
1941-08-29 ( 83 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA
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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.
Movies
Unlovable
2018-11-01
House at the End of the Drive
2014-01-11
The Gold Bracelet
2008-01-01
Man in the Chair
2007-01-27
Our House
2006-05-01
The Visitation
2006-02-28
Me and You and Everyone We Know
2005-06-17
Criminal
2004-09-10
June
2004-06-04
Nancy Drew
2002-12-15
Practical Magic
1998-10-16
The Odd Couple II
1998-04-09
The Postman
1997-12-25
Phenomenon
1996-07-05
Crossworlds
1996-02-14
Clear and Present Danger
1994-08-03
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994-04-30
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994-04-29
Midnight Witness
1993-02-25
Patriot Games
1992-06-04
Lonely Hearts
1991-09-11
Satan's Princess
1989-12-01
The Wild Pair
1987-12-11
A Different Affair
1987-03-24
My Town
1986-05-25
Hard Traveling
1986-01-20
Creator
1985-09-20
I Want to Live
1983-05-09
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983-04-29
Heart Like a Wheel
1983-04-01
Deadly Lessons
1983-03-07
The Princess and the Cabbie
1981-11-03
Bloody Birthday
1981-04-28
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980-12-08
A Shining Season
1979-12-26
Over the Edge
1979-05-18
Night Cries
1978-01-29
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977-09-30
Babe
1975-10-25
Memory of Us
1974-05-01
Silence
1974-04-15
Harold and Maude
1971-12-20
Kotch
1971-09-17
The Reivers
1969-12-20
Petulia
1968-06-10
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