Marian Seldes

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1928-08-23 (86 years old)

Deathday

2014-10-06

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 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 a...

Acting

2007

August Rush

as The Dean

1999

The Haunting

as Mrs. Dudley

1997

Digging to China

as Leah Schroth

2008

The Visitor

as Barbara

2000

1961

as Abby Hedley

1954

The Lonely Night

as Caroline

1958

1992

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

as Margaret Armstrong

1998

Celebrity

as Datloff Party Guest

2000

1978

Fingers

as Ruth

1959

2010

The Extra Man

as Vivian Cudlip

2009

Home

as Peggy

2009

The Toe Tactic

as Eunice (voice)

1959

1975

Kate McShane

as Secretary

2008

1957

The Young Stranger

as Mrs. Morse (uncredited)

2004

Plainsong

as Iva Stearns

2002

Hollywood Ending

as Alexandra

1988

Zits

as Miss Maple

2006

In from the Night

as Nora Cantata

1958

2005

Ballets Russes

as Narrator

1995

Clarissa

as Lillian Banion

2007

Suburban Girl

as Margaret Paddleford

1997

Affliction

as Alma Pittman

2003

Mona Lisa Smile

as President Jocelyn Carr

1987

1997

Home Alone 3

as Mrs. Hess

1995

Truman

as Eleanor Roosevelt

1966

2000

Duets

as Harriet Gahagan

2008

Leatherheads

as Clerk

1995

Tom and Huck

as Widow Douglas

2017

Marian

as Self

2007

Miriam

as Mrs. H.T. Miller

2001

Town & Country

as Eugenie's Mother

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