Portrait of Marian Seldes

Marian Seldes

Acting

Biography

Marian Hall Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received subsequent nominations for Father's Day (1971), Deathtrap (1978–82), Ring Round the Moon (1999), and Dinner at Eight (2002). She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits include Equus (1974–77), Ivanov (1997), and Deuce (2007). She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marian Seldes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: August 23, 1928

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2017
Marian

as Self

2010
The Extra Man

as Vivian Cudlip

2009
Home

as Peggy

2009
The Toe Tactic

as Eunice (voice)

2008
2008
Leatherheads

as Clerk

2008
The Visitor

as Barbara

2007
August Rush

as The Dean

2007
Miriam

as Mrs. H.T. Miller

2007
Suburban Girl

as Margaret Paddleford

2006
In from the Night

as Nora Cantata

2006
2005
Ballets Russes

as Narrator

2004
Plainsong

as Iva Stearns

2003
Mona Lisa Smile

as President Jocelyn Carr

2002
Hollywood Ending

as Alexandra

2001
Town & Country

as Eugenie's Mother

2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery

as Louise Grantham Robilotti

2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery

as Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti

2000
Duets

as Harriet Gahagan

2000
2000
1961

as Abby Hedley

1999
The Haunting

as Mrs. Dudley

1998
Celebrity

as Datloff Party Guest

1998
Sex and the City

as Mrs. Big

1998
Affliction

as Alma Pittman

1997
Home Alone 3

as Mrs. Hess

1997
Digging to China

as Leah Schroth

1996
Remember WENN

as Miss Frye

1995
Tom and Huck

as Widow Douglas

1995
Clarissa

as Lillian Banion

1995
Truman

as Eleanor Roosevelt

1993
Frasier

as Betty

1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

as Margaret Armstrong

1991
Good & Evil

as Charlotte Sandler

1990
Law & Order

as Suzanne

1990
Wings

as Eleanor Kingsbury

1988
Murphy Brown

as Murphy's Aunt Brooke

1988
Zits

as Miss Maple

1987
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Lydia Winthrop

1978
Fingers

as Ruth

1975
Kate McShane

as Secretary

1967
Mannix

as Ida Colby

1966
1965
Branded

as Neela

1959
1959
1958
The Rifleman

as Hazel / The Vision

1958
The Texan

as Cora Laird

1958
1958
1957
Perry Mason

as Mary K. Davis

1957
M Squad

as Martha Wicklow

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Mollie Stanton

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Christie Smith

1957
The Young Stranger

as Mrs. Morse (uncredited)

1956
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Audience Member

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Lydia Brailing

1955
Gunsmoke

as Mrs. Cullen

1955
The Millionaire

as Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister

1954
Climax!

as Betty

1953
General Electric Theater

as Persis Hughes

1953
General Electric Theater

as Adelaide Baines

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Iva Stearns

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Nora Cantata

1948
Studio One

as Anna Zenger

1948
Studio One

as Mary Widdicomb

1948
Studio One

as Belle Giles