Marian Hall Seldes (August , â€" October , ) was an American stage,
film, radio, and television actress whose career spanned over years.
A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best
Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in , and received
subsequent nominations for Father's Day (), Deathtrap (â€"), Ring
Round the Moon (), and Dinner at Eight (). She also won a Drama Desk
Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits included Equus
(â€"), Ivanov (), and Deuce (). She was inducted into the American
Theater Hall of Fame in and received the Special Tony Award for
Lifetime Achievement in .Seldes was born in Manhattan, the daughter of
Alice Wadhams Hall, a socialite, and Gilbert Seldes, a journalist,
author, and editor. Her uncle was journalist George Seldes. She had
one brother, Timothy. Seldes's paternal grandparents were Russian
Jewish immigrants, and her mother was from a "prominent WASP family,"
the "Episcopalian blue-blooded Halls." She grew up in a creative
environment, studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Her
maternal aunt, Marian Wells Hall (died ), was a prominent interior
decorator.Trained for the stage, Seldes made her Broadway theatre
debut in in a production of Medea. She went on to an illustrious
career in which she earned five Tony Award nominations, winning her
first time out in for A Delicate Balance. In addition to performing
in live theatre, Seldes began acting in television in in a Hallmark
Hall of Fame production that marked the first of many guest star
roles. She also performed in a number of motion pictures and in radio
plays. In the mid-s, Seldes recorded five albums for Folkways Records
of famous works of literature, including two recordings of poetry by
Robinson Jeffers. Between and , she appeared in episodes of the CBS
Radio Mystery Theater. In , she appeared in an episode of Murphy Brown
as the title character’s eccentric Aunt Brooke.
film, radio, and television actress whose career spanned over years.
A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best
Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in , and received
subsequent nominations for Father's Day (), Deathtrap (â€"), Ring
Round the Moon (), and Dinner at Eight (). She also won a Drama Desk
Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits included Equus
(â€"), Ivanov (), and Deuce (). She was inducted into the American
Theater Hall of Fame in and received the Special Tony Award for
Lifetime Achievement in .Seldes was born in Manhattan, the daughter of
Alice Wadhams Hall, a socialite, and Gilbert Seldes, a journalist,
author, and editor. Her uncle was journalist George Seldes. She had
one brother, Timothy. Seldes's paternal grandparents were Russian
Jewish immigrants, and her mother was from a "prominent WASP family,"
the "Episcopalian blue-blooded Halls." She grew up in a creative
environment, studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Her
maternal aunt, Marian Wells Hall (died ), was a prominent interior
decorator.Trained for the stage, Seldes made her Broadway theatre
debut in in a production of Medea. She went on to an illustrious
career in which she earned five Tony Award nominations, winning her
first time out in for A Delicate Balance. In addition to performing
in live theatre, Seldes began acting in television in in a Hallmark
Hall of Fame production that marked the first of many guest star
roles. She also performed in a number of motion pictures and in radio
plays. In the mid-s, Seldes recorded five albums for Folkways Records
of famous works of literature, including two recordings of poetry by
Robinson Jeffers. Between and , she appeared in episodes of the CBS
Radio Mystery Theater. In , she appeared in an episode of Murphy Brown
as the title character’s eccentric Aunt Brooke.
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