Geddes Family History & Genealogy

Stella Evelyne Myrtle (Geddes) Lidgerwood of Benalla, Benalla Rural City County, VIC Australia was born in 1904 in Cashel, and died at age 83 years old on October 6, 1988 in Benalla. Stella Lidgerwood was buried at Benalla Cemetery Cemetery Rd, in Benalla.

Barbara Bel Geddes Born October 31, 1922 New York City, U.S. Died August 8, 2005 (aged 82) Northeast Harbor, Maine, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1941–1990 Spouse(s) Carl Sawyer (né Schreuer) (m. 1944; div. 1951) Windsor Lewis (m. 1951; died 1972) Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost five decades. She was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in the television series Dallas. Bel Geddes also starred as Maggie in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. Her notable films included I Remember Mama (1948) and Vertigo (1958). Throughout her career, she was the recipient of several acting awards and nominations. Bel Geddes was born on October 31, 1922, in New York City, the daughter of Helen Belle (née Schneider; 1891–1938) and stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958).[1] She married theatrical manager Carl Sawyer (né Schreuer) in 1944; they had one daughter, Susan. They divorced in 1951. Later that year, she married stage director Windsor Lewis, with whom she had a daughter, Betsy. When Lewis became ill in 1967, Bel Geddes suspended her career to care for him; he died in 1972. Career Broadway Bel Geddes came to prominence in the 1946 Broadway production of Deep Are the Roots. The performance garnered her the Clarence Derwent Award, the Theatre World Award and the Donaldson Award (forerunner of the Tony Awards) presented to her by Laurette Taylor, for "Outstanding Achievement in The Theatre". From 1951 to 1953, Bel Geddes played 924 performances of the F. Hugh Herbert hit comedy The Moon Is Blue. In 1955, she created the role of Maggie "The Cat" in Elia Kazan's original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and in 1961 created the title role in the Jean Kerr comedy Mary, Mary which became Broadway's longest-running show with over 1,500 performances. Both roles earned her Tony Award nominations. Other highlights include John Steinbeck's Burning Bright, Edward Albee's Everything in the Garden, and Silent Night, Lonely Night with Henry Fonda. In 1952, she received the prestigious "Woman of the Year" award from Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, America's oldest theater company; in 1993, having appeared in 15 Broadway productions, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame (located in the Gershwin Theatre in New York City), a distinction she shared with her father, stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes. Hollywood Bel Geddes began her film career starring with Henry Fonda in The Long Night (1947), a remake of the 1939 French film Le Jour Se Lève. "I went out to California awfully young," she remarked. "I remember Lillian Hellman and Elia Kazan telling me, 'Don't go, learn your craft.' But I loved films." The following year, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the George Stevens film I Remember Mama. She played Richard Widmark's wife Nancy in Kazan's 1950 film noir Panic in the Streets.[2] In 1958, Alfred Hitchcock cast her with James Stewart in Vertigo as the long-suffering bohemian, Midge. Bel Geddes also starred with Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong in the screen musical The Five Pennies. When an investigation from the House Un-American Activities Committee had Bel Geddes's name put on the Hollywood blacklist during the 1950s, it stalled her film career for a time, and she carried on with her acting on Broadway and an occasional part on television. Bel Geddes found new opportunity in television when she was cast in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, including "Lamb to the Slaughter", in which she played a housewife who killed her husband by bludgeoning him to death with a frozen leg of lamb, cooking the murder weapon, and then serving it to the investigating police. She appeared in series such as Playhouse 90, CBS Playhouse, Riverboat, Dr. Kildare, and Death Valley Days. In 1977, she starred in the highly acclaimed production of the Thornton Wilder classic Our Town with Hal Holbrook. Dallas Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing in the television series Dallas In 1978, Bel Geddes was the first artist signed to star in Dallas. The role of the family matriarch, Miss Ellie, brought her renewed international recognition. She appeared in many episodes, in almost every season of the series, for a total of 276 episodes from 1978 to 1990 (she was absent from the 1984–85 and 1990–91 seasons) and remains the only cast member to win the Emmy Award (Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series) and the Golden Globe (List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Drama). In 1985, she also received Germany's Golden Camera Award. Larry Hagman (who was only nine years junior to Bel Geddes), who played J. R. Ewing, told the Associated Press: "She was the rock of Dallas. She was just a really nice woman and a wonderful actress. She was kind of the glue that held the whole thing together." In a later interview for the website "Ultimate Dallas", Hagman said, "The reason I took the show, they said Barbara Bel Geddes is going to play your mother, and I said, 'Well, that's a touch of class, you know,' so of course I wanted to work with her." In 1971, Bel Geddes underwent a radical mastectomy, which was an experience that she relived while playing Miss Ellie in the 1979–1980 season of Dallas. The performance garnered her the Emmy Award. She was also honored by former First Lady Betty Ford for helping to raise breast cancer awareness. On March 15, 1983, Bel Geddes narrowly avoided a heart attack, but the media falsely reported that she had had a heart attack. Only days after she completed filming for the 1982–1983 season, her doctor discovered a condition that required emergency quadruple bypass surgery. Bel Geddes underwent heart surgery, and she missed the first 11 episodes of the 1983–1984 season[3] and was replaced with actress Donna Reed for the 1984–1985 season. With her health improved, CBS-TV persuaded Lorimar Productions to return Bel Geddes to the role of Miss Ellie for the 1985–1986 season. Bel Geddes remained in the role until the later stages of the penultimate season of Dallas in 1990. Life after Dallas Bel Geddes retired from acting in 1990 and settled in her home in Northeast Harbor, Maine, where she continued to work as a fine artist. She was the author of two children's books, I Like to Be Me and So Do I, as well as the creator of a popular line of greeting cards. Looking back on her career, Bel Geddes told People: "They're always making me play well-bred ladies. I'm not very well bred, and I'm not much of a lady."[4] Death Bel Geddes died of lung cancer on August 8, 2005, at her estate in Northeast Harbor, Maine, at the age of 82.[5] She was cremated, and her ashes were scattered from a simple wooden boat into the harbor waters bordering her estate. At the revival of Dallas in 2012, Patrick Duffy (who played her youngest son, Bobby, in the original series) said: "Barbara is a big piece of our history, and it's important to me to honor her. To come back with Linda Gray as Sue Ellen and Larry Hagman in his J.R. hat, and then see the words Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow on the gravestone made me think, 'Oh, that's right -- she's gone." "Through the whole first season, I don't think an episode goes by that Mama is not mentioned in reference to Southfork and the land," he said.

Esther Lucille (Miller) Geddes was born on June 2, 1917 in Indiana United States. She was in a relationship with Paul Edwin Geddes, and had a child Judith Gayle Caldwell. Esther Geddes died at age 100 years old in July 2017 in Eugene, OR. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Esther Lucille (Miller) Geddes.

Lorriane Geddes was in a relationship with Charles Knabel, and has children Lorrie Knabel and Jeff Knabel. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lorriane "Kay" Geddes.

Donald Geddes of Yonga Australia was born in 1834 to Donald Geddes and Isabella Calder Geddes. Donald Geddes died at age 78 years old in 1912 in Yonga.

Herman Geddes of Clinton, Dewitt County, Illinois was born on November 26, 1910, and died at age 66 years old in June 1977.

Paul Edwin Geddes was born on March 26, 1907 in Indiana United States, and died at age 80 years old on March 15, 1988 in OR. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Paul Edwin Geddes.

Mary Eleanor (Jackson) Geddes of Fitzroy Australia was born in 1905 in Collingwood, City of Yarra County, VIC, and died at age 89 years old on June 25, 1995.

Gertrude Annie (Confait) Confait of Cunninghame Australia was born on May 21, 1903 at Cunninghame in Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland Shire County, VIC, and died at age 104 years old on May 7, 2008 in Bairnsdale.

Frank Geddes of Bdale Australia was born in 1903 in Bairnsdale, East Gippsland Shire County, VIC, and died at age 60 years old on February 23, 1964 in Bairnsdale.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Norma Mae Rieger Geddes.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Grace Stoddart Davey ( Geddes.

Jodi L Geddes was the child of Shirley M Jensen (1928-2010) and Donald Devere Geddes (1928-2011). Her parents were high school sweethearts. She had multiple siblings including a sister named Molle Jo Geddes (1959-1980). On May 26, 1984 she married David Behrens in Sturgis, South Dakota, USA.

Margaret Geddes was in a relationship with Joseph Black, and has children Lydia (Black) Oakley and Harriette Newell (Black) Hodge. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Geddes.

Andrew Geddes was born in 1861 in Scotland United Kingdom, and died at age 67 years old in 1928. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew Geddes.

Bridget Veronica Geddes of Redc Australia was born in 1899, and died at age 81 years old in 1980 in Redc.

Mary Melissa (Geddes) Graham was born on August 7, 1886 in Berlin, Berlin Germany, and died at age 62 years old in 1948 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Melissa (Geddes) Graham.

William J Geddes of Denver, Denver County, CO was born on February 1, 1891, and died at age 86 years old on August 10, 1977.

Helen (Geddes) Geddes of Ballarat Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Helen Geddes Geddes.

Henrietta Camero (Fletcher) Geddes of Collwood Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henrietta Camero (Fletcher) Geddes.