Biography
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Eleanor Jean Parker (born June 26, 1922) is an American film and television actress.
Biography
Early life
Parker was born in Cedarville, Ohio, and was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941, at the age of 19. She would have debuted that year in the film They Died With Their Boots On, but her scenes were cut.
Career
By 1946, she had starred in Between Two Worlds, Hollywood Canteen, Pride of the Marines and Of Human Bondage. In 1950 she received the first of three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for Caged, in which she played a prison inmate. She was also nominated in 1951 for her performance as Kirk Douglas's wife in Detective Story and again in 1955 for her portrayal of opera singer Marjorie Lawrence in the film bio, Interrupted Melody. In 1956, Parker was billed above the title alongside Clark Gable for the Raoul Walsh-directed western comedy The King and Four Queens. Her most famous screen role was as "Baroness Elsa Schraeder" in 1965's The Sound Of Music.
She broke the champagne bottle on the nose of the inaugural train-set for the California Zephyr in San Francisco, California on March 19, 1949. Parker was famous in Hollywood during the Golden Era, but she is less remembered now despite numerous movies and Oscar nominations. In 1969-70 she starred in the television series Bracken's World and several made-for-television movies. She has also starred in a number of theatrical productions, including the musical Applause. She is the mother of actor Paul Clemens, as well as 3 other children by another marriage. She is a convert to Judaism.
Academy Award nominations
- 1955 - Interrupted Melody
- 1951 - Detective Story
- 1950 - Caged
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6340 Hollywood Blvd.
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