American actress (born 1922)

Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost five decades. She received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and two Tony Awards. Bel Geddes was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in the television series Dallas, while her notable films included I Remember Mama (1948) and Vertigo (1958). In theatre, she is best remembered as Maggie in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955.

Born

1922

October 31

Died

2005

Era

1920s

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Barbara, in brief

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1922 Born
2005 Died

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932 Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar. Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen to succeed him.

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The world in 1922

When Barbara arrived

april 1 In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
april 15 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
april 16 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
april 20 The Soviet government creates the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.

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Brian Doyle-Murray 1945– American actor and comedian Constance Savery 1897– English author (died 1999) Denzil Holles 1599–1680 1st Baron Holles, English politician (born 1599) Dermot Mulroney 1963– American actor Fred McGriff 1963– American baseball player Galileo Ferraris 1847–1897 Italian physicist and engineer (born 1847) Henriette of Cleves 1542– Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (died 1601) Holly Taylor 1997– Canadian-American actress Ian Stevenson 1918–2007 Canadian-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1918)

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Alvin Dark 1922–2014 American baseball player and manager (died 2014) Bill Johnston 1922– Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007) Cecil H. Underwood 1922–2008 American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (born 1922) Charles Mingus 1922–1979 American bassist, composer, and bandleader (died 1979) Christiaan Barnard 1922–2001 South African surgeon and academic (died 2001) Denholm Elliott 1922–1992 English-Spanish actor (died 1992) Enrico Berlinguer 1922–1984 Italian politician (born 1922) Erich Hartmann 1922–1993 German colonel and pilot (died 1993) Francesco Rosi 1922–2015 Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922)

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