Eleanor Parker

Known for

Acting

Born

June 26, 1922

Birthplace

Cedarville, Ohio, USA

Died

December 9, 2013 (aged 91)

Biography

Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in the films Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951), and Interrupted Melody (1955), the first of which won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She was also known for her roles in the films Of Human Bondage (1946), Scaramouche (1952), The Naked Jungle (1954), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), A Hole in the Head (1959), The Sound of Music (1965), and The Oscar (1966).

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Best known work

The Sound of Music

1965

Murder, She Wrote

1984

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955

The Love Boat

1977

Detective Story

1951

Hawaii Five-O

1969

The Naked Jungle

1954

Scaramouche

1952

Caged

1950

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953

Filmography

1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Dead on the Money
as Catherine Blake
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
as Maggie Tarrow (1 episode)
1984
Finder of Lost LovesTV
as Nora Spencer (1 episode)
1982
HotelTV
as Leslie DeVere (1 episode)
1981
Madame X
as Katherine Richardson
1980
Once Upon a Spy
as The Lady
1979
She's Dressed to Kill
as Regine Danton
1979
Sunburn
as Mrs. Thoren
1978
Vega$TV
1978
The BastardTV
as Lady Amberly (1 episode)
1977
The Love BoatTV
as Alicia Fairchild Bradbury (2 episodes), as Rosie Strickland (1 episode)
1977
Fantasy Island
as Eunice Hollander Baines
1974
Home for the Holidays
as Alexandra Morgan
1973
The Great American Beauty Contest
as Peggy Lowery
1972
Ghost StoryTV
as Paula Burgess (1 episode)
1971
VanishedTV
as Sue Greer (2 episodes)
1971
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
as Claire Miller
1969
Hans Brinker
as Dame Brinker
1969
Bracken's WorldTV
as Sylvia Caldwell (26 episodes)
1969
Eye of the Cat
as Aunt Danny
1969
Hawaii Five-OTV
as Constance Kincaid (1 episode)
1968
How to Steal the World
as Margitta Kingsley
1967
The Tiger and the Pussycat
as Mme Vincenzini