Seldes, Marian Hall, 1928–2014, American actress, b. New York City. She studied under Sanford Meisner before making her Broadway debut in Medea (1947). Tall and angular, with a regal bearing and voice, she was especially associated with the work of Edward Albee, appearing in Tiny Alice (1965), A Delicate Balance (1966–67; Tony Award), Three Tall Women (1994), The Play about the Baby (2001), and Counting the Ways (2003). She also appeared on Broadway in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1964), Equus (1974–77), Isadora Duncan Sleeps with the Russian Navy (1977), Painting Churches (1983), 45 Seconds from Broadway (2001–2), and Deuce (2007). She also taught (1969–92) at Juilliard.
See her autobiography (1978).
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