Jean Parker

Actor

11 de agosto de 1915 — 30 de noviembre de 2005 (90 años)
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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.

Películas y series en Plex

  • El pistolero
    El pistolero1950
  • Locos del aire
    Locos del aire1939
  • Dama por un día
    Dama por un día1933
  • Dulce evocación
    Dulce evocación1940
  • Barba Azul
    Barba Azul1944
  • One Body Too Many
    One Body Too Many1944
  • Detective Kitty O'Day
    Detective Kitty O'Day1944
  • El Gordo y el Flaco
    El Gordo y el Flaco
  • Frontier Doctor
    Frontier Doctor1 season
  • Alaska Highway
    Alaska Highway1943
  • Raid de altura
    Raid de altura1941

Conocido por

  • El pistolero
    El pistolero1950
  • Locos del aire
    Locos del aire1939
  • Las cuatro hermanitas
    Las cuatro hermanitas1933
  • El fantasma va al oeste
    El fantasma va al oeste1935
  • Barba Azul
    Barba Azul1944
  • One Body Too Many
    One Body Too Many1944
  • Dama por un día
    Dama por un día1933
  • Martes negro
    Martes negro1954
  • Dead Man's Eyes
    Dead Man's Eyes1944
  • La espía número 13
    La espía número 131934
  • Lady in the Death House
    Lady in the Death House1944
  • La ciudad sin ley
    La ciudad sin ley1955
  • Detective Kitty O'Day
    Detective Kitty O'Day1944
  • Sequoia
    Sequoia1934
  • Milicias de paz
    Milicias de paz1936
  • Dulce evocación
    Dulce evocación1940
  • Adventures of Kitty O'Day
    Adventures of Kitty O'Day1945
  • Minesweeper
    Minesweeper1943
  • El acorazado misterioso
    El acorazado misterioso1935
  • El despertar de una nación
    El despertar de una nación1933

Filmography

2004
1986
Laurel & Hardy · as GeorgetteEn Plex
1985
Cocoon · as Character In Film Clip From 'flying Deuces'
1969
Hollywood: The Selznick Years · as Actress 'little Women'
1968
Cargo of Love · as Denise
1965
Apache Uprising · as Mrs. Hawks
1958
Frontier Doctor · as Liz LambertEn Plex
1957
The Parson and the Outlaw · as Sarah Jones
1955
A Lawless Street · as Cora Dean
1955
1955
1955
1954
Black Tuesday · as Hatti Combest
1954
The Lone Wolf · as Agnes Henshaw
1954
Stories of the Century · as Ella Watson Aka Cattle Kate
1953
1953
1952
1952
Cowboy G-Men · as Dixie Shannon - Saloon Owner
1951
The Red Skelton Show · as Clara Appleby
1950
1950
The Gunfighter · as MollyEn Plex
1949
1946
Rolling Home · as Frances Crawford
1945
Adventures of Kitty O'Day · as Kitty O'day
1944
One Body Too Many · as Carol DunlapEn Plex
1944
Bluebeard · as LucilleEn Plex
1944
Dead Man's Eyes · as Heather Hayden
1944
The Navy Way · as Ellen Sayre
1944
Detective Kitty O'Day · as Kitty O'dayEn Plex
1944
Lady in the Death House · as Mary Kirk Logan
1943
Minesweeper · as Mary Smith
1943
Alaska Highway · as Ann CoswellEn Plex
1943
High Explosive · as Connie Baker
1942
Wrecking Crew · as Peggy Starr
1942
Tomorrow We Live · as Julie Bronson
1942
I Live on Danger · as Susan Richards
1942
Hello, Annapolis · as Doris Henley
1941
No Hands on the Clock · as Mrs. Louise Campbell
1941
Flying Blind · as Shirley Brooks
1941
Power Dive · as Carol BlakeEn Plex
1941
Roar of the Press · as Alice Williams
1940
1940
Beyond Tomorrow · as Jean LawrenceEn Plex
1940
Son of the Navy · as Stevie Moore
1940
Knights of the Range · as Holly Ripple
1939
The Flying Deuces · as GeorgetteEn Plex
1939
Flight at Midnight · as Maxine Scott
1939
She Married a Cop · as Linda Fay
1939
Zenobia · as Mary Tibbett
1939
Romance of the Redwoods · as June Martin
1938
The Arkansas Traveler · as Judy Allen
1938
1937
Life Begins with Love · as Carole Martin
1937
The Barrier · as Necia Gale
1936
The Texas Rangers · as Amanda Bailey
1935
The Ghost Goes West · as Peggy Martin
1935
Murder in the Fleet · as Betty Lansing
1934
Sequoia · as Toni Martin
1934
Limehouse Blues · as Toni
1934
A Wicked Woman · as Rosanne Stroud, Aka Rosanne Trice
1934
Have a Heart · as Sally Moore
1934
Operator 13 · as Eleanor
1934
Lazy River · as Sarah Lescalle
1934
Caravan · as Timka
1934
You Can't Buy Everything · as Elizabeth 'beth' Burton Bell
1934
Two Alone · as Mazie
1933
Little Women · as Beth
1933
Lady for a Day · as LouiseEn Plex
1933
Storm at Daybreak · as Danitza
1933
Made on Broadway · as Adele
1933
Gabriel Over the White House · as Alice Bronson
1933
1932
Rasputin and the Empress · as Princess Maria (uncredited)
1932
Divorce in the Family · as Miss Lucile Smith

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