
Ellen Geer
Born August 29, 1941 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Practical Magic

Patriot Games

Clear and Present Danger

Phenomenon

The Postman

When a Man Loves a Woman

Harold and Maude

The Odd Couple II

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Over the Edge

Petulia

Creator

Criminal

The Reivers

Heart Like a Wheel

Man in the Chair

Unlovable

Bloody Birthday

Satan's Princess

Crossworlds

I Want to Live

Nancy Drew

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

Big Shots

Lonely Hearts

My Kidnapper, My Love

The Wild Pair

Hard Traveling

Our House

House at the End of the Drive

Night Cries

Kotch

The Visitation

Deadly Lessons

A Shining Season

Midnight Witness

Babe

My Town

Memory of Us

A Different Affair

June

The Gold Bracelet
TV Shows

Bones

Castle

Desperate Housewives

JAG

Charmed

Diagnosis: Murder

Star Trek: The Next Generation

ER

The Practice

The Middle

Medium

Cold Case

Nip/Tuck

Dallas

Quincy, M.E.

Falcon Crest

The Waltons

Tales of the Unexpected

Charlie's Angels

Moonlighting

Girlfriends

The Name of the Game

Hunter

Barnaby Jones

Jake and the Fatman

7th Heaven

American Dreams

The Streets of San Francisco

Baretta

Police Story

The Bionic Woman

Room 104

Carnivàle

L.A. Doctors

CHiPs

Once and Again

Ghost Story

Voyagers!

TV 101

Trauma Center

Code Red

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