Marian Seldes

Biography

Marian Hall Seldes 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marian Seldes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Perry Mason

The Rifleman

Frasier

Murder, She Wrote

Wings

Sex and the City

All Movies (47)

• Marian2017 · as Self
• Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life2012 · as Mabel Billingsly
• The Extra Man2010 · as Vivian Cudlip
• Home2009 · as Peggy
• The Toe Tactic2009 · as Eunice (voice)
• Murnau, Borzage and Fox2008 · as Self
• The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment2008 · as The Duchess of Krakenthorp
• Leatherheads2008 · as Clerk
• The Visitor2008 · as Barbara
• August Rush2007 · as The Dean
• Miriam2007 · as Mrs. H.T. Miller
• Suburban Girl2007 · as Margaret Paddleford
• In from the Night2006 · as Nora Cantata
• Ballets Russes2005 · as Narrator
• Plainsong2004 · as Iva Stearns
• Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision2004 · as Narrator (voice)
• Mona Lisa Smile2003 · as President Jocelyn Carr
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
• Hollywood Ending2002 · as Alexandra
• Town & Country2001 · as Eugenie's Mother
• Duets2000 · as Harriet Gahagan
• 19612000 · as Abby Hedley
• If These Walls Could Talk 22000 · as Abby Hedley
• The Haunting1999 · as Mrs. Dudley
• Celebrity1998 · as Datloff Party Guest
• Affliction1998 · as Alma Pittman
• Home Alone 31997 · as Mrs. Hess
• Digging to China1997 · as Leah Schroth
• Tom and Huck1995 · as Widow Douglas
• Clarissa1995 · as Lillian Banion
• Truman1995 · as Eleanor Roosevelt
• In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness1994 · as Justice Susie Sharp
• The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag1992 · as Margaret Armstrong
• In a Pig's Eye1989 · as Mrs. Isabel Purvis
• Zits1988 · as Miss Maple
• Gertrude Stein and a Companion!1987 · as Alice B. Toklas
• Fingers1978 · as Ruth
• Kate McShane1975 · as Secretary
• The Star Wagon1966 · as Marian
• The Greatest Story Ever Told1965 · as Herodias
• Crime and Punishment USA1959 · as Debbie Cole
• The Big Fisherman1959 · as Arnon
• The Plot to Kill Stalin1958 · as Mme. Molotov
• The Light in the Forest1958 · as Kate Owens
• The True Story of Jesse James1957 · as Rowena Cobb
• The Young Stranger1957 · as Mrs. Morse (uncredited)
• The Lonely Night1954 · as Caroline

All TV Shows (57)

• Nurse Jackie2009 · as Tottie
• Big Day2006
• The Book of Daniel2006 · as Helen
• Clubhouse2004
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Louise Grantham Robilotti
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Mrs. Pitcairn
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Peggy Kendall
• Sex and the City1998 · as Mrs. Big
• Remember WENN1996 · as Miss Frye
• Central Park West1995
• Frasier1993 · as Betty
• Good & Evil1991 · as Charlotte Sandler
• Law & Order1990 · as Suzanne
• Wings1990 · as Eleanor Kingsbury
• Murphy Brown1988 · as Murphy's Aunt Brooke
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Lydia Winthrop
• Kate & Allie1984
• Mannix1967 · as Ida Colby
• Branded1965 · as Neela
• Special for Women1960
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
• The Rifleman1958 · as Hazel / The Vision
• The Texan1958 · as Cora Laird
• Shirley Temple's Storybook1958 · as Widow Enga
• Half Hour to Kill1958 · as Joyce Field
• The Court of Last Resort1957
• Suspicion1957
• Perry Mason1957 · as Mary K. Davis
• M Squad1957 · as Martha Wicklow
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Mollie Stanton
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Christie Smith
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Alicia Jolland
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Audience Member
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
• Matinee Theater1955
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Lydia Brailing
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Mrs. Cullen
• The Millionaire1955 · as Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister
• Climax!1954 · as Betty
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Persis Hughes
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Adelaide Baines
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Leah
• Omnibus1952
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Emily
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Iva Stearns
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Nora Cantata
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as May
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Anne
• Hands of Murder1949
• Studio One1948 · as Anna Zenger
• Studio One1948 · as Mary Widdicomb
• Studio One1948 · as Belle Giles
• Studio One1948 · as Anna Zeger
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Emilia
• Kraft Television Theatre1947