Ellen Geer
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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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 12.432 |
Birthday | 1941-08-29 |
Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
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1971
Harold and Maude
7.599/1070
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold...
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Harold and Maude
2005
Me and You and Everyone We Know
7/318
Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has...
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Me and You and Everyone We Know
1979
Over the Edge
7.2/122
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.
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Over the Edge
2006
The Visitation
4.9/44
In Antioch, the former Father Travis Jordan lost his faith on God three years ago when his beloved wife was murdered and the criminals never found. Su...
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The Visitation
1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes
6.449/178
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
1985
Creator
6.2/46
With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an eg...
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Creator
1996
Crossworlds
5.1/55
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Crossworlds
1987
The Wild Pair
4/2
A strait-laced FBI agent and a hulking, big-hearted narcotics cop team up to track down a drug lord associated with a militant hate group.
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The Wild Pair
1989
Satan's Princess
3/5
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Satan's Princess
1975
Babe
5.5/4
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Babe
1991
Lonely Hearts
4/5
Alma, a lonely woman, falls for the conman who steals her money after seducing her. Frank doesn't want Alma around him, but he cannot do anything abou...
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Lonely Hearts
1986
My Town
0/0
A series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.
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My Town
2014
House at the End of the Drive
8.2/4
When David King purchases a house in the hills far above the angst of Los Angeles, he gets much more than he bargained for when strange and unexplaina...
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House at the End of the Drive
1987
A Different Affair
0/0
A single radio psychiatrist takes in a runaway boy she sponsors in a foster parents program.
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A Different Affair
1969
The Reivers
6.4/44
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The Reivers
1980
My Kidnapper, My Love
6/1
Small-time crook Rooney cons his crippled brother, a street-wise news vendor, into snatching a wealthy, emotionally-disturbed runaway to extort money...
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My Kidnapper, My Love
2004
June
4.5/4
Young, innocent, and quirky June (Felicia Day), a violinist, spends her days working in an oddball Venice coffee shop, her nights rehearsing for a pro...
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June
1981
The Princess and the Cabbie
7/2
A young woman works to overcome her dyslexia with the help of a good-hearted cab driver.
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The Princess and the Cabbie
2007
Man in the Chair
6.9/15
The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
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Man in the Chair
1971
Kotch
6.4/26
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Kotch
1981
Bloody Birthday
5.9/149
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Bloody Birthday
1974
Silence
0/0
Barbara and Al adopt Eric, who is deaf and mute, and take him camping in Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Eric becomes lost and is found by a hermi...
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Silence
1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
6.5/329
An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety....
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When a Man Loves a Woman
1993
Midnight Witness
3/4
Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their next victims.
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Midnight Witness
2008
The Gold Bracelet
0/0
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The Gold Bracelet
1979
A Shining Season
3/2
The true story of University of New Mexico track star John Baker who, dying of cancer, spent his remaining time coaching a losing girls' track team to...
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A Shining Season
1997
The Postman
6.2/1055
In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this...
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The Postman
1978
Night Cries
5.5/2
A young woman whose baby died in childbirth refuses to believe it and has dreams that her child is still alive and in danger. A scientist who is condu...
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Night Cries
2002
Nancy Drew
5.8/6
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Nancy Drew
1986
Hard Traveling
0/0
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Hard Traveling
2018
Unlovable
5.717/30
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
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Unlovable
1994
Clear and Present Danger
6.644/1478
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman,...
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Clear and Present Danger
1992
Patriot Games
6.7/1594
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
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Patriot Games
1974
Memory of Us
0/0
A young housewife and mother of two tries to cope with growing children and an unfaithful husband.
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Memory of Us
1998
The Odd Couple II
6.3/131
Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at L...
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The Odd Couple II
1968
Petulia
5.9/42
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of...
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Petulia
2004
Criminal
6.2/126
Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: se...
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Criminal
1983
Deadly Lessons
5.1/7
A psycho is stalking the students at an exclusive girls' school.
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Deadly Lessons
2006
Our House
6.3/3
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Ruth Galloway is a well-to-do socialite who's not quite as secure inside as she seems from the outside. When a young woman named Billy...
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1983
Heart Like a Wheel
5.6/24
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Heart Like a Wheel
1996
Phenomenon
6.4/1149
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
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Phenomenon
1998
Practical Magic
6.769/1484
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, d...
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Practical Magic
1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
6.8/2
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1983
I Want to Live
4/2
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