Marian Seldes

Marian Seldes

Acting

Born August 23, 1928 · New York City, New York, USA

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 nominatio…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Frasier

Frasier

1993

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Acting(93)

2012Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of LifeMabel Billingsly

2010The Extra ManVivian Cudlip

2009Nurse JackieTottie

2009The Toe TacticEunice (voice)

2008Murnau, Borzage and FoxSelf

2008La Fille du Régiment - Metropolitan OperaThe Duchess of Krakenthorp

2008LeatherheadsClerk

2008The VisitorBarbara

2007August RushThe Dean

2007MiriamMrs. H.T. Miller

2007Suburban GirlMargaret Paddleford

2006In from the NightNora Cantata

2006The Book of DanielHelen

2005Ballets RussesNarrator

2004PlainsongIva Stearns

2004Proteus: A Nineteenth Century VisionNarrator (voice)

2003Mona Lisa SmilePresident Jocelyn Carr

2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf

2002Hollywood EndingAlexandra

2001Town & CountryEugenie's Mother

2001A Nero Wolfe MysteryLouise Grantham Robilotti

2000DuetsHarriet Gahagan

20001961Abby Hedley

2000If These Walls Could Talk 2Abby Hedley

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPeggy Kendall

1999The HauntingMrs. Dudley

1998CelebrityDatloff Party Guest

1998Sex and the CityMrs. Big

1998AfflictionAlma Pittman

1997Home Alone 3Mrs. Hess

1997Digging to ChinaLeah Schroth

1996Remember WENNMiss Frye

1995Tom and HuckWidow Douglas

1995ClarissaLillian Banion

1995Central Park West

1995TrumanEleanor Roosevelt

1994In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & MadnessJustice Susie Sharp

1993FrasierBetty

1992The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagMargaret Armstrong

1991Good & EvilCharlotte Sandler

1990Law & OrderSuzanne

1990WingsEleanor Kingsbury

1989In a Pig's EyeMrs. Isabel Purvis

1988Murphy BrownMurphy's Aunt Brooke

1988ZitsMiss Maple

1987Gertrude Stein and a Companion!Alice B. Toklas

1984Murder, She WroteLydia Winthrop

1984Kate & Allie

1978FingersRuth

1975Kate McShaneSecretary

1967MannixIda Colby

1966The Star WagonMarian

1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldHerodias

1965BrandedNeela

1960Special for Women

1959Crime and Punishment USADebbie Cole

1959The Big FishermanArnon

1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958The RiflemanHazel / The Vision

1958The TexanCora Laird

1958The Plot to Kill StalinMme. Molotov

1958The Light in the ForestKate Owens

1958Shirley Temple's StorybookWidow Enga

1958Half Hour to KillJoyce Field

1957Panic ButtonKate Sullivan

1957The Court of Last Resort

1957Perry MasonMary K. Davis

1957M SquadMartha Wicklow

1957Have Gun, Will TravelMollie Stanton

1957The True Story of Jesse JamesRowena Cobb

1957The Young StrangerMrs. Morse (uncredited)

1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreAlicia Jolland

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee

1955Matinee Theater

1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLydia Brailing

1955GunsmokeMrs. Cullen

1955The MillionaireDorothy 'Dot' McAllister

1954Climax!Betty

1954The Lonely NightCaroline

1953General Electric TheaterPersis Hughes

1951Hallmark Hall of FameEmily

1950Lux Video TheatreMay

1949Hands of Murder

1948Studio OneAnna Zenger

1948The Philco Television Playhouse

1947Kraft Television Theatre

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette EpisodeLouise Soubirous