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Eleanor Jean Parker was an American actress who appeared in some 80 movies and television series. An actress of notable versatility, she was called Woman of a Thousand Faces by Doug McClelland, author of a biography of Parker by the same title.
Birth Name
Eleanor Jean Parker
Born
Monday, 26 June 1922
Died
Monday, 09 December 2013
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Frank Capra's American Dream | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Zosch Machine | 1991 |
| Dead on the Money | Catherine Blake | 1991 |
| Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Maggie Tarrow | 1984 |
| Finder of Lost Loves | Nora Spencer | 1984 |
| Hotel | Leslie DeVere | 1982 |
| Madame X | Katherine Richardson | 1981 |
| Once Upon a Spy | The Lady | 1980 |
| She's Dressed to Kill | Regine Danton | 1979 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Frank Capra's American Dream | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Zosch Machine | 1991 |
| Dead on the Money | Catherine Blake | 1991 |
| Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Maggie Tarrow | 1984 |
| Finder of Lost Loves | Nora Spencer | 1984 |
| Hotel | Leslie DeVere | 1982 |
| Madame X | Katherine Richardson | 1981 |
| Once Upon a Spy | The Lady | 1980 |
| She's Dressed to Kill | Regine Danton | 1979 |
| Sunburn | Mrs. Thoren | 1979 |
| The Bastard | Lady Amberly | 1978 |
| Vega$ | Laurie Bishop | 1978 |
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Performer | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Alicia Fairchild Bradbury / Rosie Strickland | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Eunice Hollander Baines / Nurse Alice Green / Peggy Atwood | 1977 |
| The Great American Beauty Contest | Peggy Lowery | 1973 |
| Home for the Holidays | Alex Morgan / Alexandra Morgan | 1972 |
| Circle of Fear | Paula Burgess | 1972 |
| Vanished | Sue Greer | 1971 |
| Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring | Claire Miller | 1971 |
| Hans Brinker | Dame Brinker | 1969 |
| Bracken's World | Sylvia Caldwell | 1969 |
| Eye of the Cat | Aunt Danny | 1969 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Mrs. Constance Kincaid | 1968 |
| How to Steal the World | Margitta Kingsley | 1968 |
| The Tiger and the Pussycat | Mme Vincenzini / Esperia Vincenzini | 1967 |
| Warning Shot | Mrs. Doris Ruston | 1967 |
| An American Dream | Deborah Kelly Rojack / Deborah Rojack | 1966 |
| The Oscar | Sophie Cantaro | 1966 |
| Convoy | Kate Fowler | 1965 |
| The Sound of Music | The Baroness / Baroness Elsa von Schraeder | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Margitta Kingsley | 1964 |
| Panic Button | Louise Harris / Louise | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Dorian Smith | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Fern Selman | 1963 |
| Breaking Point | Alice Koenig | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Connie Folsom | 1962 |
| Return to Peyton Place | Connie Rossi | 1961 |
| Madison Avenue | Anne Tremaine | 1961 |
| Checkmate | Marion Bannion / Gussie Hill | 1960 |
| Home from the Hill | Hannah Hunnicutt | 1960 |
| Buick-Electra Playhouse | Sister Cecilia | 1959 |
| A Hole in the Head | Eloise Rogers | 1959 |
| The Seventh Sin | Carolyn Carwin / Carol Carwin | 1957 |
| Lizzie | Elizabeth Richmond | 1957 |
| The King and Four Queens | Sabina McDade | 1956 |
| The Man with the Golden Arm | Zosh Machine / Zosch Machine | 1955 |
| Interrupted Melody | Marjorie Lawrence | 1955 |
| Many Rivers to Cross | Mary Stuart Cherne | 1955 |
| Valley of the Kings | Ann Mercedes / Ann Barclay Mercedes | 1954 |
| The Naked Jungle | Joanna Leiningen | 1954 |
| Escape from Fort Bravo | Carla Forester | 1953 |
| Above and Beyond | Lucey Tibbets | 1953 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Scaramouche | Lenore | 1952 |
| Detective Story | Mary McLeod | 1951 |
| A Millionaire for Christy | Christabel 'Christy' Sloane / Christabel Sloane | 1951 |
| Valentino | Sarah Gray / Joan Carlisle | 1951 |
| Three Secrets | Susan Adele Connors Chase / Susan Chase | 1950 |
| Caged | Marie Allen | 1950 |
| Chain Lightning | Joan "Jo" Holloway | 1950 |
| It's a Great Feeling | Eleanor Parker | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Woman in White | Ann Catherick / Laura Fairlie | 1948 |
| The Voice of the Turtle | Sally Middleton | 1947 |
| Always Together | Eleanor Parker | 1947 |
| Escape Me Never | Fenella MacLean | 1947 |
| Never Say Goodbye | Ellen Gayley | 1946 |
| Of Human Bondage | Mildred Rogers | 1946 |
| Pride of the Marines | Ruth Hartley | 1945 |
| Hollywood Canteen | Eleanor Parker / Self | 1944 |
| The Very Thought of You | Janet Wheeler | 1944 |
| The Last Ride | Kitty Kelly | 1944 |
| Atlantic City | Bathing Beauty | 1944 |
| Crime by Night | Irene Carr | 1944 |
| Between Two Worlds | Ann Bergner | 1944 |
| Destination Tokyo | Mike's Wife on Record | 1943 |
| Mission to Moscow | Emlen Davies | 1943 |
| The Mysterious Doctor | Letty Carstairs | 1943 |
| Busses Roar | Norma | 1942 |
| The Big Shot | Telephone Operator (voice) / Telephone Operator | 1942 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1970 | Golden Globe | Best TV Actress - Drama | Nominated |
| 1963 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1956 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1952 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1951 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
