Marian Seldes

Marian Seldes

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...

Known For

Home Alone 3

as Mrs. Hess

August Rush

as The Dean

The Haunting

as Mrs. Dudley

Cast Credits

The Extra Man

as Vivian Cudlip

The Toe Tactic

as Eunice (voice)

Leatherheads

as Clerk

The Visitor

as Barbara

August Rush

as The Dean

Miriam

as Mrs. H.T. Miller

Suburban Girl

as Margaret Paddleford

In from the Night

as Nora Cantata

Plainsong

as Iva Stearns

Mona Lisa Smile

as President Jocelyn Carr

Hollywood Ending

as Alexandra

Town & Country

as Eugenie's Mother

Duets

as Harriet Gahagan

1961

as Abby Hedley

The Haunting

as Mrs. Dudley

Celebrity

as Datloff Party Guest

Affliction

as Alma Pittman

Home Alone 3

as Mrs. Hess

Digging to China

as Leah Schroth

Tom and Huck

as Widow Douglas

Clarissa

as Lillian Banion

Truman

as Eleanor Roosevelt

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

as Margaret Armstrong

In a Pig's Eye

as Mrs. Isabel Purvis

Zits

as Miss Maple