Eleanor Jean Parker
| Sign | Cancer |
| Born | Jun 26, 1922 Cedarville, OH |
| Died | Dec 9, 2013 Palm Springs, CA |
| Age | Died at 91 |
Eleanor Parker | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1941-1991 |
| Top Roles | Zosch Machine, Eloise Rogers, Herself, Cameo Appearance, Mary McLeod, Mike's Wife on Record |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Mystery, Crime |
| Top Topics | World War II, Book-Based, Based on Play |
| Top Collaborators | Jack L. Warner (Producer), Jerry Wald (Producer), Errol Flynn, Delmer Daves (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Peter Lorre, Viola Dana, Jeanne Eagels see more.. |
Eleanor Parker Overview:
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 .
MINI BIO:
Warmly upper-bracket, Eleanor Parker was at her best in films where she had the dominant role or played a strong-willed woman. Less effective as straight-forward heroines, she played substantial leading roles from 1946 to 1957, surprisingly declining before she was 40. She was just the sort of actress that one would expect to have won an Oscar, although in fact she hadn't, having been unsuccessfully nominated three times.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
.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 |
She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
BlogHub Articles:
THE BLOGATHON: Between Two Worlds, 1944
on Oct 10, 2020 From Caftan WomanMaddy 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
Was “Caged”
By Virginie Pronovost on Oct 9, 2020 From The Wonderful World of CinemaWhen 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
Sum Up | : Oscar Nominee
By Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 22, 2019 From The Stop Buttondid 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
Sum Up | : Oscar Nominee
on Feb 22, 2019 From The Stop Buttondid 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
Sum Up | : Oscar Nominee
on Feb 22, 2019 From The Stop Buttondid 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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Eleanor Parker Quotes:
Lenore: But who is Scaramouche? And why does he hide his face behind a mask?
Marjorie Lawrence: After her brother reprimands her for dating the doctor instead of the Count: "The trouble with you, Cyril is that my success is going to your head."
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