I Remember Mama - Barbara Bel Geddes at 100

[Barbara Fan]

I just wanted to post that Monday October 31st would have been Barbara Bel Geddes's 100th Birthday if she were alive today .................

What can I say about her that I haven't said before.

She was special - she touched my life and made a lasting impression on me, I will never forget her. I wish that I had met her - as its quite easy to meet Dallas cast members - but she was always elusive, reclusive and kept a very low profile in the land of Showbiz. I will always regret that I came close in 1983 but not close enough on the Dallas set and was 2 weeks too early.

She gave Dallas a heart and a soul, it wasn't the same without her and she has been my favourite actress since I was a schoolgirl! I loved her to bits and thanks to the wonderful casting of the original show, I feel blessed and lucky to have seen her on screen alongside all the other wonderful cast members. Original Dallas was really special

Thankfully she has left a wonderful legacy behind both on TV and film. I would have loved to see her post Dallas on stage in her hometown of New York.

I remember Mama!
BBG - Born Oct 31st 1922 to August 8th 2005

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I'm sure that she's smiling down at all of us for the appreciation and regard that we have for her.

Here she is with her two screen Dallas husband's Clayton Farlow and the unforgettable Jock Ewing.

 

[Rove]

When Warner Bros release Dallas on Blu-Ray I think there is going to be a new generation discovering the talents of Barbara Bel Geddes...and others. The generation today can have their Game of Thrones but nothing can still touch the international reach and popularity that Dallas enjoyed. I thank GOD everyday I lived that era and marvelled at the talent of Barbara Bel Geddes.

 

[Michelle Stevens]

All the best memories of Barbara Bel Geddes on the centennial of her birth. Her impact on all she did will never be forgotten.

 

[Karin]

Dallas would not have been the same without Miss Ellie.
One of the things I loved about Dallas was that it was about three generations, Miss Ellie was about my grandparents age, Bobby my parents and me I am about the same age as Christopher and John Ross. So it's easy to relate to the show somehow. Miss Ellie was also a loving matriarch who wanted to keep her family together.

BBG sure deserved that Emmy she got. I am currently rewatching the show for the first time since 2004/2005. I am on season two now. (DVD - 3). It's a good season and that mastechtomy storyline seems before it's time somehow. So brave of BBG to do that considering what she went through in real life.

She might be gone but not forgotten.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I have very fond memories of Barbara playing Miss Ellie.

When she found her brother Garrison again and JR attempted to find out if his Nurse was after Ewing money I could've slapped him then and there.

When Miss Ellie berates both Jock & JR for thinking that Garrison & his nurse were greedy and out for what they can get, which couldn't have been further from the truth I could've hugged her. The man was dying and had returned home to be with the only family he had, his sister Eleanor Southworth Ewing. I applauded her for calling out JR and Jock and this episode helped to set the template for what Dallas would become as a hit TV series.





May these two characters and the actors who played them, Jim Davis & Barbara Bel Geddes Rest In Peace.

 

[Laurie Marr]

Here's a brief tribute to BBG on YT that also has a new arrangement of a piece of Dallas music taken from the episode 'The Search.':