1. Ellen Geer is an American actress, professor, and theatre director.
12 Facts About Ellen Geer
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Ellen Geer's father was best-known for playing Grandpa Zebulon "Zeb" Walton on The Waltons.
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Ellen Geer is married to children's musician Peter Alsop, and was previously married to actor Ed Flanders.
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In 1963, Ellen Geer joined the Minnesota Theatre Company for the opening seasons of the original Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, where, among other roles, she played the lead in Douglas Campbell's production of Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan.
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Ellen Geer began her film career appearing as a nun in the 1968 Richard Lester drama Petulia.
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Ellen Geer followed this with an appearance in 1969's The Reivers with her father, Will Geer.
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In 1971, Ellen Geer played the deceased wife of the lead character in Kotch, appearing throughout the movie in flashbacks.
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Ellen Geer had recurring roles on Falcon Crest and Beauty and the Beast.
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Ellen Geer played elderly Piper Halliwell on the WB series Charmed in the series finale.
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Ellen Geer appeared in the fourth season of Castle in the episode called "The Blue Butterfly".
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Ellen Geer has served since 1978 as artistic director of the Will Ellen Geer Theatricum Botanicum, a professional repertory, open-air theater in Topanga Canyon, California.
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Ellen Geer has served as a visiting associate professor, teaching acting, at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater for 12 years.