Sold Barbara Bel Geddes Original Painting Vertigo, Dallas, Broadway Star
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Barbara Bel Geddes Original Painting Vertigo, Dallas, Broadway Star
This is an original oil painting, painted by the Famous Broadway, Movie and TV Actress Barbara Bel Geddes. Oil painting of goose , most likely painted on her "Farm" in 1975 (see obit below).
Painting oil, painted and signed by actress "B. Bel Geddes 75'". Painting measures 7 1/2" x 5 1/2". Framed under glass, metal frame measures 8 1/2" x 10 1/2". Painting in excellent condition, frame looks like it could be replaced. An impressive painting by an impressive actress.
Comes with 1948 Life Magazine with Barbara Bel Geddes on cover. Stamped a Library copy.
Barbara Bel Geddes "arguably best remembered for her role as Miss Ellie, the Ewing family matriarch
on the long-running TV series Dallas (1978), Barbara Bel Geddes had earlier scored success on stage and
screen long before gaining more lasting fame on television. She was born in New York City on Halloween
Day 1922, the daughter of noted theatrical and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes, who staged more
than 200 plays. After growing up amidst the theatre, Bel Geddes began acting on stage at age 18 and soon
moved on to Broadway. The silver screen also beckoned; she made her film debut in The Long Night (1947).
She was quickly labeled a star, gracing the cover of Life magazine on April 12, 1948. Her third motion
picture, I Remember Mama (1948), garnered Bel Geddes an Academy Award nomination for best supporting
actress. Other notable films include Panic in the Streets (1950) directed by Elia Kazan; Alfred
Hitchcock's classic mystery-thriller Vertigo (1958) with James Stewart and Kim Novak; and The Five
Pennies (1959) opposite Danny Kaye. Though she achieved immediate success in films, Bel Geddes also
continued to tread the boards on Broadway, since theatre was her first love. In 1952, she received the
prestigious Woman of the Year Award from Hasty Pudding Theatricals USA, America's oldest theater
company. She was nominated for Tony Awards as best dramatic actress for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1956
and for the lead in Mary, Mary in 1961. Bel Geddes made several TV appearances on Alfred Hitchcock
Presents (1955) and other programs in the mid 1950s, but her greatest television role came as Miss Ellie
Ewing Farlow on Dallas (1978), which enjoyed a run of 13 years (1978-1991). She won the Emmy Award for
best actress in 1980 and was nominated in the same category in 1979 and 1981. Bel Geddes left the show
for health reasons during the 1984-85 season, with Donna Reed taking over the role of Miss Ellie. Bel
Geddes returned for the 1985-86 season and continued on Dallas (1978) until 1990, when she effectively
retired from acting. She did not appear in either of the two Dallas TV reunion movies. On August 8,
2005, she died following a long illness."
From her obituary, "Barbara began an acting career on the Broadway stage that would soon bring her
vitality and creative spirit to the world. Many joyful years were spent with her beloved husband,
Windsor Lewis, at “The Farm,” their home in Putnam Valley, New York. It was there that she shared her
great love for all creatures of the earth with her daughters, surrounded by her precious dogs, geese,
and birds. Barbara’s refined sense of color and design manifested itself in her wonderful paintings and
drawings. She was the creator of two books for children and a popular line of greeting cards. After more
than a decade of television appearances, Barbara discovered the endless joys of living life in Northeast
Harbor."
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Please use the Ask a Question form or FAQ section if you have any questions about this item. Items can be viewed in person at our Orleans MA office by appointment only.
Please pay your invoice with credit card and bring the confirmation number with you when you pick up the item. The number is required for us to release the item (this is how we get paid from the credit card company).
For items that are stored at the Orleans location, Storage Fees are: $5 per day, per item, and then $25 per item each week after. If the item is not picked up within 14 days, it is considered abandoned and will be disposed of in a manner of our choosing.
Delivery services are also available through a third party. Please contact us with your name and address for delivery fees and somebody will get back to you by email.
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