Ellen Geer

Ellen Ware Geer (b. August 29, 1941) is an American actress, professor, screenwriter, film and theater director. She portrayed Gertrude Case in season 3 episode "Red Sky at Morning" in Supernatural.

History
Geer was born in New York and has been married twice. She is the mother of three children. Both her parents are actors.

She began her film career in the 1968 Richard Lester drama Petulia, in which she portrayed a nun. In 1974, she wrote and starred in two films, Silence and Memory of US, both featuring her father, Will Geer. Her television roles include The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quincy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, NYD Blood and Charmed. Geer also had a role in Desperate Housewives, which she briefly reprised in 2007.

Since 1978, Geer has served as Artistic Director of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, a professional repertory, open-air theater in Topanga Canyon, California. Geer has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor, teaching acting, at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater for 12 years.