Eleanor Parker
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-06-26
Day of Death
2013-12-09 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Cedarville, Ohio, USA
Eleanor Parker
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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Known For
Acting
(2019)
Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)
(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
(1981)
Madame X
as Katherine Richardson
(1980)
Once Upon a Spy
as The Lady
(1979)
Sunburn
as Mrs. Thoren
(1979)
She's Dressed to Kill
as Regine Danton
(1978)
The Bastard
as Lady Amberly
(1977)
Fantasy Island
as Eunice Hollander Baines
(1974)
Home for the Holidays
as Alexandra Morgan
(1973)
The Great American Beauty Contest
as Peggy Lowery
(1971)
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
as Claire Miller
(1969)
Eye of the Cat
as Aunt Danny
(1969)
Hans Brinker
as Dame Brinker
(1968)
How to Steal the World
as Margitta Kingsley
(1967)
Warning Shot
as Mrs. Doris Ruston
(1967)
Warning Shot
as Doris Ruston
(1967)
The Tiger and the Pussycat
as Mme Vincenzini
(1966)
The Oscar
as Sophie Cantaro
(1966)
An American Dream
as Deborah Kelly Rojack
(1965)
The Sound of Music
as The Baroness
(1964)
Panic Button
as Louise
(1961)
Return to Peyton Place
as Connie Rossi
(1961)
Madison Avenue
as Anne Tremaine
(1960)
Home from the Hill
as Hannah Hunnicutt
(1959)
A Hole in the Head
as Eloise Rogers
(1957)
Lizzie
as Elizabeth Richmond
(1957)
The Seventh Sin
as Carol Carwin
(1956)
The King and Four Queens
as Sabina McDade
(1955)
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Zosch Machine
(1955)
Interrupted Melody
as Marjorie Lawrence
(1955)
Many Rivers to Cross
as Mary Stuart Cherne
(1954)
The Naked Jungle
as Joanna Leiningen
(1954)
Valley of the Kings
as Ann Barclay Mercedes
(1953)
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Carla Forester
(1953)
Above and Beyond
as Lucey Tibbets
(1952)
Scaramouche
as Lenore
(1951)
Detective Story
as Mary McLeod
(1951)
Valentino
as Joan Carlisle / Sarah Gray
(1951)
A Millionaire for Christy
as Christabel 'Christy' Sloane
(1950)
Caged
as Marie Allen
(1950)
Three Secrets
as Susan Chase
(1950)
Chain Lightning
as Joan "Jo" Holloway
(1949)
It's a Great Feeling
as Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
(1948)
The Woman in White
as Laura Fairlie / Ann Catherick
(1947)
The Voice of the Turtle
as Sally Middleton
(1947)
Always Together
as Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
(1947)
Escape Me Never
as Fenella MacLean
(1946)
Never Say Goodbye
as Ellen Gayley
(1946)
Of Human Bondage
as Mildred Rogers
(1946)
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
(1945)
Pride of the Marines
as Ruth Hartley
(1944)
Between Two Worlds
as Ann Bergner
(1944)
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
(1944)
Atlantic City
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
(1944)
The Last Ride
as Kitty Kelly
(1944)
The Very Thought of You
as Janet Wheeler
(1944)
Crime by Night
as Irene Carr
(1943)
Destination Tokyo
as Mike's Wife on Record (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as Emlen Davies
(1943)
The Mysterious Doctor
as Letty Carstairs
(1942)
The Big Shot
as Telephone Operator (voice)
(1942)
Busses Roar
as Norma
(1942)
Soldiers in White
as Nurse Ryan
(1942)
Men of the Sky
as Mrs. Frank Bickley
(1942)
Vaudeville Days
as Colleen (song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")