Marian Seldes
Marian Seldes
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
99
Gender
Female
Birthday
1928-08-23 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Acting

2017

Marian as Self

2012

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life as Mabel Billingsly

2010

The Extra Man as Vivian Cudlip

2009

The Toe Tactic as Eunice (voice)

2009

Home as Peggy

2008

Leatherheads as Clerk

2008

The Visitor as Barbara

2008

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment as The Duchess of Krakenthorp

2007

August Rush as The Dean

2007

Suburban Girl as Margaret Paddleford

2007

Miriam as Mrs. H.T. Miller

2006

Big Day as Not available

2006

The Book of Daniel as Helen

2006

In from the Night as Nora Cantata

2005

Ballets Russes as Narrator

2004

Clubhouse as Not available

2004

Plainsong as Iva Stearns

2004

Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision as Narrator (voice)

2003

Mona Lisa Smile as President Jocelyn Carr

2002

Hollywood Ending as Alexandra

2001

A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Louise Grantham Robilotti

2001

A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti

2001

Town & Country as Eugenie's Mother

2000

Duets as Harriet Gahagan

2000

If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Abby Hedley

2000

1961 as Abby Hedley

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peggy Kendall

1999

The Haunting as Mrs. Dudley

1998

Sex and the City as Mrs. Big

1998

Celebrity as Datloff Party Guest

1997

Home Alone 3 as Mrs. Hess

1997

Affliction as Alma Pittman

1997

Digging to China as Leah Schroth

1996

Remember WENN as Miss Frye

1995

Central Park West as Not available

1995

Tom and Huck as Widow Douglas

1995

Truman as Eleanor Roosevelt

1995

Clarissa as Lillian Banion

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

Gertrude Stein and a Companion! as Alice B. Toklas

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Lydia Winthrop

1984

Kate & Allie as Not available

1978

Fingers as Ruth

1975

Kate McShane as Secretary

1967

Mannix as Ida Colby

1966

The Star Wagon as Marian

1965

Branded as Neela

1959

Crime and Punishment USA as Debbie Cole

1959

The Big Fisherman as Arnon

1958

The Rifleman as Hazel / The Vision

1958

The Texan as Cora Laird

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Not available

1958

Shirley Temple's Storybook as Widow Enga

1958

The Light in the Forest as Kate Owens

1958

The Plot to Kill Stalin as Mme. Molotov

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel as Mollie Stanton

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel as Christie Smith

1957

Perry Mason as Mary K. Davis

1957

M Squad as Martha Wicklow

1957

Suspicion as Not available

1957

The Court of Last Resort as Not available

1957

The True Story of Jesse James as Rowena Cobb

1957

The Young Stranger as Mrs. Morse (uncredited)

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Alicia Jolland

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Audience Member

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

1955

Matinee Theater as Not available

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lydia Brailing

1955

The Millionaire as Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister

1955

Gunsmoke as Mrs. Cullen

1954

Climax! as Betty

1954

The Lonely Night as Caroline

1953

General Electric Theater as Persis Hughes

1953

General Electric Theater as Adelaide Baines

1952

Omnibus as Not available

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Emily

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Iva Stearns

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Nora Cantata

1950

Lux Video Theatre as May

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Anne

1949

Hands of Murder as Not available

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available

1948

Studio One as Anna Zenger

1948

Studio One as Mary Widdicomb

1948

Studio One as Belle Giles

1947

Kraft Television Theatre as Not available