Jean Parker
Biografia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Parker (born Lois Mae Green; August 11, 1915 – November 30, 2005) was an American film and stage actress. She landed her first screen test while still in high school. She acted opposite such well-known actors as Katharine Hepburn, Robert Donat, Edward G. Robinson, Randolph Scott, and Laurel and Hardy. She was married four times and had one son, Robert Lowery Hanks. Parker appeared in 70 movies from 1932 through 1966. In 1932, she posed as a flower girl and living poster in a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, where she was seen by Ida Koverman, secretary to MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer. The following day the studio called her on the phone and invited her for a screen test. Parker's film debut came in Divorce in the Family (1932). She had a successful career at MGM, RKO and Columbia including roles in such films as Little Women, Lady for a Day, Gabriel Over the White House, Limehouse Blues, The Ghost Goes West, and Rasputin and the Empress. In 1939, she starred opposite Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in RKO's The Flying Deuces. Parker remained active in film throughout the 1940s, playing opposite Lon Chaney in Dead Man's Eyes, and a variety of other films. During World War II, she toured many of the veteran hospitals throughout the U.S. and performed on radio. In the 1950s, Parker co-starred opposite Edward G. Robinson in Black Tuesday; had a small but effective role in The Gunfighter, and appeared in A Lawless Street (1955). Her last film appearance was Apache Uprising (1966). Parker also appeared on Broadway. In 1949, she replaced Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday on Broadway and enjoyed a successful run in this classic. She appeared on Broadway opposite Bert Lahr in the play Burlesque. She did summer stock in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, toured in the play Candlelight and Loco, and performed on stage in other professional productions. In 1954, Parker played the role of "Cattle Kate Watson of Wyoming" in an episode of the syndicated television series Stories of the Century, the first western program to win an Emmy Award. The series starred and was narrated by Jim Davis. Later in her career and life, Parker continued a successful stint on the West Coast theatre circuit and worked as an acting coach. At age 83, Parker moved into the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, where she died of a stroke on November 30, 2005, at the age of 90. She was survived by her son, Robert, and granddaughters Katie and Nora Hanks. She was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Film • 1990
jako Self (archive footage)
Cargo of Love
Film • 1968
jako Denise
Apache Uprising
Film • 1965
jako Mrs. Hawks
The Parson and the Outlaw
Film • 1957
jako Sarah Jones
A Lawless Street
Film • 1955
jako Cora Dean
Matinee Theater
Serial • 1955
Black Tuesday
Film • 1954
jako Hatti Combest
Stories of the Century
Serial • 1954
jako Ella Watson aka Cattle Kate
Those Redheads from Seattle
Film • 1953
jako Liz
Private Secretary
Serial • 1953
Toughest Man in Arizona
Film • 1952
jako Della
Jim Ringo
Film • 1950
jako Molly
Suspense
Serial • 1949
Rolling Home
Film • 1946
jako Frances Crawford
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Film • 1945
jako Kitty O'Day
One Body Too Many
Film • 1944
jako Carol Dunlap
Dead Man's Eyes
Film • 1944
jako Heather Hayden
Bluebeard
Film • 1944
jako Lucille
Oh, What a Night!
Film • 1944
jako Valerie
Detective Kitty O'Day
Film • 1944
jako Kitty O'Day
Lady in the Death House
Film • 1944
jako Mary Kirk Logan
The Navy Way
Film • 1944
jako Ellen Sayre
The Deerslayer
Film • 1943
jako Judith Hutter
Minesweeper
Film • 1943
jako Mary Smith
Alaska Highway
Film • 1943
jako Ann Coswell
High Explosive
Film • 1943
jako Connie Baker
The Traitor Within
Film • 1942
jako Molly Betts
Wrecking Crew
Film • 1942
jako Peggy Starr
Tomorrow We Live
Film • 1942
jako Julie Bronson
Hi, Neighbor
Film • 1942
jako Dorothy Greenfield
I Live on Danger
Film • 1942
jako Susan Richards
Soaring Stars
Film • 1942
jako Herself
Hello, Annapolis
Film • 1942
jako Doris Henley
The Girl from Alaska
Film • 1942
jako Mary 'Pete' McCoy
Torpedo Boat
Film • 1942
jako Grace Holman
No Hands on the Clock
Film • 1941
jako Mrs. Louise Campbell
The Pittsburgh Kid
Film • 1941
jako Patricia Mallory
Flying Blind
Film • 1941
jako Shirley Brooks
Power Dive
Film • 1941
jako Carol Blake
Roar of the Press
Film • 1941
jako Alice Williams
Young America Flies
Film • 1940
jako Jane
Beyond Tomorrow
Film • 1940
jako Jean Lawrence
Son of the Navy
Film • 1940
jako Stevie Moore
Knights of the Range
Film • 1940
jako Holly Ripple
Flip i Flap w Legii Cudzoziemskiej
Film • 1939
jako Georgette
Parents on Trial
Film • 1939
jako Susan Wesley
Flight at Midnight
Film • 1939
jako Maxine Scott
She Married a Cop
Film • 1939
jako Linda Fay
Zenobia
Film • 1939
jako Mary Tibbett
Romance of the Redwoods
Film • 1939
jako June Martin
The Arkansas Traveler
Film • 1938
jako Judy Allen
Romance of the Limberlost
Film • 1938
jako Laurie
Penitentiary
Film • 1938
jako Elizabeth Mathews
The Barrier
Film • 1937
jako Necia Gale
Life Begins with Love
Film • 1937
jako Carole Martin
The Texas Rangers
Film • 1936
jako Amanda Bailey
The Farmer in the Dell
Film • 1936
jako Adie Boyer
Upiór na sprzedaż
Film • 1935
jako Peggy Martin
Murder in the Fleet
Film • 1935
jako Betty Lansing
Princess O'Hara
Film • 1935
jako Princess O'Hara
Sequoia
Film • 1935
jako Toni Martin
Caravan
Film • 1934
jako Timka
Limehouse Blues
Film • 1934
jako Toni
A Wicked Woman
Film • 1934
jako Rosanne Stroud, aka Rosanne Trice
Have a Heart
Film • 1934
jako Sally Moore
Operator 13
Film • 1934
jako Eleanor
Lazy River
Film • 1934
jako Sarah Lescalle
You Can't Buy Everything
Film • 1934
jako Elizabeth 'Beth' Burton Bell
Two Alone
Film • 1934
jako Mazie
Little Women
Film • 1933
jako Beth
Lady for a Day
Film • 1933
jako Louise
What Price Innocence?
Film • 1933
jako Ruth Harper
Storm at Daybreak
Film • 1933
jako Danitza
Made on Broadway
Film • 1933
jako Adele
Gabriel Over the White House
Film • 1933
jako Alice Bronson
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Film • 1933
jako Eloise
Rasputin and the Empress
Film • 1932
jako Princess Maria (uncredited)
Divorce In The Family
Film • 1932
jako Miss Lucile SmIth