Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1928-08-23
- Day of Death2014-10-06 (86 years)
- Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
- Also Known AsMarion SeldesMarian Hall 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2012
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
As: Mabel Billingsly
- 2010
The Extra Man
As: Vivian Cudlip
- 2009
Home
As: Peggy
- 2009
The Toe Tactic
As: Eunice (voice)
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
As: The Duchess of Krakenthorp
- 2008
Leatherheads
As: Clerk
- 2008
The Visitor
As: Barbara
- 2007
August Rush
As: The Dean
2007Miriam
As: Mrs. H.T. Miller
2007Suburban Girl
As: Margaret Paddleford
2006In from the Night
As: Nora Cantata
2006The Book of Daniel
As: Helen
2005Ballets Russes
As: Narrator
2004Plainsong
As: Iva Stearns
2004Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2003
Mona Lisa Smile
As: President Jocelyn Carr
- 2002
Hollywood Ending
As: Alexandra
2001Town & Country
As: Eugenie's Mother
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
As: Louise Grantham Robilotti
- 2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
As: Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti
2000Duets
As: Harriet Gahagan
20001961
As: Abby Hedley
2000If These Walls Could Talk 2
As: Abby Hedley
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As: Peggy Kendall
- 1999
The Haunting
As: Mrs. Dudley
1998Celebrity
As: Datloff Party Guest
1998Sex and the City
As: Mrs. Big
1997Affliction
As: Alma Pittman
- 1997
Home Alone 3
As: Mrs. Hess
1997Digging to China
As: Leah Schroth
1996Remember WENN
As: Miss Frye
1995Tom and Huck
As: Widow Douglas
1995Clarissa
As: Lillian Banion
1995Truman
As: Eleanor Roosevelt
1994In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
As: Justice Susie Sharp
1993Frasier
As: Betty
1992The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
As: Margaret Armstrong
1991Good & Evil
As: Charlotte Sandler
1990Law & Order
As: Suzanne
1990Wings
As: Eleanor Kingsbury
1988Murphy Brown
As: Murphy's Aunt Brooke
1988Zits
As: Miss Maple
1987Gertrude Stein and a Companion!
As: Alice B. Toklas
1984Murder, She Wrote
As: Lydia Winthrop
1978Fingers
As: Ruth
1975Kate McShane
As: Secretary
1967Mannix
As: Ida Colby
1966The Star Wagon
As: Marian
1965The Greatest Story Ever Told
As: Herodias
1965Branded
As: Neela
1959Crime and Punishment USA
As: Debbie Cole
1959The Big Fisherman
As: Arnon
1958The Rifleman
As: Hazel / The Vision
1958The Texan
As: Cora Laird
1958The Plot to Kill Stalin
As: Mme. Molotov
1958The Light in the Forest
As: Kate Owens
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
As: Widow Enga
1957Perry Mason
As: Mary K. Davis
1957M Squad
As: Martha Wicklow
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
As: Mollie Stanton
- 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
As: Christie Smith
1957The True Story of Jesse James
As: Rowena Cobb
1957The Young Stranger
As: Mrs. Morse (uncredited)
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As: Alicia Jolland
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Lydia Brailing
1955Gunsmoke
As: Mrs. Cullen
1955The Millionaire
As: Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister
1954Climax!
As: Betty
1953General Electric Theater
As: Persis Hughes
- 1953
General Electric Theater
As: Adelaide Baines
- 1953
General Electric Theater
As: Leah
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Emily
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Iva Stearns
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Nora Cantata
1948Studio One
As: Anna Zenger
- 1948
Studio One
As: Mary Widdicomb
- 1948
Studio One
As: Belle Giles
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
As: Emilia