August 10, 2005
Barbara Bel Geddes Dies of Lung Cancer
Barbara Bel Geddes, the actress who played Miss Ellie Ewing on the TV series Dallas, has died of lung cancer at the age of 82.
"Bel Geddes was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress for the 1948 drama I Remember Mama and was the original Maggie the Cat on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ... But she was best known as the matriarch of the rambunctious Ewing oil family on Dallas, which hurtled to the top of the ratings despite negative reviews." (Houston Chronicle)
