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Marian Seldes

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Tony Award-winner Marian Seldes, one of the premier stage actresses in America, was born on August 23, 1928 to writer Gilbert Seldes and his socialite wife, the former Alice Wadhams Hall. She studied drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner and dance with Martha Graham. She honed her craft with the legendary Broadway diva Katharine Cornell... See full bio »

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Still of Marcia Gay Harden, Marian Seldes and Mary Haverstick in Home Production designer Elio Sebastian (ISAAC MIZRAHI, center left) and costume designer Alexandria (MARIAN SELDES) do some location scouting with director Val Waxman (WOODY ALLEN, right) and studio executive Ellie (TÉA LEONI, far right) in Woody Allen's latest contemporary comedy HOLLYWOOD ENDING, being distributed domestically by DreamWorks. Marian Seldes Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes Still of Paul Dano and Marian Seldes in The Extra Man Still of Marcia Gay Harden, Marian Seldes and Eulala Scheel in Home
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2011 Nurse Jackie (TV series)
Tottie
– When the Saints Go (2011) … Tottie
 
2011 Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Mabel Billingsly
 
2010 The Extra Man
Vivian Cudlip
 
2008/I Home
Peggy
 
2008 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series)
The Duchess of Krankenthorp
– Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment (2008) … The Duchess of Krankenthorp
 
2008 The Toe Tactic
Eunice (voice)
 
2008 Leatherheads
Clerk
 
2007 August Rush
The Dean
 
2007/I The Visitor
Barbara
 
2007/I Miriam (short)
Mrs. H.T. Miller
 
2007 Suburban Girl
Margaret Paddleford
 
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Peggy Kendall
– Haystack (2007) … Peggy Kendall
 
2006 Big Day (TV series)
Betty
– Stolen Vows (2006) … Betty
– The Bachelor Party (2006) … Betty
 
2006 In from the Night (TV movie)
Nora Cantata
 
2006 The Book of Daniel (TV series)
Grandma Helen
– Acceptance (2006) … Grandma Helen
 
2004 Clubhouse (TV series)
Nana Georgia
– Pilot (2004) … Nana Georgia
 
2004 Plainsong (TV movie)
Iva Stearns
 
2004 Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Frasier (TV series)
Betty
– Miss Right Now (2004) … Betty
 
2003 Mona Lisa Smile
President Jocelyn Carr
 
2002 Hollywood Ending
Alexandra
 
2002 The Education of Max Bickford (TV series)
Elaine, Andrea's Mother
– Genesis (2002) … Elaine, Andrea's Mother
 
2002 America's Most Terrible Things (TV movie)
Grandma
 
2001 A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV series)
Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti / Mrs. Pitcairn
– Door to Death (2001) … Mrs. Pitcairn
– Champagne for One: Part 1 (2001) … Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti
– Champagne for One: Part 2 (2001) … Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti
 
2001 Town & Country
Eugenie's Mother
 
2001 100 Centre Street (TV series)
Dean Gibbons
– A Shot in the Dark (2001) … Dean Gibbons
 
2000 Duets
Harriet Gahagan
 
2000 The Others (TV series)
Katerina Risavitch
– Mora (2000) … Katerina Risavitch
 
2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 (TV movie)
Abby Hedley (segment "1961")
 
1999 The Haunting
Mrs. Dudley
 
1998 One Life to Live (TV series)
Sonya Cramer
 
1998 Guiding Light (TV series)
Madame Ava
 
1996-1998 Cosby (TV series)
Elaine / Virginia
– The Greatest Gift (1998) … Virginia
– One Foot in Your Mouth (1996) … Elaine
 
1998 Celebrity
Datloff Party Guest
 
1998 Sex and the City (TV series)
Mrs. Big
– Oh Come All Ye Faithful (1998) … Mrs. Big
 
1998 Remember WENN (TV series)
Miss Frye
– The Follies of WENN (1998) … Miss Frye
 
1997 Home Alone 3
Mrs. Hess
 
1997 Affliction
Alma Pittman
 
1997 Digging to China
Leah Schroth
 
1995 Tom and Huck
Widow Douglas
 
1995 C.P.W. (TV series)
Suzanne Dark
– The History of Gil and Rachel (1995) … Suzanne Dark
 
1995 Wings (TV series)
Eleanor Kingsbury
– Death Becomes Him (1995) … Eleanor Kingsbury
 
1995 Clarissa (TV movie)
Lillian Banion
 
1995 Truman (TV movie)
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
1994-1995 Loving (TV series)
Denise Nostrand
 
1994 In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (TV movie)
Justice Susie Sharp
 
1993 The General Motors Playwrights Theater (TV series)
The Dean
– The Whole Shebang (1993) … The Dean
 
1992 Murphy Brown (TV series)
Murphy's Aunt Brooke
– I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas (1992) … Murphy's Aunt Brooke
 
1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Head Librarian Margaret Armstrong
 
1992 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Lydia Winthrop
– The Witch's Curse (1992) … Lydia Winthrop
 
1992 Walter & Emily (TV series)
– Aunt Julia (1992)
 
1991 Who's the Boss? (TV series)
Nanna
– Grandmommie Dearest (1991) … Nanna
 
1991 Good & Evil (TV series)
Charlotte Sandler
– Episode #1.6 (1991) … Charlotte Sandler
– Episode #1.5 (1991) … Charlotte Sandler
– Episode #1.4 (1991) … Charlotte Sandler
– Episode #1.3 (1991) … Charlotte Sandler
– Episode #1.2 (1991) … Charlotte Sandler
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1991 Law & Order (TV series)
Suzanne
– God Bless the Child (1991) … Suzanne
 
1991 Gertrude Stein and a Companion! (TV movie)
Alice B. Toklas
 
1990 In a Pig's Eye
Mrs. Isabel Purvis
 
1988 Zits
Miss Maple
 
1987 Kate & Allie (TV series)
Marion
– Mother's Day (1987) … Marion
 
1978 Fingers
Ruth
 
1975 Kate McShane (TV series)
Secretary
– Kate McShane (1975) … Secretary
 
1968 Mannix (TV series)
Ida Colby
– The Falling Star (1968) … Ida Colby
 
1966 The Star Wagon (TV movie)
 
1965 Branded (TV series)
Neela
– The Bar Sinister (1965) … Neela
 
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
Herodias
 
1962-1964 The Defenders (TV series)
Ethel / Lillian Conn
– The Sixth Alarm (1964) … Lillian Conn
– The Bedside Murder (1962) … Ethel
 
1963 East Side/West Side (TV series)
Nan Morgan
– My Child on Monday Morning (1963) … Nan Morgan
 
1963 Chronicle (TV series)
– The French, They Are So French (1963)
 
1961 Special for Women: The Glamour Trap (TV movie)
Plain Girl
 
1960 The Robert Herridge Theater (TV series)
Elisa Allen
– Ring Around Rosy (1960)
– The Chrysanthemums (1960) … Elisa Allen
 
1959-1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
Antoinette / Olga
– A Piece of Blue Sky (1960) … Antoinette
– Crime of Passion (1959) … Olga
 
1960 The Rifleman (TV series)
Hazel / The Vision
– The Vision (1960) … Hazel / The Vision
 
1959 Crime & Punishment, USA
Debbie Cole
 
1959 The Big Fisherman
Arnon
 
1959 The Texan (TV series)
Cora Laird
– No Love Wasted (1959) … Cora Laird
 
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Lydia Brailing
– Design for Loving (1958) … Lydia Brailing
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Widow Enga
– Rapunzel (1958) … Widow Enga
 
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Louise
– Song of Bernadette (1958) … Louise
 
1957-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Kate Sullivan / Mme. Molotov
– The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958) … Mme. Molotov
– Panic Button (1957) … Kate Sullivan
 
1958 The Light in the Forest
Kate Owens
 
1958 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Sophie
– The Last Test (1958) … Sophie
 
1957-1958 Suspicion (TV series)
Matron Henderson
– The Woman with Red Hair (1958)
– Fraction of a Second (1958) … Matron Henderson
– The Dark Stairway (1957)
 
1958 Perry Mason (TV series)
Mary K. Gunther Davis
– The Case of the Screaming Woman (1958) … Mary K. Gunther Davis
 
1958 Climax! (TV series)
Betty
– On the Take (1958) … Betty
 
1958 The Court of Last Resort (TV series)
Mary Morales / Roberta Farrell
– The Mary Morales Case (1958) … Mary Morales
– The Frank Clark Case (1958) … Roberta Farrell
 
1957-1958 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Christie Smith / Mollie Stanton
– The Teacher (1958) … Mollie Stanton
– The Bride (1957) … Christie Smith
 
1958 M Squad (TV series)
Martha Wicklow
– The Frightened Wife (1958) … Martha Wicklow
 
1958 Half Hour to Kill (TV series)
Joyce Field
 
1957 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Alicia Jolland
– The Bitter Land (1957) … Alicia Jolland
 
1956-1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
Sarah / Stella
– The Story of Sarah (1957) … Sarah
– Eye of the Storm (1956) … Stella
 
1953-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Anne / May
– The Softest Music (1957) … Anne
– A Time for Heroes (1953) … May
 
1957 The Millionaire (TV series)
Dorothy McAllister
– The Ted McAllister Story (1957) … Dorothy McAllister
 
1956-1957 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Adelaide Baines / Leah / Persis Hughes
– The Victorian Chaise-Longue (1957) … Adelaide Baines
– A Child Is Born (1956) … Leah
– The Breach (1956) … Persis Hughes
 
1951-1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Anna Zenger / Belle Giles / Mary Widdicomb
– A Child Is Waiting (1957) … Mary Widdicomb
– The Laugh Maker (1953) … Belle Giles
– The Trial of John Peter Zenger (1953) … Anna Zenger
– The Trial of John Peter Zenger (1951)
 
1957 The True Story of Jesse James
Rowena Cobb
 
1957 The Young Stranger
Mrs. Morse (uncredited)
 
1956 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Mrs. Cullen
– Indian White (1956) … Mrs. Cullen
 
1953-1955 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– A Woman for Tony (1955)
– The Threshold (1953)
 
1954 Omnibus (TV series)
– Antigone (1954)
 
1954 The Lonely Night (documentary)
Caroline
 
1952 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Last Hour (1952)
 
1952 Our Sister Emily (TV movie)
Emily Bronte
 
1951 Sure As Fate (TV series)
Lady Macduff
– Macbeth (1951) … Lady Macduff
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2013 The Third Act of Marian Seldes (documentary) (filming)
 
2013 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary) (post-production)
Herself
 
2012 Geraldine Page: Stages of a Dream (documentary) (post-production)
Herself (rumored)
 
2012 The Stages of Edward Albee (documentary)
Herself
 
2010 Lost Bohemia (documentary)
Herself
 
2010 The 64th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2008 Murnau, Borzage and Fox (video documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Broadway Beat (TV series)
Herself
– The Homecoming Meet & Greet/Peter and Jerry at 2nd Stage/Young Frankenstein Opening (2007) … Herself
 
2006 Heart of a Hero: A Tribute to Christopher Reeve (video documentary short)
Herself, professor, The Julliard School
 
2005 Ballets russes (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 The Needs of Kim Stanley (documentary)
 
2004 Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Joan Van Ark (2002) … Herself
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Shelley Winters: Full Disclosure (2001) … Herself
 
1996 Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (documentary)
Herself
 
1987 Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller (documentary short)
Herself - Narrator
 
1972-1980 Today (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 25 December 1980 (1980) … Herself
– Episode dated 12 September 1972 (1972) … Herself
 
1978 The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Play
 
1975 Directions (TV series)
Herself - Narrator
– The Will to Be Free (1975) … Herself - Narrator
 
1971 The 25th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Play
 
1968 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 February 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 The 21st Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
 
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"Time Together" (a novel), 1980. See more »

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Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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[on her shoulder in 2010]: I wasn't used to pain. Except for having my daughter I've never been in a hospital. I've always had very good stamina and counted on never losing it. But I think I'm going to regain it. This award makes me feel optimistic about it. See more »

Trivia:

Nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in the revival of "Dinner at Eight." It is her fifth Tony nomination. [May 2003] See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo