Jean Parker

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Deer Lodge, Montana, USA, 1915-08-11

Died: 2005-11-30

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1932	Divorce In The Family	Miss Lucile SmIth	60
2	1932	Rasputin and the Empress	Princess Maria (uncredited)	53
3	1933	The Secret of Madame Blanche	Eloise	40
4	1933	Gabriel Over the White House	Alice Bronson	69
5	1933	Made on Broadway	Adele	65
6	1933	Storm at Daybreak	Danitza	58
7	1933	What Price Innocence?	Ruth Harper	30
8	1933	Lady for a Day	Louise	70
9	1933	Little Women	Beth	68
10	1934	You Can't Buy Everything	Elizabeth 'Beth' Burton Bell	70
11	1934	Two Alone	Mazie	70
12	1934	Lazy River	Sarah Lescalle	60
13	1934	Operator 13	Eleanor	57
14	1934	Have a Heart	Sally Moore	70
15	1934	A Wicked Woman	Rosanne Stroud, aka Rosanne Trice	50
16	1934	Limehouse Blues	Toni	42
17	1934	Caravan	Timka	50
18	1935	Sequoia	Toni Martin	60
19	1935	Princess O'Hara	Princess O'Hara	60
20	1935	Murder in the Fleet	Betty Lansing	50
21	1935	The Ghost Goes West	Peggy Martin	65
22	1936	The Farmer in the Dell	Adie Boyer	0
23	1936	The Texas Rangers	Amanda Bailey	64
24	1937	Life Begins with Love	Carole Martin	50
25	1937	The Barrier	Necia Gale	0
26	1938	Penitentiary	Elizabeth Mathews	0
27	1938	Romance of the Limberlost	Laurie	0
28	1938	The Arkansas Traveler	Judy Allen	60
29	1939	Romance of the Redwoods	June Martin	60
30	1939	Zenobia	Mary Tibbett	46
31	1939	She Married a Cop	Linda Fay	57
32	1939	Flight at Midnight	Maxine Scott	45
33	1939	Parents on Trial	Susan Wesley	0
34	1939	The Flying Deuces	Georgette	64
35	1940	Knights of the Range	Holly Ripple	0
36	1940	Son of the Navy	Stevie Moore	55
37	1940	Beyond Tomorrow	Jean Lawrence	60
38	1940	Young America Flies	Jane	0
39	1941	Roar of the Press	Alice Williams	56
40	1941	Power Dive	Carol Blake	40
41	1941	The Pittsburgh Kid	Patricia Mallory	0
42	1941	Flying Blind	Shirley Brooks	27
43	1941	No Hands on the Clock	Mrs. Louise Campbell	49
44	1942	Torpedo Boat	Grace Holman	60
45	1942	The Girl from Alaska	Mary 'Pete' McCoy	60
46	1942	Hello, Annapolis	Doris Henley	100
47	1942	Soaring Stars	Herself	0
48	1942	I Live on Danger	Susan Richards	57
49	1942	Hi, Neighbor	Dorothy Greenfield	0
50	1942	Tomorrow We Live	Julie Bronson	43
51	1942	Wrecking Crew	Peggy Starr	55
52	1942	The Traitor Within	Molly Betts	0
53	1943	High Explosive	Connie Baker	57
54	1943	Alaska Highway	Ann Coswell	50
55	1943	Minesweeper	Mary Smith	50
56	1943	The Deerslayer	Judith Hutter	70
57	1944	The Navy Way	Ellen Sayre	57
58	1944	Lady in the Death House	Mary Kirk Logan	54
59	1944	Detective Kitty O'Day	Kitty O'Day	48
60	1944	Oh, What a Night!	Valerie	0
61	1944	Bluebeard	Lucille	54
62	1944	Dead Man's Eyes	Heather Hayden	65
63	1944	One Body Too Many	Carol Dunlap	50
64	1945	Adventures of Kitty O'Day	Kitty O'Day	48
65	1946	Rolling Home	Frances Crawford	50
66	1950	The Gunfighter	Molly	73
67	1952	Toughest Man in Arizona	Della	0
68	1953	Those Redheads from Seattle	Liz	53
69	1954	Black Tuesday	Hatti Combest	60
70	1955	A Lawless Street	Cora Dean	54
71	1957	The Parson and the Outlaw	Sarah Jones	41
72	1961	Hollywood: The Selznick Years	'Little Women' (archive footage) (uncredited)	33
73	1965	Apache Uprising	Mrs. Hawks	63
74	1968	Cargo of Love	Denise	35

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1932