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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Filmography
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Movies 48
TV Shows 36
self 5
Narrator 2
Voice 1
Self
Marian (2017)
Movie
Mabel Billingsly
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (2012)
Movie
Vivian Cudlip
The Extra Man (2010)
Movie
Peggy
Home (2009)
Movie
Eunice (voice)
The Toe Tactic (2009)
Movie
Herself
Murnau, Borzage and Fox (2008)
Movie
The Duchess of Krakenthorp
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment (2008)
Movie
4
Clerk
Leatherheads (2008)
Movie
8
The Dean
August Rush (2007)
Movie
7
Barbara
The Visitor (2007)
Movie
5.27
Mrs. H.T. Miller
Miriam (2007)
Movie
Margaret Paddleford
Suburban Girl (2007)
Movie
Duchess of Krakenthorp
Great Performances at the Met (2007)
TV
Big Day (2006)
TV
Nora Cantata
In from the Night (2006)
Movie
Helen
The Book of Daniel (2006)
TV
Clubhouse (2004)
TV
Iva Stearns
Plainsong (2004)
Movie
Narrator
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' (2004)
Movie
Narrator
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision (2004)
Movie
President Jocelyn Carr
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Movie
8.5
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Movie
Alexandra
Hollywood Ending (2002)
Movie
Eugenie's Mother
Town & Country (2001)
Movie
Louise Grantham Robilotti
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
TV
Harriet Gahagan
Duets (2000)
Movie
Abby Hedley
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
Movie
8
Abby Hedley
1961 (2000)
Movie
Peggy Kendall
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.19
Mrs. Dudley
The Haunting (1999)
Movie
4.5
Datloff Party Guest
Celebrity (1998)
Movie
2
Mrs. Big
Sex and the City (1998)
TV
6.16
Alma Pittman
Affliction (1998)
Movie
Mrs. Hess
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Movie
5.75
Leah Schroth
Digging to China (1997)
Movie
Widow Douglas
Tom and Huck (1995)
Movie
10
Lillian Banion
Clarissa (1995)
Movie
Central Park West (1995)
TV
Eleanor Roosevelt
Truman (1995)
Movie
Justice Susie Sharp
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994)
Movie
Betty
Frasier (1993)
TV
5.35
Margaret Armstrong
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
Movie
Charlotte Sandler
Good & Evil (1991)
TV
Suzanne
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Wings (1990)
TV
6.4
Miss Maple
Zits (1988)
Movie
Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein and a Companion! (1987)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller (1987)
Movie
Lydia Winthrop
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV
7
Kate & Allie (1984)
TV
Ruth
Fingers (1978)
Movie
Secretary
Kate McShane [Pilot] (1975)
Movie
Ida Colby
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Marian
The Star Wagon (1966)
Movie
Herodias
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Movie
Branded (1965)
TV
5.91
Debbie Cole
Crime and Punishment USA (1959)
Movie
Arnon
The Big Fisherman (1959)
Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
TV
The Rifleman (1958)
TV
6.67
Cora Laird
The Texan (1958)
TV
Mme. Molotov
The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958)
Movie
Kate Owens
The Light in the Forest (1958)
Movie
The Court of Last Resort (1957)
TV
Cora Applegate / Kathy / Matron Henderson
Suspicion (1957)
TV
Mary K. Davis
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Martha Wicklow
M Squad (1957)
TV
Mollie Stanton
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
TV
6
Rowena Cobb
The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Movie
Mrs. Morse (uncredited)
The Young Stranger (1957)
Movie
Alicia Jolland
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Self - Nominee
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Matinee Theater (1955)
TV
Lydia Brailing
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Mrs. Cullen
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister
The Millionaire (1955)
TV
Betty
Climax! (1954)
TV
Caroline
The Lonely Night (1954)
Movie
Persis Hughes / Adelaide Baines
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Anna Zenger
The Trial of John Peter Zenger (1953)
Movie
Nora Cantata / Emily / Iva Stearns
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
May
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Mary Widdicomb / Belle Giles / Anna Zenger
Studio One (1948)
TV
Emilia
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Ratings
Average 6.06
Based on 1.17 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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1958
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1959
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1928-08-23
Deathday2014-10-06 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States of America
RelationshipsGarson Kanin (1990-01-01 - 1999-01-01), Julian Claman (1953-01-01 - 1961-01-01)
FatherGilbert Seldes
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMarion Seldes, Marian Hall Seldes
AwardsDrama League Award, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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