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Aliases: Marion Seldes , Marian Hall Seldes

Gender: Female

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

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Movie Involvements: 30

TV Involvements: 19


Most Famous Work

Biography

Marian Hall Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received subsequent nominations for Father's Day (1971), Deathtrap (1978–82), Ring Round the Moon (1999), and Dinner at Eight (2002). She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits include Equus (1974–77), Ivanov (1997), and Deuce (2007). She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marian Seldes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Peggy Kendall
Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Suzanne
Perry Mason
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8

Perry Mason

(1957) Mary K. Davis
Murder, She Wrote
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8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Lydia Winthrop
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1955) Lydia Brailing
Gunsmoke
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7

Gunsmoke

(1955) Mrs. Cullen
The Haunting
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5

The Haunting

(1999) Mrs. Dudley
Lux Video Theatre
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6

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) May

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2017 Self
2012 Mabel Billingsly
2010 Vivian Cudlip
2009 Peggy
Eunice (voice)
2008 Herself
The Duchess of Krakenthorp
Clerk
2007 The Dean
Barbara
Mrs. H.T. Miller
Margaret Paddleford
2006 N/A
Helen
2004 N/A
Iva Stearns
Narrator (voice)
2003 President Jocelyn Carr
Self
2002 Alexandra
2001 Eugenie's Mother
2000 Harriet Gahagan
Abby Hedley
Abby Hedley
1999 Peggy Kendall
Mrs. Dudley
1998 Datloff Party Guest
Mrs. Big
Alma Pittman
1997 Mrs. Hess
Leah Schroth
1995 Widow Douglas
Lillian Banion
N/A
Eleanor Roosevelt
1994 Justice Susie Sharp
1993 Betty
1992 Margaret Armstrong
1991 N/A
1990 Suzanne
N/A
1988 Miss Maple
1987 Alice B. Toklas
1984 Lydia Winthrop
N/A
1978 Ruth
1975 Secretary
1967 N/A
1966 Marian
1965 Herodias
N/A
1959 Debbie Cole
Arnon
1958 N/A
N/A
N/A
Kate Owens
1957 N/A
N/A
Mary K. Davis
Martha Wicklow
N/A
Rowena Cobb
Mrs. Morse (uncredited)
1956 Alicia Jolland
Self - Nominee
1955 N/A
Lydia Brailing
Mrs. Cullen
Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister
1954 Betty
Caroline
1953 Persis Hughes
Adelaide Baines
1951 Emily
Iva Stearns
Nora Cantata
1950 May
1948 Anna Zenger
Belle Giles
Mary Widdicomb
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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