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Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American actress, artist and children's author, whose career spanned six decades. She was best known for her starring role in the television drama series Dallas as matriarch Miss Ellie Ewing. Bel Geddes also starred in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the role of Maggie. Her notable films included Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) and I Remember Mama (1948). She was the recipient of several acting awards and nominations throughout her career.
Bel Geddes was born on October 31, 1922, in New York City, the daughter of Helen Belle (née Schneider) and stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes. She married theatrical manager Carl Sawyer (né Schreuer) in 1944; they had one daughter, Susan. They divorced in 1951. Later that year, she married stage director Windsor Lewis with whom she had a daughter, Betsy. When Lewis became ill in 1967, Bel Geddes suspended her career to care for him until his death in 1972.
Jim Davis (born Marlin Davis, August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American actor, best known for his role as Jock Ewing in the CBS prime-time soap opera, Dallas, a role which continued until he was too ill from a terminal illness to perform.
Born Marlin Davis in Edgerton in Platte County in northwestern Missouri, he attended Baptist-affiliated William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri.
His first major screen role was opposite Bette Davis in the 1948 melodrama Winter Meeting, a lavish failure for which he was lambasted in the press as being too inexperienced to play the part properly. His subsequent film career consisted of mostly B movies, many of them westerns, although he made an impression as a U.S. senator in the Warren Beatty conspiracy thriller The Parallax View.
In the episode "Little Washington" of the syndicated television series Death Valley Days, Davis portrayed Mark Tabor, a U.S. representative from Nevada with aspirations to become governor of the new state. Collectively, Davis appeared thirteen times on Death Valley Days. In 1965, Davis played an historical figure, the wagon master Ezra Meeker, who is abandoned by members of his wagon train who decided to stop the trip to Oregon instead to prospect for gold in the episode "Devil's Gate". In 1967, Davis was cast as the freighter Luke Campbell of Deadwood, South Dakota, in the episode "The Day They Stole the Salamander", a reference to a Salamander Safe. In 1969, Davis played Colonel William G. Butler (1831-1912), who takes revenge on the since ghost town of Helena, Texas, after its citizens refuse to disclose the killer of Butler's son, Emmett. Butler arranges for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway to bypass Helena; instead Karnes City, south of San Antonio, became the seat of government of Karnes County.
Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is an English actress, former model, and singer.
She achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs (1973–75). She received further recognition for her performances in the films The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), A Little Night Music (1977), The First Great Train Robbery (1979), Hanover Street (1979), Sphinx (1981) and Nomads (1986). She is also known as Madeline Fabray in miniseries North and South (1985–86), for which she was nominated for Golden Globe Awards in 1986.
In 1990, Down played the role Stephanie Rogers in the CBS drama series Dallas. During 1997–99 she played Olivia Richards in the NBC series Sunset Beach. From April 2003 to February 2012, she portrayed Jackie Marone Knight in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
Down was born on 17 March 1954 and raised in Wandsworth, South West London, England. She began acting and modelling, and in her teenage years had won several beauty pageants. She was voted Britain's most beautiful teenager at the age of fifteen. She made her feature film debut in a supporting role of British drama The Smashing Bird I Used to Know in 1969. She later had roles in several other British films, like All the Right Noises, Assault, and Countess Dracula, and well guest starred in television series Six Dates with Barker, Out of the Unknown, and Public Eye.
Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The series revolves around a wealthy and feuding Texan family, the Ewings, who own the independent oil company Ewing Oil and the cattle-ranching land of Southfork. The series originally focused on the marriage of Bobby Ewing and Pamela Barnes, whose families were sworn enemies with each other. As the series progressed, oil tycoon J.R. Ewing grew to be the show's main character, whose schemes and dirty business became the show's trademark. When the show ended in May 1991, J.R. was the only character to have appeared in every episode.
The show was famous for its cliffhangers, including the Who shot J.R.? mystery. The 1980 episode Who Done It remains the second highest rated prime-time telecast ever. The show also featured a "Dream Season", in which the entirety of the ninth season was revealed to have been a dream of Pam Ewing. After 14 seasons, the series finale "Conundrum" aired in 1991.
Dallas is a long-running American prime time television soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. The show was famous for its cliffhangers, including the "Who shot J.R.?" mystery, and the "Dream Season".
The original miniseries from 1978 is now presented as "Season 1" in keeping with the initial release on DVD in 2004, although originally Season 1 officially began with episode that aired on September 23, 1978. This article has been reformatted to list episodes by the current convention rather than original designation. Over its 14 seasons, 357 episodes and 4 made-for-television movies and reunion specials aired.
Actors: Karuna Eberl (producer), Brian Klemesrud (writer), Brian Klemesrud (director), Andy Ahrens (actor), Faust Checho (actor), Faust Checho (producer),
Genres: Crime, Thriller,Actors: Jay Lance (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Knight (actor), Eric Stacey (producer), Eric Stacey (director), Eric Stacey (writer), Eric Stacey (actor), Jerry Bell Jr. (actor), David Poland (actor), Dennis Fitzpatrick (actor), David Loftus (actor), Marcella Laasch (actress), Catherine Johnson (actress), David Emerson Jackson (actor), Deone Carrie Jennings (actress), Drew Barrios (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Adrienne Bailon (actress), Eric Tomosunas (producer), Jackée Harry (actress), Kristina Perez (miscellaneous crew), Dawn Nixon (actress), Eddie Goines (actor), Lee Ann Cone (miscellaneous crew), Rich Volin (producer), Rich Volin (editor), Ingrid Clay (actress), Denyce Lawton (actress), Nadine Ellis (actress), Satu Runa (actress), Aaron Neal Trout (miscellaneous crew), Jenny Buchowicz (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Prime Alexander is a professional athlete living the life most men dream of. He has a huge guaranteed contract, beautiful women chasing him and the best friends a man could ask for. He's used to getting what he wants, when he wants it and doesn't believe in explaining himself to anyone, especially Autumn, the beautiful woman he's been dating for a little over a year. Autumn Singletary is a wealthy socialite who doesn't understand the word no. Her relationship with Prime has more to do with appearances than real feelings but that's of no consequence when Prime decides to end their relationship by publicly humiliating her in the presence of his new interest, Skylar. The bond Prime shares with his boys, Lonzo, Kalif and Dallas has been nurtured throughout the years as the main constant in their life. They are always together. They are always taking care of each other. They are a true pact and have the secrets and the code to prove it. 1080 for life. Lonzo, Prime's very best friend, is an actor on the verge of being the next big thing. He's falling in love with the beautiful Katalina, one of Autumn's best girlfriends. He believes he's at the age where he needs to think about settling down and look to his parents' marriage as inspiration. Kalif is the youngest of the crew and is seriously addicted to women, especially his fiancé, Shanita. He's a hot A&R; executive and his career allows him the flexibility to juggle multiple women. Kalif and Shanita have been together since their early teenage years and she's the love of his life. He's messed up a few times and has children by other women to prove it. He truly loves Shanita more than anything in the world and he couldn't imagine life without her so he takes all of the steps necessary to make sure she's happy and doesn't go looking for anything. Dallas is a super arrogant playboy without a care in the world who prides himself on the chase. Women are a game for him and he likes to take his time. He loves the strategic nature of the hunt and plays the game a little too well. A chance encounter gives Autumn the ammunition she needs to create an unlikely alliance by which to shut Prime down and she doesn't give a damn who gets hurt. As a woman scorned, she was out for revenge. By forming a coalition, she proved she'd show no mercy. Everyone always wants the riches and the fame professional athletes have. "The Coalition" shows us that all that glitters is certainly not ideal and forces us to question how difficult love is within the confines of the industry and all that money can buy.
Keywords: intrigue, suspenseActors: Marco Conte (actor), Claudio Marmugi (actor), Andrea Camerini (editor), Andrea Camerini (director), Andrea Camerini (writer), Massimo Antichi (actor), Massimiliano Galligani (actor), Gianluca Beretta (actor), Sylvie Lubamba (actor), Leonardo Fiaschi (actor), Emiliano Pasquinucci (composer), Valeria Barreca (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi,Actors: Greg Bronson (actor), Debbie Overbey (producer), Debbie Overbey (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Kessen (actor), Brandon Rice (miscellaneous crew), Brandon Rice (director), Brandon Rice (editor), Brandon Rice (miscellaneous crew), Brandon Rice (miscellaneous crew), Brandon Rice (producer), Brandon Rice (writer), Brandon Rice (writer), Ruben Angelo (actor), Victoria Paege (actress), Ross Fisher-Davis (actor),
Plot: After hearing about the unexpected death of an ambitious friend, two polar opposite siblings travel across the country to attend his funeral in an isolated Arizona mountain town. Along the way, their plans go awry after hooking up with a mysterious old flame. These unexpected events threaten to tear their sanity sunder. Relationships will come to a head and start anew. Nothing will be the same for them again.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Rosalyn Coleman (actress), Thomas Daniel (actor), Louis Zorich (actor), Danny Boushebel (actor), Paul Benjamin (actor), Gene Gallerano (producer), Gene Gallerano (director), Gene Gallerano (actor), Gene Gallerano (writer), Molly Maguire (costume designer), Barbara Dana (actress), Amelia Campbell (actress), Christina Bennett Lind (writer), Christina Bennett Lind (producer), Christina Bennett Lind (actress),
Plot: A young man and his unconventional mentor attempt to heal the scars of the past while barreling towards the truth of who it has turned them into. It is a story about love and the uncomfortable situations we must face to feel it.
Genres: Drama,Actors: James Cude (editor), Chil Kong (producer), Marcus Proctor (actor), J.D. Disalvatore (producer), Dennis Hensley (writer), Dennis Hensley (director), Dennis Hensley (producer), John Carrozza (producer), Marcus DeAnda (actor), Nadya Ginsburg (actress), Kirstin Eggers (actress), David A. Vazquez (miscellaneous crew), Hook (actress), Kenny Kelleher (actor), Danielle Vernengo (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Matt Craven (actor), Luca Bercovici (actor), Jessica Clothier (miscellaneous crew), Blu Mankuma (actor), Richard Morrison (miscellaneous crew), Judi Townsend (miscellaneous crew), Hans Zimmer (composer), Hiroshi Fujioka (actor), Raymond J. Barry (actor), Michael Biehn (actor), Leslie Carlson (actor), Tristan Whalley (miscellaneous crew), Sean Barton (editor), Robin Mounsey (miscellaneous crew), Robin Mounsey (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Taylor and Harold are good friends and avid climbers. While climbing one day, they meet a man who it seems might be attempting to climb K2, the world's second-highest peak. Always pushy, Taylor bugs the man for a spot on the team, claiming that he and Harold are good enough. They may be very good, but K2 is a very tough mountain.
Keywords: adrenaline, alpinist, avalanche, bare-butt, base-camp, based-on-play, bathing, broken-leg, climbing, expeditionActors: Henry Silva (actor), Raymond Chow (producer), Hal Needham (director), Andre Morgan (producer), Hal Needham (writer), Gene Starzenski (miscellaneous crew), Andre Morgan (writer), Albert S. Ruddy (producer), Albert S. Ruddy (writer), Hal Needham (actor), Barry Bostwick (actor), George Furth (actor), Jim McCarthy (miscellaneous crew), Hope Williams (miscellaneous crew), Skip Schoolnik (editor),
Plot: Ace Hunter is the leader of Megaforce, an elite group of American soldiers who travel the world to fight Evil. In this case, Evil is represented by a third rate dictator who they must blow to bits.
Keywords: airplane, airplane-accident, asian-american, battle, battlefield, card-game, cigar-smoking, cigarette-smoking, combat, commanderThe Early Years 1986 TV Movie (Dallas). Prequel to the popular "Dallas" TV series focuses on the origins of the Ewing-Barnes feud during the 1930's. Larry Hagman provides the opening narration for the film. The story opens at a 1951 barbecue with "Digger" Barnes firing a shot at "Jock" Ewing. Immediately flashing back to the depression, the two men first meet in a boxcar as both are hoboing. Their original friendship is built on their desires to find oil. But their failings start as they both compete for the hand of the beautiful Miss Ellie. Jock is shown to be an honorable man caught up in a backlash. Digger is a neurotic, alcoholic with a gift for finding oil. - Written by John Sackstede https://youtu.be/Zdvak9TULiw The Early Years movie
Actress Susan Howard talks to dallasfanzine.com about her career and playing the role of Donnna Culver Krebbs on the television series Dallas from 1979-1987...
Royalty free library music used on the 1980-81 season of the Dallas tv series.
Excerpt from an interview with actor William Smithers, who played Jeremy Wendell on the tv series Dallas. Full version available at dallasfanzine.com
TV series Dallas - Mercedes-Benz - Dallas opening theme Song -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Format Prime time soap opera Created by David Jacobs Written by List of writers Directed by List of directors Starring Barbara Bel Geddes Jim Davis Patrick Duffy Linda Gray Larry Hagman Steve Kanaly Victoria Principal Charlene Tilton Ken Kercheval Susan Howard Howard Keel Priscilla Beaulieu Presley Donna Reed Dack Rambo Sheree J. Wilson George Kennedy Cathy Podewell Sasha Mitchell Kimberly Foster Lesley-Anne Down Barbara Stock Susan Lucci Theme music composer Jerrold Immel Country of origin United States
Η Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes), ένα επιτυχημένο μοντέλο, παντρεύεται τον μεγαλοεπιχειρηματία Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan) για να αποκτήσει τα υλικά αγαθά που πάντα ποθούσε. Ο Ohlrig όμως έχει φρικτό χαρακτήρα και την παραμελεί, αντιμετωπίζοντάς την μόνο σαν "συμπλήρωμα" της δικής του ζωής, παρά σαν γυναίκα του και σύντροφό του. Απογοητευμένη από την συμπεριφορά του συζύγου της, η Leonora τον εγκαταλείπει και προσλαμβάνεται ως γραμματέας του γιατρού Larry Quinada (James Mason), με τον οποίο δένεται συναισθηματικά αλλά δεν του αποκαλύπτει το παρελθόν της. Η ζωή της κυλά ήρεμα ως τη στιγμή που...Η συνέχεια της ταινίας του Max Ophüls επί της οθόνης.
5 mujeres marcadas aka Jovanka y las otras. 1960 movie directed by Martin Ritt. Grim movie about WWII yugoslav partisans with Silvia Mangano, Jeanne Moreau, Vera Miles, Barbara Bel Geddes, Carla Gravi
Few industrial designers have had more influence on design, and proposed objects and systems that changed the world more, than Norman Bel Geddes. And yet he is best remembered for a cocktail shaker. Or as Miss Ellie's father (Google it, kids). Here is a tiny little amount of evidence of his greater genius.
Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun. And Barbara Bel Geddes (decades before Dallas) and debuting teen Tuesday Weld add to the excellent performances in The Five Pennies, the success-tempered-with-tears biopic of jazz great Red Nichols (portrayed by Kaye).
http://stranded.hihome.com/sung.html Vertigo (1958) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Produced by Alfred Hitchcock Written by Alec Coppel Samuel A. Taylor Story by Pierre Boileau Thomas Narcejac Starring James Stewart Kim Novak Barbara Bel Geddes Music by Bernard Herrmann Cinematography Robert Burks Editing by George Tomasini Distributed by Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures (1983-present) Release date(s) May 9, 1958 Running time 128 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $2,479,000 Box office $7,311,013
We discuss Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO (1958), about a private detective who falls for a woman who may be possessed by a ghost. Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes.
A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo". Narrated by Roddy McDowall, with behind-the-scenes talk from Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Bumstead, Robert A. Harris, Patricia Hitchcock, James C. Katz, Kim Novak, Peggy Robertson and Martin Scorsese. Brings fresh perspective, not just to the film and the director, but to the Fifties Hollywood as well.
A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo". Narrated by Roddy McDowall, with behind-the-scenes talk from Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Bumstead, Robert A. Harris, Patricia Hitchcock, James C. Katz, Kim Novak, Peggy Robertson and Martin Scorsese. Brings fresh perspective, not just to the film and the director, but to the Fifties Hollywood as well.
Summertree, which Michael starred in, was produced by his father Kirk Douglas, examines the Vietnam War and its consequences on the soldiers drafted to fight and the families they leave behind. © 1970, renewed 1998 The Bryna Company and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. When Dr. Clint Reed confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague he must find and inoculate the killers and their associates. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try ...
On location with the tv series Dallas in Texas. 1988.
Barbara Bel Geddes in a 1976 commercial for Good Seasons Italian Dressing
Linda Gray Chats About "Dallas," her famous Hollywood legs and more with Queen Latifah. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/QLsubscribe About Queen Latifah: Queen Latifah is a musician, award-winning actress, record label president, author, entrepreneur and Cover Girl. Join Queen Latifah every weekday for an hour of fun on The Queen Latifah Show, where she will bring you celebrity interviews, inspiring stories, musical performances and her fun take on pop culture. Connect with Queen Latifah Online: Visit Queen Latifah's WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/QLwebsite Like Queen Latifah on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/QLfacebook Follow Queen Latifah on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/QLtwtter
Barbara Bel Geddes of "Dallas" in a 1986 commercial for Campbell's Home Cookin' Soup
This is a tribute to former Dallas cast members who are no longer with us.
This is a tribute video to the actress Barbara Bel Geddes (1922-2005). She was nominated for an Oscar for her 1948 role in "I remember mama" and she had a successful theatre career on Broadway in the 1940s to 1960s. However to younger fans such as myself, she is best remembered as Miss Ellie on the 1980's primetime TV-series "Dallas". A role which she was awarded an Emmy for in 1980. This video shows some clips from her career in movies and tv. It was originally set to another song.
Join me on a quick tour of the original filming location of the famous TV series "Dallas" (1978-1991), starring Larry Hagman as sinister oil baron J.R. Ewing, Linda Gray, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jim Davis, Patrick Duffy, Ken Kercheval, Charlene Tilton and Victoria Principal among many others. Final part of a two weeks trip behind the wheel from LA to Dallas.
I lived in no holy house but the Grand Hotel
The back streets of this old town, I know so well
And I drunk of no holy wine, save muscatel
Now my friend, I've got to go, you tell everyone I know
I'm sayin' goodbye, bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas, got to go
And I remember when they told me so
Right now I'm wonderin' where the good times have gone
All the things I never loved when they was mine
Hot city and an empty pocket make a man think on
I've been livin' low so long, I gotta get back where I belong
I'm sayin' goodbye, bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas, got to go
And I remember when they told me so
I'm sayin' goodbye, bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas, got to go
And I remember when they told me so
Bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Ain't no bother, it's understood
Livin' under cover don't do no good
Bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Ain't no bother, it's understood
Livin' under cover don't do no good