
Acting
Born August 29, 1941 · New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ellen Ware Geer (born August 29, 1941) is an American actress, professor, screenwriter, film director and theatre director.Geer has enjoyed a long, distinguished career in film and television. She began her career appearing as a nun in the 1968 Richard Lester drama Petulia. Geer followed this with an appearance in 1969's The Reivers with her father, Will Geer. In 1971, Geer played the deceased wife of the lead character in Kotch, appearing throughout the movie in flashbacks. That same year, she became a regular on The Jimmy Stewart Show (which aired until the following year) and had a supporting role in the acclaimed comedy Harold and Maude. In 1974, she starred in two films which she also wrote: Silence and Memory of Us. Both featured her father. The remainder of Geer's 1970s career consisted primarily of guest appearances and made-for-TV movies. TV shows on which she appeared during this time included Police Story, The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, and two episodes of Fantasy Island. Her TV movie credits during this time included Babe (1975), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977), and A Shining Season (1979). The only theatrical film on which she worked in the late '70s was Jonathan Kaplan's Over the Edge in 1979. The remainder of her TV credits include guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Waltons, Quincy, M.E., Dallas, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, NYPD Blue, and Cold Case. She also had recurring roles on Falcon Crest and Beauty and the Beast. She played future Piper Halliwell on the WB series Charmed in the series finale. In October 2007, the actress returned briefly to Desperate Housewives which she briefly appeared in before. Geer has served since 1978 as Artistic Director of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, a professional repertory, open-air theater in Topanga Canyon, California. Geer has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor, teaching acting, at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater for 12 years.

Unlovable
2018

House at the End of the Drive
2014

The Gold Bracelet
2008

Man in the Chair
2007

Our House
2006

The Visitation
2006

Me and You and Everyone We Know
2005

Criminal
2004

June
2004

Nancy Drew
2002

Practical Magic
1998

The Odd Couple II
1998

The Postman
1997

Phenomenon
1996

Crossworlds
1996

Clear and Present Danger
1994

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994

When a Man Loves a Woman
1994

Midnight Witness
1993

Patriot Games
1992

Lonely Hearts
1991

Satan's Princess
1989

The Wild Pair
1987

Big Shots
1987

A Different Affair
1987

My Town
1986

Hard Traveling
1986

Creator
1985

I Want to Live
1983

Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983

Heart Like a Wheel
1983

Deadly Lessons
1983
The Princess and the Cabbie
1981

Bloody Birthday
1981

My Kidnapper, My Love
1980

A Shining Season
1979

Over the Edge
1979

Night Cries
1978

Babe
1977

Memory of Us
1974
Silence
1974

Harold and Maude
1971

Kotch
1971

The Reivers
1969

Petulia
1968