Eleanor Parker
Date of birth: 1922-06-26
Place of birth: Cedarville, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Элинор Паркер, エリノア・パーカー, النور پارکر
Biography
Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in the films Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951), and Interrupted Melody (1955), the first of which won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She was also known for her roles in the films Of Human Bondage (1946), Scaramouche (1952), The Naked Jungle (1954), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), A Hole in the Head (1959), The Sound of Music (1965), and The Oscar (1966). Description above from the Wikipedia article Eleanor Parker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955-12-26
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides
Detective Story
1951-10-24
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad.
Home for the Holidays
1974-07-13
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who
It's a Great Feeling
1949-08-20
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big b
How to Steal the World
1968-09-18
Secret agent Napoleon Solo fights to stop a top-secret plot to conquer the world.
Between Two Worlds
1944-05-20
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it beco
A Hole in the Head
1959-09-15
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.
Scaramouche
1952-05-08
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Caged
1950-05-19
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments
The Sound of Music
1965-03-29
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess
The Woman in White
1948-05-07
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been
Interrupted Melody
1955-05-05
Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjor
The King and Four Queens
1956-12-21
Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and
Three Secrets
1950-10-20
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California
Never Say Goodbye
1946-11-09
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very un
The Naked Jungle
1954-03-03
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of
Hollywood Canteen
1944-12-15
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entert
Above and Beyond
1953-01-02
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although una
Many Rivers to Cross
1955-02-04
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anyt
Pride of the Marines
1945-08-24
Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his
Madison Avenue
1961-04-13
An adman and an adwoman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Fantasy Island
1977-01-14
Mr. Roarke and his assistant Tattoo greet a former reporter in World War II who wants to relive a br
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953-12-04
A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.
The Oscar
1966-03-04
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Holly
The Tiger and the Pussycat
1967-04-29
A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper
The Mysterious Doctor
1943-03-03
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which i
Chain Lightning
1950-02-18
Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircra
Warning Shot
1967-01-18
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
Home from the Hill
1960-03-03
The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of
Eye of the Cat
1969-06-18
A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man's eccentric but wealthy aunt. However, t
Busses Roar
1942-09-19
A sergeant saves the day when Axis agents plant a bomb on a bus bound for California oil fields.
Escape Me Never
1947-11-07
A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother's
Once Upon a Spy
1980-09-19
Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor Parker a
Return to Peyton Place
1961-05-05
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters
An American Dream
1966-08-31
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personali
Crime by Night
1944-09-09
A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
Lizzie
1957-04-04
A psychiatrist treats a woman of three faces: neurotic Elizabeth, wanton Lizzie, and charming Beth.
Valley of the Kings
1954-07-21
Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to th
Sunburn
1979-08-10
A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.
Of Human Bondage
1946-07-05
A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him
The Voice of the Turtle
1947-12-25
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City
Hans Brinker
1969-12-14
Melodrama on ice
The Seventh Sin
1957-06-28
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walte
A Millionaire for Christy
1951-09-02
Christy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his uncle
The Last Ride
1944-10-07
A police lieutenant is determined to bust the gang of crooks selling defective automobile tires.
The Very Thought of You
1944-10-20
Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and Cora,
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971-02-16
Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban famil
She's Dressed to Kill
1979-12-10
A fashion designer gives a private showing at her mansion over a weekend, but someone starts killing
Valentino
1951-03-08
Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling betw
Dead on the Money
1991-06-17
An actress is persuaded by a charming man to join him in a scheme of revenge against his cousin.
The Great American Beauty Contest
1973-02-13
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which
The Bastard
1978-05-22
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to Engla
Warning Shot
1967-01-18
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
Panic Button
1964-04-10
A businessman comes up with a scheme to make money by financing a film version of "Romeo and Juliet"
Always Together
1947-12-10
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical
Destination Tokyo
1943-12-31
During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a sec
The Big Shot
1942-06-13
Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth co
Vaudeville Days
1942-12-19
A narrator provides very brief info on the beginnings and history of Vaudeville while Vaudeville act
Soldiers in White
1942-02-07
A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too hap
Men of the Sky
1942-07-25
A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Ai
Atlantic City
1944-09-15
In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudevi
Madame X
1981-03-16
Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991-10-28
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director O
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997-01-01
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.