Jean Parker

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    Джин Паркер, Lois Mae Green, Lois May Green

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1915-08-11
  • event Death Date 2005-11-30
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 1.9
  • info Birth Place Deer Lodge, Montana, USA
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6.4

The Flying Deuces

1939-11-03

6.2

Beyond Tomorrow

1940-05-10

5.2

One Body Too Many

1944-11-24

4.3

Tomorrow We Live

1942-09-23

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Black Tuesday

1954-12-31

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Bluebeard

1944-10-26

5.5

A Lawless Street

1955-11-15

7.1

Lady for a Day

1933-09-13

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Dead Man's Eyes

1944-11-10

7.2

The Gunfighter

1950-06-23

6.8

Little Women

1933-11-24

5.4

Lady in the Death House

1944-03-15

6.4

The Texas Rangers

1936-08-28

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Minesweeper

1943-11-10

4.8

Detective Kitty O'Day

1944-05-13

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The Secret of Madame Blanche

1933-02-03

5.7

The Navy Way

1944-02-26

4.9

No Hands on the Clock

1941-12-01

5.7

Operator 13

1934-06-08

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Sequoia

1935-01-16

4.6

Zenobia

1939-04-21

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Divorce In The Family

1932-08-27

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The Ghost Goes West

1935-12-17

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Adventures of Kitty O'Day

1945-01-19

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Those Redheads from Seattle

1953-10-16

4.2

Limehouse Blues

1934-12-11

6.5

Made on Broadway

1933-05-19

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You Can't Buy Everything

1934-01-26

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A Wicked Woman

1934-12-07

4.1

The Parson and the Outlaw

1957-09-23

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Toughest Man in Arizona

1952-10-10

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Lazy River

1934-03-16

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She Married a Cop

1939-07-11

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The Arkansas Traveler

1938-10-14

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Murder in the Fleet

1935-05-24

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Rolling Home

1946-11-01

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Have a Heart

1934-09-07

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Two Alone

1934-01-26

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I Live on Danger

1942-06-16

5.8

Storm at Daybreak

1933-06-14

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Romance of the Limberlost

1938-06-16

3.3

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961-12-31

3.5

Cargo of Love

1968-06-23

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Princess O'Hara

1935-03-31

5.2

Rasputin and the Empress

1932-12-23

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Gabriel Over the White House

1933-03-31

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The Barrier

1937-12-10

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Alaska Highway

1943-06-24

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Power Dive

1941-06-04

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Caravan

1934-12-30

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What Price Innocence?

1933-06-24

4.5

Flight at Midnight

1939-08-28

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Hi, Neighbor

1942-07-27

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Apache Uprising

1965-12-29

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The Farmer in the Dell

1936-03-27

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The Pittsburgh Kid

1941-08-29

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Parents on Trial

1939-09-21

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Flying Blind

1941-08-29

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Torpedo Boat

1942-01-24

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The Traitor Within

1942-12-16

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The Deerslayer

1943-11-22

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Soaring Stars

1942-04-25

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Romance of the Redwoods

1939-03-29

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Knights of the Range

1940-02-23

5.5

Son of the Navy

1940-03-30

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Hello, Annapolis

1942-04-23

5.6

Roar of the Press

1941-04-17

5

Life Begins with Love

1937-10-06

5.5

Wrecking Crew

1942-11-07

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Young America Flies

1940-07-13

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High Explosive

1943-03-27

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The Girl from Alaska

1942-04-16

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Oh, What a Night!

1944-09-02

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Penitentiary

1938-02-05

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Private Secretary

1953-02-01

3.3

Matinee Theater

1955-10-31

4.2

Suspense

1949-01-06

5.7

Stories of the Century

1954-01-23