Person Details

Birthday: 1941-08-29 23:52:29

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 20


Most Famous Work

Biography

​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.

Most Famous Work

Supernatural
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8

Supernatural

(2005) Gert Case
The Mentalist
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8

The Mentalist

(2008) Grandmother
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(2000) Ruth Elliott
NCIS
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8

NCIS

(2003) Esther Daniels
Bones
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8

Bones

(2005) Anne Reilly
Castle
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8

Castle

(2009) Vera Mulqueen
Star Trek: The Next Generation
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8

Star Trek: The Next Generation

(1987) Dr. Kila Marr
JAG
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7

JAG

(1995) Judge Gail Sanders

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2018 Nana
2017 Lorraine
2014 Eunice Sequoia
2009 Vera Mulqueen
2008 Grandmother
Miss Hanson
2006 Rose
Mrs. Macon
2005 Gert Case
Anne Reilly
Ellen
Grandma Benoit
2004 Grandma
N/A
Grandma P.
2003 Kay Lang
Esther Daniels
N/A
2002 Librarian
2001 N/A
2000 Ruth Elliott
N/A
1999 N/A
1998 Pharmacist
Elderly Piper
Frances Unger Melnick
1997 Pineview Woman
N/A
1996 Joe's Mom
Joyce
Bonnie
1995 Judge Gail Sanders
1994 Mrs. Ferguson
Rose
Woman at Al-Anon
1993 Lily
Valerie
1992 Rose
1991 Martha
1989 Mary Kulik
1987 Fern Willis
Dr. Kila Marr
N/A
Mary
Mrs. Williams
1986 Mother
Norah Sloan
1985 Mrs. Spencer
N/A
1984 Mrs. Dudleigh
1983 Mrs. Cooley
Mrs. Halloway
Mrs. Marianne Kalitta
Mrs. Grant
1982 N/A
1981 N/A
Nellie
N/A
Madge
1980 Paula Stanley
1979 Veta Mercer
Sandra Willat
N/A
Stella Archer
1978 Dr. Anita Krane
Mrs. Whitney
1977 N/A
Julie Barris
1976 N/A
Hutton
N/A
1975 Lilly Didrikson
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N/A
1974 Betty
Barbara
1973 N/A
1972 N/A
Marian
N/A
1971 Sunshine Doré
Wendy Howard
Vera Kotcher
1969 Sally
1968 Nun
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1974 Writer
Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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