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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1990
Cargo of Love
Character:Denise
Release Date:23/06/1968
Apache Uprising
Character:Mrs. Hawks
Release Date:29/12/1965
The Parson and the Outlaw
Character:Sarah Jones
Release Date:23/09/1957
A Lawless Street
Character:Cora Dean
Release Date:15/11/1955
Black Tuesday
Character:Hatti Combest
Release Date:31/12/1954
Those Redheads from Seattle
Character:Liz
Release Date:16/10/1953
Toughest Man in Arizona
Character:Della
Release Date:10/10/1952
The Gunfighter
Character:Molly
Release Date:26/05/1950
Rolling Home
Character:Frances Crawford
Release Date:01/11/1946
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Character:Kitty O'Day
Release Date:19/01/1945
One Body Too Many
Character:Carol Dunlap
Release Date:24/11/1944
Dead Man's Eyes
Character:Heather Hayden
Release Date:10/11/1944
Bluebeard
Character:Lucille
Release Date:26/10/1944
Oh, What a Night!
Character:Valerie
Release Date:02/09/1944
Detective Kitty O'Day
Character:Kitty O'Day
Release Date:13/05/1944
Lady in the Death House
Character:Mary Kirk Logan
Release Date:15/03/1944
The Navy Way
Character:Ellen Sayre
Release Date:26/02/1944
The Deerslayer
Character:Judith Hutter
Release Date:22/11/1943
Minesweeper
Character:Mary Smith
Release Date:10/11/1943
Alaska Highway
Character:Ann Coswell
Release Date:24/06/1943
High Explosive
Character:Connie Baker
Release Date:27/03/1943
The Traitor Within
Character:Molly Betts
Release Date:16/12/1942
Wrecking Crew
Character:Peggy Starr
Release Date:07/11/1942
Tomorrow We Live
Character:Julie Bronson
Release Date:23/09/1942
Hi, Neighbor
Character:Dorothy Greenfield
Release Date:27/07/1942
I Live on Danger
Character:Susan Richards
Release Date:16/06/1942
Soaring Stars
Character:Herself
Release Date:25/04/1942
Hello, Annapolis
Character:Doris Henley
Release Date:23/04/1942
The Girl from Alaska
Character:Mary 'Pete' McCoy
Release Date:16/04/1942
Torpedo Boat
Character:Grace Holman
Release Date:24/01/1942
No Hands on the Clock
Character:Mrs. Louise Campbell
Release Date:01/12/1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
Character:Patricia Mallory
Release Date:29/08/1941
Flying Blind
Character:Shirley Brooks
Release Date:29/08/1941
Power Dive
Character:Carol Blake
Release Date:04/06/1941
Roar of the Press
Character:Alice Williams
Release Date:17/04/1941
Young America Flies
Character:Jane
Release Date:13/07/1940
Beyond Tomorrow
Character:Jean Lawrence
Release Date:10/05/1940
Son of the Navy
Character:Stevie Moore
Release Date:30/03/1940
Knights of the Range
Character:Holly Ripple
Release Date:23/02/1940
The Flying Deuces
Character:Georgette
Release Date:03/11/1939
Parents on Trial
Character:Susan Wesley
Release Date:21/09/1939
Flight at Midnight
Character:Maxine Scott
Release Date:28/08/1939
She Married a Cop
Character:Linda Fay
Release Date:11/07/1939
Zenobia
Character:Mary Tibbett
Release Date:21/04/1939
Romance of the Redwoods
Character:June Martin
Release Date:29/03/1939
The Arkansas Traveler
Character:Judy Allen
Release Date:14/10/1938
Romance of the Limberlost
Character:Laurie
Release Date:16/06/1938
Penitentiary
Character:Elizabeth Mathews
Release Date:05/02/1938
The Barrier
Character:Necia Gale
Release Date:10/12/1937
Life Begins with Love
Character:Carole Martin
Release Date:06/10/1937
The Texas Rangers
Character:Amanda Bailey
Release Date:28/08/1936
The Farmer in the Dell
Character:Adie Boyer
Release Date:27/03/1936
The Ghost Goes West
Character:Peggy Martin
Release Date:17/12/1935
Murder in the Fleet
Character:Betty Lansing
Release Date:24/05/1935
Princess O'Hara
Character:Princess O'Hara
Release Date:31/03/1935
Sequoia
Character:Toni Martin
Release Date:16/01/1935
Caravan
Character:Timka
Release Date:30/12/1934
Limehouse Blues
Character:Toni
Release Date:11/12/1934
A Wicked Woman
Character:Rosanne Stroud, aka Rosanne Trice
Release Date:07/12/1934
Have a Heart
Character:Sally Moore
Release Date:07/09/1934
Operator 13
Character:Eleanor
Release Date:08/06/1934
Lazy River
Character:Sarah Lescalle
Release Date:16/03/1934
You Can't Buy Everything
Character:Elizabeth 'Beth' Burton Bell
Release Date:26/01/1934
Two Alone
Character:Mazie
Release Date:26/01/1934
Little Women
Character:Beth
Release Date:24/11/1933
Lady for a Day
Character:Louise
Release Date:13/09/1933
What Price Innocence?
Character:Ruth Harper
Release Date:24/06/1933
Storm at Daybreak
Character:Danitza
Release Date:14/06/1933
Made on Broadway
Character:Adele
Release Date:19/05/1933
Gabriel Over the White House
Character:Alice Bronson
Release Date:31/03/1933
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Character:Eloise
Release Date:03/02/1933
Rasputin and the Empress
Character:Princess Maria (uncredited)
Release Date:23/12/1932
Divorce In The Family
Character:Miss Lucile SmIth
Release Date:27/08/1932
Television Appearances
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