Acting
Ellen Geer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
Filmography
Unlovable
Film · 2018
Room 104
Series · 2017
House at the End of the Drive
Film · 2014
Castle
Series · 2009
The Middle
Series · 2009
The Gold Bracelet
Film · 2008
The Mentalist
Series · 2008
Man in the Chair
Film · 2007
The Visitation
Film · 2006
Our House
Film · 2006
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Film · 2005
Medium
Series · 2005
Bones
Series · 2005
Supernatural
Series · 2005
June
Film · 2004
Criminal
Film · 2004
Desperate Housewives
Series · 2004
Carnivàle
Series · 2003
Cold Case
Series · 2003
NCIS
Series · 2003
Nip/Tuck
Series · 2003
Nancy Drew
Film · 2002
American Dreams
Series · 2002
For the People
Series · 2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
Girlfriends
Series · 2000
Once and Again
Series · 1999
The Odd Couple II
Film · 1998
Practical Magic
Film · 1998
Charmed
Series · 1998
L.A. Doctors
Series · 1998
The Postman
Film · 1997
The Practice
Series · 1997
Crossworlds
Film · 1996
Phenomenon
Film · 1996
7th Heaven
Series · 1996
JAG
Series · 1995
When a Man Loves a Woman
Film · 1994
Clear and Present Danger
Film · 1994
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Film · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
Midnight Witness
Film · 1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Series · 1993
Patriot Games
Film · 1992
Lonely Hearts
Film · 1991
Satan's Princess
Film · 1989
TV 101
Series · 1988
The Wild Pair
Film · 1987
A Different Affair
Film · 1987
Big Shots
Film · 1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Series · 1987
Jake and the Fatman
Series · 1987
Beauty and the Beast
Series · 1987
My Town
Film · 1986
Hard Traveling
Film · 1986
Creator
Film · 1985
Moonlighting
Series · 1985
Hunter
Series · 1984
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Film · 1983
Deadly Lessons
Film · 1983
Heart Like a Wheel
Film · 1983
I Want to Live
Film · 1983
Trauma Center
Series · 1983
Voyagers!
Series · 1982
The Princess and the Cabbie
Film · 1981
Bloody Birthday
Film · 1981
Falcon Crest
Series · 1981
Code Red
Series · 1981
My Kidnapper, My Love
Film · 1980
Over the Edge
Film · 1979
A Shining Season
Film · 1979
Paris
Series · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
Night Cries
Film · 1978
Dallas
Series · 1978
Babe
Film · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
The Bionic Woman
Series · 1976
Quincy, M.E.
Series · 1976
Charlie's Angels
Series · 1976
Quincy, M.E.
Series · 1976
Delvecchio
Series · 1976
Baretta
Series · 1975
Archer
Series · 1975
Silence
Film · 1974
Memory of Us
Film · 1974
Police Story
Series · 1973
Barnaby Jones
Series · 1973
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
The Waltons
Series · 1972
Ghost Story
Series · 1972
Harold and Maude
Film · 1971
Kotch
Film · 1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show
Series · 1971
The Reivers
Film · 1969
Petulia
Film · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
SON OF A BARMAN
Film