Ellen Geer
Acting
Born: August 29, 1941 (age 85) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Supernatural
2005
The Mentalist
2008
Bones
2005
Charmed
1998
NCIS
2003
Castle
2009
Desperate Housewives
2004
Patriot Games
1992
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Practical Magic
1998
Clear and Present Danger
1994
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Photos (1)
Movies (43)
Practical Magic
Pharmacist
Clear and Present Danger
Rose
Patriot Games
Rose
Phenomenon
Bonnie
The Postman
Mrs. Thompson
When a Man Loves a Woman
Woman at Al-Anon
Harold and Maude
Sunshine Doré
The Odd Couple II
Frances Unger Melnick
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Mrs. Halloway
Over the Edge
Sandra Willat
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Ellen
Criminal
Grandma
Petulia
Nun
The Reivers
Sally
Man in the Chair
Mrs. Erskine
Creator
Mrs. Spencer
Heart Like a Wheel
Mrs. Marianne Kalitta
Bloody Birthday
Madge
Unlovable
Nana
I Want to Live
Mrs. Cooley
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Former Skater
Crossworlds
Joe's Mom
My Kidnapper, My Love
Paula Stanley
Our House
Rose
Big Shots
Bar Waitress
Satan's Princess
Mary Kulik
The Visitation
Mrs. Macon
Kotch
Vera Kotcher
The Wild Pair
Fern Willis
Lonely Hearts
Martha
Nancy Drew
Librarian
Night Cries
Mrs. Whitney
Hard Traveling
Norah Sloan
House at the End of the Drive
Eunice Sequoia
Deadly Lessons
Mrs. Grant
Midnight Witness
Valerie
A Different Affair
Mrs. Williams
A Shining Season
Veta Mercer
Babe
Lilly Didrikson
June
Grandma P.
Memory of Us
Betty
My Town
Mother
The Gold Bracelet
Miss Hanson
TV Shows (51)
The Mentalist
Grandmother · 1 eps
NCIS
Esther Daniels · 1 eps
Supernatural
Gert Case · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Ruth Elliott · 1 eps
Bones
Anne Reilly · 1 eps
Castle
Vera Mulqueen · 1 eps
Desperate Housewives
Lillian Sims · 3 eps
JAG
Judge Gail Sanders · 1 eps
Charmed
Elderly Piper · 1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Dr. Kila Marr · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Lily · 1 eps
ER
Mrs. Ferguson · 1 eps
The Practice
Judge G. Warner · 1 eps
Medium
Grandma Benoit · 2 eps
Nip/Tuck
Annalise Anderson · 1 eps
Cold Case
Kay Lang · 1 eps
Falcon Crest
Doris · 11 eps
The Middle
Cynthia · 1 eps
Dallas
Dr. Anita Krane · 2 eps
Quincy, M.E.
1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Sarah Markham · 1 eps
The Waltons
2 eps
Charlie's Angels
Hutton · 1 eps
Girlfriends
Elizabeth Bickle · 3 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Stella Archer · 1 eps
Hunter
Mrs. Dudleigh · 1 eps
Moonlighting
Amy Everette · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Sally Henderson · 1 eps
Jake and the Fatman
1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Mary Wiley · 1 eps
7th Heaven
Joyce · 1 eps
American Dreams
Dorothy Day · 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
Baretta
1975
Carnivàle
The Crone · 1 eps
The Bionic Woman
1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
Room 104
Lorraine · 1 eps
Once and Again
2 eps
L.A. Doctors
1 eps
Ghost Story
Marian · 1 eps
CHiPs
Julie Barris · 5 eps
Voyagers!
1 eps
TV 101
Waitress · 1 eps
Delvecchio
Edie Parker · 1 eps
Trauma Center
1 eps
Code Red
1 eps
Paris
Marie Castle · 1 eps
The Jimmy Stewart Show
Wendy Howard · 24 eps
Archer
1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
Mary · 20 eps