Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 23, 1928
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Marian | Self |
| 2012 | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Mabel Billingsly |
| 2010 | The Extra Man | Vivian Cudlip |
| 2009 | Home | Peggy |
| 2009 | The Toe Tactic | Eunice (voice) |
| 2008 | The Visitor | Barbara |
| 2008 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment | The Duchess of Krakenthorp |
| 2008 | Murnau, Borzage and Fox | Self |
| 2008 | Leatherheads | Clerk |
| 2007 | August Rush | The Dean |
| 2007 | Suburban Girl | Margaret Paddleford |
| 2007 | Miriam | Mrs. H.T. Miller |
| 2006 | In from the Night | Nora Cantata |
| 2005 | Ballets Russes | Narrator |
| 2004 | Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision | Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | Plainsong | Iva Stearns |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self |
| 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile | President Jocelyn Carr |
| 2002 | Hollywood Ending | Alexandra |
| 2001 | Town & Country | Eugenie's Mother |
| 2000 | 1961 | Abby Hedley |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Abby Hedley |
| 2000 | Duets | Harriet Gahagan |
| 1999 | The Haunting | Mrs. Dudley |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Datloff Party Guest |
| 1997 | Digging to China | Leah Schroth |
| 1997 | Affliction | Alma Pittman |
| 1997 | Home Alone 3 | Mrs. Hess |
| 1995 | Clarissa | Lillian Banion |
| 1995 | Truman | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 1995 | Tom and Huck | Widow Douglas |
| 1994 | In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness | Justice Susie Sharp |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Margaret Armstrong |
| 1988 | Zits | Miss Maple |
| 1987 | Gertrude Stein and a Companion! | Alice B. Toklas |
| 1978 | Fingers | Ruth |
| 1975 | Kate McShane | Secretary |
| 1966 | The Star Wagon | Marian |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Herodias |
| 1959 | Crime and Punishment USA | Debbie Cole |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | Arnon |
| 1958 | The Light in the Forest | Kate Owens |
| 1958 | The Plot to Kill Stalin | Mme. Molotov |
| 1957 | The Young Stranger | Mrs. Morse (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The True Story of Jesse James | Rowena Cobb |
| 1954 | The Lonely Night | Caroline |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Big Day | |
| 2006 | The Book of Daniel | Helen |
| 2004 | Clubhouse | |
| 2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Louise Grantham Robilotti |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Peggy Kendall |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Mrs. Big |
| 1996 | Remember WENN | Miss Frye |
| 1995 | Central Park West | |
| 1993 | Frasier | Betty |
| 1991 | Good & Evil | Charlotte Sandler |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Suzanne |
| 1990 | Wings | Eleanor Kingsbury |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Murphy's Aunt Brooke |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Lydia Winthrop |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie | |
| 1967 | Mannix | Ida Colby |
| 1965 | Branded | Neela |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1958 | The Texan | Cora Laird |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Hazel / The Vision |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Widow Enga |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Mary K. Davis |
| 1957 | M Squad | Martha Wicklow |
| 1957 | The Court of Last Resort | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Mollie Stanton |
| 1957 | Suspicion | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Christie Smith |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Alicia Jolland |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Audience Member |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Mrs. Cullen |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lydia Brailing |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1954 | Climax! | Betty |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Persis Hughes |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Adelaide Baines |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Leah |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Emily |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Iva Stearns |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Nora Cantata |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | May |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Anne |
| 1949 | Hands of Murder | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Anna Zenger |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mary Widdicomb |
| 1948 | Studio One | Belle Giles |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Emilia |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre |