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Jean Parker
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Jean Parker
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-08-11,Deer Lodge, Montana, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Filmography

The Flying Deuces

6.4

The Flying Deuces
1939-11-03

Beyond Tomorrow

6

Beyond Tomorrow
1940-05-10

One Body Too Many

5.2

One Body Too Many
1944-11-24

Tomorrow We Live

4.3

Tomorrow We Live
1942-09-23

5.9

Black Tuesday
1954-12-31

5.6

Bluebeard
1944-10-26

A Lawless Street

5.4

A Lawless Street
1955-11-15

7.047

Lady for a Day
1933-09-13

Dead Man's Eyes

6.5

Dead Man's Eyes
1944-11-10

7.3

The Gunfighter
1950-06-23

6.8

Little Women
1933-11-24

Lady in the Death House

5.4

Lady in the Death House
1944-03-15

The Texas Rangers

6.4

The Texas Rangers
1936-08-28

5

Minesweeper
1943-11-10

Detective Kitty O'Day

4.8

Detective Kitty O'Day
1944-05-13

The Secret of Madame Blanche

4

The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933-02-03

5.7

The Navy Way
1944-02-26

No Hands on the Clock

4.9

No Hands on the Clock
1941-12-01

5.7

Operator 13
1934-06-08

6

Sequoia
1935-01-16

4.6

Zenobia
1939-04-21

Divorce In The Family

6

Divorce In The Family
1932-08-27

The Ghost Goes West

6.5

The Ghost Goes West
1935-12-17

Adventures of Kitty O'Day

4.8

Adventures of Kitty O'Day
1945-01-19

Those Redheads from Seattle

5.3

Those Redheads from Seattle
1953-10-16

Limehouse Blues

4.2

Limehouse Blues
1934-12-11

Made on Broadway

6.5

Made on Broadway
1933-05-19

You Can't Buy Everything

7

You Can't Buy Everything
1934-01-26

5

A Wicked Woman
1934-12-07

The Parson and the Outlaw

4.1

The Parson and the Outlaw
1957-09-23

Toughest Man in Arizona

0

Toughest Man in Arizona
1952-10-10

7

Lazy River
1934-03-16

She Married a Cop

5

She Married a Cop
1939-07-11

The Arkansas Traveler

6

The Arkansas Traveler
1938-10-14

Murder in the Fleet

5

Murder in the Fleet
1935-05-24

5

Rolling Home
1946-11-01

7

Have a Heart
1934-09-07

7

Two Alone
1934-01-26

I Live on Danger

5.7

I Live on Danger
1942-06-16

Storm at Daybreak

5.8

Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14

Romance of the Limberlost

0

Romance of the Limberlost
1938-06-16

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

3.3

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31

3.5

Cargo of Love
1968-06-23

Princess O'Hara

6

Princess O'Hara
1935-03-31

Rasputin and the Empress

5.3

Rasputin and the Empress
1932-12-23

Gabriel Over the White House

7.1

Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31

0

The Barrier
1937-12-10

5

Alaska Highway
1943-06-24

4.6

Power Dive
1941-06-04

5

Caravan
1934-12-30

What Price Innocence?

3

What Price Innocence?
1933-06-24

Flight at Midnight

4.5

Flight at Midnight
1939-08-28

0

Hi, Neighbor
1942-07-27

Apache Uprising

6.364

Apache Uprising
1965-12-29

The Farmer in the Dell

0

The Farmer in the Dell
1936-03-27

The Pittsburgh Kid

0

The Pittsburgh Kid
1941-08-29

Parents on Trial

0

Parents on Trial
1939-09-21

5

Flying Blind
1941-08-29

6

Torpedo Boat
1942-01-24

The Traitor Within

0

The Traitor Within
1942-12-16

7

The Deerslayer
1943-11-22

0

Soaring Stars
1942-04-25

Romance of the Redwoods

6

Romance of the Redwoods
1939-03-29

Knights of the Range

0

Knights of the Range
1940-02-23

Son of the Navy

5.5

Son of the Navy
1940-03-30

Hello, Annapolis

10

Hello, Annapolis
1942-04-23

Roar of the Press

5.6

Roar of the Press
1941-04-17

Life Begins with Love

5

Life Begins with Love
1937-10-06

5.5

Wrecking Crew
1942-11-07

Young America Flies

0

Young America Flies
1940-07-13

5.7

High Explosive
1943-03-27

The Girl from Alaska

6

The Girl from Alaska
1942-04-16

Oh, What a Night!

0

Oh, What a Night!
1944-09-02

0

Penitentiary
1938-02-05

Private Secretary

5

Private Secretary
1953-02-01

Matinee Theater

4.6

Matinee Theater
1955-10-31

4.7

Suspense
1949-01-06

Stories of the Century

5.7

Stories of the Century
1954-01-23