Mercer
Over the Edge 1979
as Sandra Willat
Night Cries 1978
as Mrs. Whitney
Babe 1977
as Lilly Didrikson
Memory of Us 1974
as Betty, Writer
- Silence
Silence 1974
as Barbara, Writer
Harold and Maude 1971
as Sunshine Doré
Kotch 1971
as Vera Kotcher
The Reivers 1969
as Sally
Petulia 1968
as Nun
Credits from TMDB.