Eleanor Parker

Legendary actress, Eleanor Parker, was born Eleanor Jean Parker on Jun 26, 1922 in Cedarville, OH. Parker appeared in over 75 film and TV roles. Her best known films include Between Two Worlds, Hollywood Canteen, Pride of the Marines, Never Say Goodbye, Detective Story, Scaramouche, The Naked Jungle and The Man with the Golden Arm. Parker is probably most famously remembered for her role as Baroness Elsa Schraeder in the 1965 film, The Sound Of Music (starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer). Parker died at the age of 91 on Dec 9, 2013 in Palm Springs, CA .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Parker was nominated for three Oscars, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

Year	Award	Film name	Role	Result
1950	Best Actress	Caged (1950)	Marie Allen	Nominated
1951	Best Actress	Detective Story (1951)	Mary McLeod	Nominated
1955	Best Actress	Interrupted Melody (1955)	Marjorie Lawrence	Nominated

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

THE BLOGATHON: Between Two Worlds, 1944

on Oct 10, 2020 From Caftan Woman

Maddy Loves Her Classic Films is saluting the beautiful and versatile with a blogathon running October 10th and 11th. Join the online tributes HERE. My contribution is a look at Between Two Worlds, 1944. Sutton Vane's play Outward Bound premiered in London in 1923. The fantasy... Read full article

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Was “Caged”

By Virginie Pronovost on Oct 9, 2020 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

When I was introduced to as Baroness Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965), I didn’t immediately become a fan of her. Her character annoyed me, and, perhaps, I was too focused on Julie Andrews to take the time to focus on her performance. And this, even tho I ... Read full article

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Sum Up | : Oscar Nominee

By Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 22, 2019 From The Stop Button

did not win any Academy Awards, which is simultaneously obvious and inexplicable. The latter because she obviously deserved one (or six), the former because if she had won any, she?d have been better known in the eighties and nineties, when home video and basic cable drove classic fil... Read full article

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Sum Up | : Oscar Nominee

on Feb 22, 2019 From The Stop Button

did not win any Academy Awards, which is simultaneously obvious and inexplicable. The latter because she obviously deserved one (or six), the former because if she had won any, she?d have been better known in the eighties and nineties, when home video and basic cable drove classic fil... Read full article

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Sum Up | : Oscar Nominee

on Feb 22, 2019 From The Stop Button

did not win any Academy Awards, which is simultaneously obvious and inexplicable. The latter because she obviously deserved one (or six), the former because if she had won any, she?d have been better known in the eighties and nineties, when home video and basic cable drove classic fil... Read full article

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