Ellen Geer
Age: 82 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1941-08-29 23:52:29
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
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
(2005) Gert Case
The Mentalist
(2008) Grandmother
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000) Ruth Elliott
NCIS
(2003) Esther Daniels
Bones
(2005) Anne Reilly
Castle
(2009) Vera Mulqueen
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(1987) Dr. Kila Marr
JAG
(1995) Judge Gail SandersActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nana | |
| 2017 | Lorraine | |
| 2014 | Eunice Sequoia | |
| 2009 | Vera Mulqueen | |
| 2008 | Grandmother | |
| Miss Hanson | ||
| 2006 | Rose | |
| Mrs. Macon | ||
| 2005 | Anne Reilly | |
| Gert Case | ||
| 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 | |
| N/A | ||
| 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 |