Norman Bel Geddes was an American theatrical and industrial designer, described in 2012 by the New York Times as "a brilliant craftsman and draftsman, a master of style, the 20th century’s Leonardo da
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Norman Bel Geddes with part of the Shell Oil City of Tomorrow. Photo: Frances Resor Waite c. 1937.
A drawing by Norman Bel Geddes
Model of teardrop-shaped automobile designed by Bel Geddes
Barbara Bel Geddes was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost five decades. She received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award an
Norman Bel Geddes
…Clifton Terry Geddes, a stockbroker. When he married Helen Belle Schneider in 1916, they combined their names to Bel Geddes. Their daughters were actress Barbara Bel Geddes and writer Joan Ulanov, wife of Barry Ulanov. Bel Geddes began his career with set designs for Aline Barnsdall's Los Angeles Little Theater in the…
Bel Geddes as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), photographed by Carl van Vechten
Bel Geddes in Elia Kazan's Panic in the Streets (1950)
George Stevens with Barbara Bel Geddes on set of I Remember Mama (1948)