June 4, 2017 - ELLEN GEER, accomplished actress from the cult classic film "Harold and Maude"

Summary: ELLEN GEER, accomplished actress from the cult classic film "Harold and Maude," is our special guest this Sunday night! ELLEN got her start performing in regional theaters across the country, including the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco and the Old Globe in San Diego. She has worked continuously for 46 years in television and motion pictures since making her debut in Richard Lester's "Petulia "in support of Julie Christie and George C. Scott. Probably best remembered for her turn as the committed actress who is lined up as the third (and last) date for Harold by his mother in the cult classic film "Harold and Maude." ELLEN has played character and supporting parts in scores of movies and television shows. Some of her other film credits include "Hard Traveling," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger," "Phenomenon" and "The Odd Couple ll." Since 1978, ELLEN has been the artistic director of her father Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum, where she helped the theater develop from a Sunday afternoon workshop performing Shakespeare to a professional repertory theater company now in its seventeenth season with a negotiated Actors Equity Contract. She has produced and directed over 50 Theatricum productions, including plays by Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Chekhov and Thornton Wilder, as well as Greek classics. ELLEN was an associate professor at U.C.L.A. teaching Shakespeare to graduate students in the theater department for 15 years. Hear our live interview with ELLEN GEER this Sunday evening!