Marian Seldes
Acting1928New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting History
2017
Marian
as Self
2012
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
as Mabel Billingsly
2010
The Extra Man
as Vivian Cudlip
2009
Home
as Peggy
The Toe Tactic
as Eunice (voice)
2008
The Visitor
as Barbara
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
as Self
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
as The Duchess of Krakenthorp
Leatherheads
as Clerk
2007
Suburban Girl
as Margaret Paddleford
Miriam
as Mrs. H.T. Miller
August Rush
as The Dean
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Peggy Kendall• 1 eps
2006
In from the Night
as Nora Cantata
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Nora Cantata• 1 eps
The Book of Daniel
TVas Helen• 1 eps
2005
Ballets Russes
as Narrator
2004
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
as Narrator (voice)
Plainsong
as Iva Stearns
Frasier
TVas Betty• 1 eps
2003
Mona Lisa Smile
as President Jocelyn Carr
2002
Hollywood Ending
as Alexandra
2001
Town & Country
as Eugenie's Mother
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
TVas Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti• 1 eps
2000
1999
The Haunting
as Mrs. Dudley
1998
Affliction
as Alma Pittman
Celebrity
as Datloff Party Guest
Sex and the City
TVas Mrs. Big• 1 eps
Remember WENN
TVas Miss Frye• 1 eps
1997
Home Alone 3
as Mrs. Hess
Digging to China
as Leah Schroth
1995
Truman
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Tom and Huck
as Widow Douglas
Clarissa
as Lillian Banion
Wings
TVas Eleanor Kingsbury• 1 eps
1994
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
as Justice Susie Sharp
1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Margaret Armstrong
Murphy Brown
TVas Murphy's Aunt Brooke• 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Lydia Winthrop• 1 eps
1991
Law & Order
TVas Suzanne• 1 eps
Good & Evil
TVas Charlotte Sandler• 11 eps
1988
Zits
as Miss Maple
1987
Gertrude Stein and a Companion!
as Alice B. Toklas
1978
Fingers
as Ruth
1975
Kate McShane
as Secretary
1968
Mannix
TVas Ida Colby• 1 eps
1966
The Star Wagon
as Marian
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Herodias
Branded
TVas Neela• 1 eps
1960
The Rifleman
TVas Hazel / The Vision• 1 eps
1959
1958
The Light in the Forest
as Kate Owens
The Plot to Kill Stalin
as Mme. Molotov
Climax!
TVas Betty• 1 eps
M Squad
TVas Martha Wicklow• 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Lydia Brailing• 1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TVas Widow Enga• 1 eps
Perry Mason
TVas Mary K. Davis• 1 eps
1957
The Young Stranger
as Mrs. Morse (uncredited)
The True Story of Jesse James
as Rowena Cobb
The Millionaire
TVas Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister• 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Alicia Jolland• 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Anne• 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
TVas Christie Smith• 1 eps
1956
Gunsmoke
TVas Mrs. Cullen• 1 eps
1955
General Electric Theater
TVas Leah• 2 eps
1954
The Lonely Night
as Caroline
1953
The Philco Television Playhouse
TVas Emilia• 1 eps
1952
1951
Studio One
TVas Anna Zeger• 1 eps