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Celeste Holm (1917–2012)


Celeste Holm was an only child, born into a home where her mother was a painter and her father worked in insurance. She would study acting at the University of Chicago and make her stage debut in 1936. Her Broadway debut came when she was 19. She appeared in many successful plays, including "The Women"... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (105 titles)
2013 College Debts (completed)
Grandma GG
 
2012 Driving Me Crazy
Mrs. Ginsberg
 
2005/I Alchemy
Iris
 
2004 Whoopi (TV series)
Diana
The Squatters (2004) … Diana
 
2002 Third Watch (TV series)
Florence
Transformed (2002) … Florence
 
2000 The Beat (TV series)
Frances Robinson
Get It on (Bang the Gong) (2000) … Frances Robinson
Someone to Watch Over Me (2000) … Frances Robinson
Cueca Solo (2000) … Frances Robinson
Can I Get a Witness? (2000) … Frances Robinson
They Say It's Your Birthday (2000) … Frances Robinson
 
1996-1999 Promised Land (TV series)
Hattie Greene
Finale (1999) … Hattie Greene
Darkness Visible (1999) … Hattie Greene (credit only)
Baby Steps (1999) … Hattie Greene
 
1996-1998 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Hattie Greene
Promised Land (1996) … Hattie Greene
 
1997 Still Breathing
Ida, Fletcher's Grand Mother
 
1996 Once You Meet a Stranger (TV movie)
Clara
 
1996 Home of the Brave (TV movie)
Hattie Greene
 
1995 Great Performances (TV series)
Talking With (1995)
 
1992 Cheers (TV series)
Grandmother Gaines
No Rest for the Woody (1992) … Grandmother Gaines
 
1991-1992 Loving (TV series)
Isabella Alden #3
 
1990 Polly: Comin' Home! (TV movie)
Miss Snow
 
1989 Polly (TV movie)
Miss Snow
 
1989 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series)
Samantha Orbison
Road Show (1989) … Samantha Orbison
 
1989 Nora's Christmas Gift (video)
Nora Richards
 
1988 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
Rose
Haunting (1988) … Rose
 
1987 3 Men and a Baby
Mrs. Holden
 
1987 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Abigail Baldwin, Carol's Mother
The Love That Lies (1987) … Abigail Baldwin, Carol's Mother
 
1987 Murder by the Book (TV movie)
Claire
 
1985 Falcon Crest (TV series)
Anna Rossini
Echoes (1985) … Anna Rossini
Blood Brothers (1985) … Anna Rossini
The Phoenix (1985) … Anna Rossini
 
1985 Matt Houston (TV series)
Katherine Hershey
Company Secrets (1985) … Katherine Hershey
 
1984 Jessie (TV series)
Molly Hayden
The Long Fuse (1984) … Molly Hayden
Flesh Wounds (1984) … Molly Hayden
The Lady Killer (1984) … Molly Hayden
Pilot (1984) … Molly Hayden
 
1979-1984 The Love Boat (TV series)
Estelle Castlewood / Florence Flanders
Buck Stops Here, The/For Better or Worse/Bet on It (1984) … Florence Flanders
 
1984 Jessie (TV movie)
Molly Hayden
 
1983 This Girl for Hire (TV movie)
Zandra Stoneham
 
1981-1983 Archie Bunker's Place (TV series)
Estelle Harris
Three Women (1983) … Estelle Harris
Growing Up Is Hard to Do: Part 2 (1981) … Estelle Harris
Growing Up Is Hard to Do: Part 1 (1981) … Estelle Harris
Custody: Part 2 (1981) … Estelle Harris
Custody: Part 1 (1981) … Estelle Harris
 
1979-1982 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Claudia / Lillie Townsend
Don't Rain on My Charade (1982) … Lillie Townsend
The Shattered Image (1979) … Claudia
 
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
Celebrity
The Shady Hill Kidnapping (1982) … Celebrity
 
1981 As the World Turns (TV series)
Lauren Roberts
 
1981 Midnight Lace (TV movie)
Sylvia Randall
 
1978-1979 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Mabel Jarvis / Sister Veronica
The Look Alikes/Winemaker (1979) … Sister Veronica
The Beachcomber/The Last Whodunnit (1978) … Mabel Jarvis
 
1979 Backstairs at the White House (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Florence Harding
Episode #1.3 (1979) … Mrs. Florence Harding (credit only)
Episode #1.4 (1979) … Mrs. Florence Harding (credit only)
 
1978 Lucan (TV series)
 
1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Florence Hollister
 
1977 Wonder Woman (TV series)
Dolly Tucker
I Do, I Do (1977) … Dolly Tucker
 
1965-1977 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Mrs. Fuller
Kilroy: Part 4 (1965) … Mrs. Fuller
Kilroy: Part 3 (1965) … Mrs. Fuller
Kilroy: Part 2 (1965) … Mrs. Fuller
Kilroy: Part 1 (1965) … Mrs. Fuller
 
1977 The Love Boat II (TV movie)
Eva McFarland
 
1976 Columbo (TV series)
Mrs. Brandt
Old Fashioned Murder (1976) … Mrs. Brandt
 
1976 Bittersweet Love
Marian Lewis
 
1976 Captains and the Kings (TV mini-series)
Sister Angela
Chapter II (1976) … Sister Angela
Chapter I (1976) … Sister Angela
 
1976 The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (TV movie)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 
1974 The Manhunter (TV series)
The Truck Murders (1974)
 
1974 Death Cruise (TV movie)
Elizabeth Mason
 
1974 The Underground Man (TV movie)
Beatrice Broadhurst
 
1974 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Mrs. Shaninger
Crossfire (1974) … Mrs. Shaninger
 
1973-1974 Medical Center (TV series)
Dr. Linda Wilson / Geraldine Stern
Web of Intrigue (1974) … Geraldine Stern
No Margin for Error (1973) … Dr. Linda Wilson
 
1972 The Delphi Bureau (TV series)
Sybil Van Loween
Pilot (1972) … Sybil Van Loween
 
1970-1971 Nancy (TV series)
Abigail
A Girl's Best Friend (1971) … Abigail
Budget, Budget, Who's Got the Budget? (1970) … Abigail
Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth (1970) … Abigail
Boys' Night Out (1970) … Abigail
A Case of Spring Fever (1970) … Abigail
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Irene Comdon
The Brass Ring (1970) … Irene Comdon
 
1967 Insight (TV series)
Mrs. Bern
Fat Hands and a Diamond Ring (1967) … Mrs. Bern
 
1967 Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Louise Halloran
 
1967 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Flo Clementi
 
1965-1967 The Fugitive (TV series)
Flo Hagerman / Pearl Patton
Concrete Evidence (1967) … Pearl Patton
The Old Man Picked a Lemon (1965) … Flo Hagerman
 
1966 Meet Me in St. Louis (TV movie)
Mrs. Smith
 
1966 The Long, Hot Summer (TV series)
Libby Rankin
Face of Fear (1966) … Libby Rankin
 
1965 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Margot Horst
The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan (1965) … Margot Horst
 
1965 Cinderella (TV movie)
Fairy Godmother
 
1965 Mr. Novak (TV series)
Rose Herrod
An Elephant Is Like a Tree (1965) … Rose Herrod
 
1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Billie Hamilton
How Do I Say I Love You? (1964) … Billie Hamilton
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
Helen Forsythe
Who Killed the Kind Doctor? (1963) … Helen Forsythe
 
1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Nurse Jane Munson
The Pack Rat and the Prima Donna (1963) … Nurse Jane Munson
 
1963 Hailstones and Halibut Bones (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Laura Bennett
Cry Out in Silence (1962) … Laura Bennett
 
1962 Checkmate (TV series)
Laraine Whitman
So Beats My Plastic Heart (1962) … Laraine Whitman
 
1962 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Miss Bullfinch
The Irresistible Miss Bullfinch (1962) … Miss Bullfinch
 
1962 Bachelor Flat
Helen Bushmill
 
1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
Virginia
A Clearing in the Woods (1961) … Virginia
 
1960 The Christophers (TV series)
Women of the Bible (1960)
 
1960 Art Carney Special (TV series)
 
1960 The Right Man (TV movie)
Victoria Woodhull
 
1957 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Sarah Kimball
Fugitive (1957) … Sarah Kimball
 
1957 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
Maggie Travis
The Princess Back Home (1957) … Maggie Travis
 
1952-1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Lettie Morgan
The Wedding Present (1957) … Lettie Morgan
Four's a Family (1952)
 
1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Mad Meggie
Jack and the Beanstalk (1956) … Mad Meggie
 
1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Mad Meggie
Episode #2.8 (1956) … Mad Meggie
 
1956 Carolyn (TV movie)
Carolyn Daniels
 
1956 Sneak Preview (TV series)
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Mary Miller
The Empty Room Blues (1956) … Mary Miller
 
1955 The Tender Trap
Sylvia Crewes
 
1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Madge Collins
The Bogey Man (1955) … Madge Collins
 
1954 Honestly, Celeste! (TV series)
Celeste Anders
Episode dated 28 November 1954 (1954) … Celeste Anders
Episode dated 21 November 1954 (1954) … Celeste Anders
Episode dated 14 November 1954 (1954) … Celeste Anders
Episode dated 7 November 1954 (1954) … Celeste Anders
Episode dated 31 October 1954 (1954) … Celeste Anders
 
1951-1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Eliza / Katherine Case / Margaret Best / …
Lost Sunday (1953) … Miss Prynne
The Bargain (1952) … Katherine Case
Second Sight (1951) … Margaret Best
The Pacing Goose (1951) … Eliza
 
1953 Your Jeweler's Showcase (TV series)
Heart's Desire (1953)
 
1953 Hollywood Opening Night (TV series)
Mrs. Genius (1953)
 
1950 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Actress
Episode #1.6 (1950) … Guest Actress
 
1949 A Letter to Three Wives
Addie Ross (voice) (uncredited)
 
1948 The Snake Pit
Grace
 
1948 Road House
Susie Smith
 
1947 Carnival in Costa Rica
Celeste
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (7 titles)
1965 Cinderella (TV movie) (performer: "Impossible", "It's Possible", "Wedding Procession")
 
1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1956) (performer: "Where Are The White Birds Flying?", "Twelve Feet Tall")
 
1956 High Society (performer: "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" - uncredited)
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Thumbelina")
 
1949 Everybody Does It (performer: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited, "I Passed By Your Window" - uncredited)
 
1947 Carnival in Costa Rica (performer: "COSTA RICA", "GUI-PI-PIA")
 
1946 Three Little Girls in Blue (performer: "Always a Lady" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2012 The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special) (in memory of)
 
1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (documentary) (the producers wish to thank: for their cooperation in the making of this film)
 
Show ShowSelf (63 titles)
2013 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary) (post-production)
Herself
 
2012 Frank & Celeste (documentary short)
Herself
 
2006 50 Films to See Before You Die (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003/I True Love (video short)
Herself - Host
 
2003 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner
 
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2000-2001 Backstory (TV series documentary)
Herself - Actress
Gentleman's Agreement (2001) … Herself - Actress
All About Eve (2000) … Herself - Actress
 
2000 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 June 2000 (2000) … Herself
 
1998 The DeMille Dynasty (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner (uncredited)
 
1995 The Hollywood Fashion Machine (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1991 The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1990 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1989 A Royal Gala (TV movie)
Herself
 
1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (documentary)
Herself - Interviewee/Karen (also archive footage: All About Eve [1950])
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1987 The New Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
Episode dated 16 March 1987 (1987) … Guest Appearance
 
1986 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV special)
Herself
 
1985 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1981 The 35th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1979 The 31st Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
 
1979 The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1978 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Herself
Ronald Colman (1978) … Herself
 
1977 Gregory Peck: A Living Biography (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1977 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1976 Captain Kangaroo (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 21 September 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 The 30th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1973 The 27th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Co-Hostess
 
1972 Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (TV movie)
Herself
 
1971 The Movie Game (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 February 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1970 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 1 June 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 May 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1967 Gypsy (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 29 March 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1966 The 38th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.7 (1964) … Herself
 
1964 Missing Links (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 October 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1963 The 17th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 15 April 1963 (1963) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1962 The 16th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1961 The 15th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Herself
Fun Fair (1960) … Herself
 
1960 The 14th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1959 Who Pays? (TV series)
Herself/panelist
 
1959 The 13th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1952-1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Actress in scene from Third Best Sport
Episode #12.19 (1959) … Actress in scene from Third Best Sport
Episode #8.29 (1955) … Herself
Episode #7.49 (1954) … Herself
Episode #5.42 (1952) … Herself
 
1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.98 (1959) … Herself
 
1951-1959 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 4 January 1959 (1959) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 15 April 1956 (1956) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 11 March 1951 (1951) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1958 The 12th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1958 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 1 April 1958 (1958) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 25 March 1958 (1958) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1957 The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.9 (1957) … Herself
 
1957 The 29th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Host: New York
 
1951-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Actress
Episode #5.36 (1955) … Herself
Episode #1.32 (1951) … Herself - Actress
 
1955 The $64,000 Question (TV series)
Substitute Host
 
1955 The Merry Mailman (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 February 1955 (1955) … Herself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1952 The Ezio Pinza Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.14 (1952) … Herself
 
1951 The Fred Waring Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 2 December 1951 (1951) … Herself
 
1951 The Faye Emerson Show (TV series)
Herself
Celeste Holm (1951) … Herself
 
1949 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Herself - Actress
Episode #1.10 (1949) … Herself - Actress
 
1949 Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.2 (1949) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2013 The 85th Oscars (TV special)
Himself - Actress (In Memoriam)
 
2013 The EE British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Memorial Tribute
 
2013 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Herself - In Memoriam
 
2008 Diálogos de cine (TV movie)
Karen
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2006 Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Battleground (TV series documentary)
 
1999 All About My Mother
Karen (uncredited)
 
1998 The Best of Hollywood (TV documentary)
Interview
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Herself
 
1963 Marilyn (documentary)
Herself (scene from "All About Eve") (uncredited)
 
1959 Frontier Justice (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

"Richard Rodgers' Jubilee Show" (4 March 1951), as Guest See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Articles  | See more »

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on her wisecracking smart girl image] I hated that. It's stereotyped. I only played that kind of role in two pictures and that was enough, thank you. It's not me. See more »

Trivia:

Returned to work 6 months after giving birth to her son Daniel in order to begin filming Gentleman's Agreement. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus