1915-08-11 Deer Lodge, Montana, USA
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.
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Cargo of Love | Denise | 1968-06-23 |
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Apache Uprising | Mrs. Hawks | 1965-12-29 |
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Little Women' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
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The Parson and the Outlaw | Sarah Jones | 1957-09-23 |
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A Lawless Street | Cora Dean | 1955-11-15 |
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Black Tuesday | Hatti Combest | 1954-12-31 |
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Those Redheads from Seattle | Liz | 1953-10-16 |
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Toughest Man in Arizona | Della | 1952-10-10 |
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The Gunfighter | Molly | 1950-05-26 |
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Rolling Home | Frances Crawford | 1946-11-01 |
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Adventures of Kitty O'Day | Kitty O'Day | 1945-01-19 |
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The Navy Way | Ellen Sayre | 1944-02-26 |
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Detective Kitty O'Day | Kitty O'Day | 1944-05-13 |
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Dead Man's Eyes | Heather Hayden | 1944-11-10 |
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One Body Too Many | Carol Dunlap | 1944-11-24 |
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Bluebeard | Lucille | 1944-10-26 |
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Oh, What a Night! | Valerie | 1944-09-02 |
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Lady in the Death House | Mary Kirk Logan | 1944-03-15 |
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Minesweeper | Mary Smith | 1943-11-10 |
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The Deerslayer | Judith Hutter | 1943-11-22 |
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Alaska Highway | Ann Coswell | 1943-06-24 |
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High Explosive | Connie Baker | 1943-03-27 |
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Hi, Neighbor | Dorothy Greenfield | 1942-07-27 |
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The Traitor Within | Molly Betts | 1942-12-16 |
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Soaring Stars | Herself | 1942-04-25 |
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I Live on Danger | Susan Richards | 1942-06-16 |
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Torpedo Boat | Grace Holman | 1942-01-24 |
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Hello, Annapolis | Doris Henley | 1942-04-23 |
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The Girl from Alaska | Mary 'Pete' McCoy | 1942-04-16 |
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Wrecking Crew | Peggy Starr | 1942-11-07 |
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Tomorrow We Live | Julie Bronson | 1942-09-23 |
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Power Dive | Carol Blake | 1941-06-04 |
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No Hands on the Clock | Mrs. Louise Campbell | 1941-12-01 |
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Roar of the Press | Alice Williams | 1941-04-17 |
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Flying Blind | Shirley Brooks | 1941-08-29 |
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The Pittsburgh Kid | Patricia Mallory | 1941-08-29 |
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Beyond Tomorrow | Jean Lawrence | 1940-05-10 |
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Young America Flies | Jane | 1940-07-13 |
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Son of the Navy | Stevie Moore | 1940-03-30 |
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Knights of the Range | Holly Ripple | 1940-02-23 |
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Flight at Midnight | Maxine Scott | 1939-08-28 |
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Parents on Trial | Susan Wesley | 1939-09-21 |
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Zenobia | Mary Tibbett | 1939-04-21 |
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The Flying Deuces | Georgette | 1939-11-03 |
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She Married a Cop | Linda Fay | 1939-07-11 |
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Romance of the Redwoods | June Martin | 1939-03-29 |
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The Arkansas Traveler | Judy Allen | 1938-10-14 |
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Penitentiary | Elizabeth Mathews | 1938-02-05 |
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Romance of the Limberlost | Laurie | 1938-06-16 |
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The Barrier | Necia Gale | 1937-12-10 |
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Life Begins with Love | Carole Martin | 1937-10-06 |
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The Texas Rangers | Amanda Bailey | 1936-08-28 |
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The Farmer in the Dell | Adie Boyer | 1936-03-27 |
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Sequoia | Toni Martin | 1935-01-16 |
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Murder in the Fleet | Betty Lansing | 1935-05-24 |
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Princess O'Hara | Princess O'Hara | 1935-03-31 |
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The Ghost Goes West | Peggy Martin | 1935-12-17 |
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Have a Heart | Sally Moore | 1934-09-07 |
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Lazy River | Sarah Lescalle | 1934-03-16 |
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You Can't Buy Everything | Elizabeth 'Beth' Burton Bell | 1934-01-26 |
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Limehouse Blues | Toni | 1934-12-11 |
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Operator 13 | Eleanor | 1934-06-08 |
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Two Alone | Mazie | 1934-01-26 |
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A Wicked Woman | Rosanne Stroud, aka Rosanne Trice | 1934-12-07 |
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Caravan | Timka | 1934-12-30 |
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The Secret of Madame Blanche | Eloise | 1933-02-03 |
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Lady for a Day | Louise | 1933-09-13 |
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Little Women | Beth | 1933-11-24 |
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Gabriel Over the White House | Alice Bronson | 1933-03-31 |
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What Price Innocence? | Ruth Harper | 1933-06-24 |
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Made on Broadway | Adele | 1933-05-19 |
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Storm at Daybreak | Danitza | 1933-06-14 |
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Rasputin and the Empress | Princess Maria (uncredited) | 1932-12-23 |
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Divorce In The Family | Miss Lucile SmIth | 1932-08-27 |
