1915-08-11 ( 109 years old ) in Deer Lodge, Montana, USA
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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.
Movies
Cargo of Love
1968-06-23
Apache Uprising
1965-12-29
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31
The Parson and the Outlaw
1957-09-23
A Lawless Street
1955-11-15
Black Tuesday
1954-12-31
Those Redheads from Seattle
1953-10-16
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952-10-10
The Gunfighter
1950-06-23
Rolling Home
1946-11-01
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
1945-01-19
One Body Too Many
1944-11-24
Dead Man's Eyes
1944-11-10
Bluebeard
1944-10-26
Oh, What a Night!
1944-09-02
Detective Kitty O'Day
1944-05-13
Lady in the Death House
1944-03-15
The Navy Way
1944-02-26
The Deerslayer
1943-11-22
Minesweeper
1943-11-10
Alaska Highway
1943-06-24
High Explosive
1943-03-27
The Traitor Within
1942-12-16
Wrecking Crew
1942-11-07
Tomorrow We Live
1942-09-23
Hi, Neighbor
1942-07-27
I Live on Danger
1942-06-16
Soaring Stars
1942-04-25
Hello, Annapolis
1942-04-23
The Girl from Alaska
1942-04-16
Torpedo Boat
1942-01-24
No Hands on the Clock
1941-12-01
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941-08-29
Flying Blind
1941-08-29
Power Dive
1941-06-04
Roar of the Press
1941-04-17
Young America Flies
1940-07-13
Beyond Tomorrow
1940-05-10
Son of the Navy
1940-03-30
Knights of the Range
1940-02-23
The Flying Deuces
1939-11-03
Parents on Trial
1939-09-21
Flight at Midnight
1939-08-28
She Married a Cop
1939-07-11
Zenobia
1939-04-21
Romance of the Redwoods
1939-03-29
The Arkansas Traveler
1938-10-14
Romance of the Limberlost
1938-06-16
Penitentiary
1938-02-05
The Barrier
1937-12-10
Life Begins with Love
1937-10-06
The Texas Rangers
1936-08-28
The Farmer in the Dell
1936-03-27
The Ghost Goes West
1935-12-17
Murder in the Fleet
1935-05-24
Princess O'Hara
1935-03-31
Sequoia
1935-01-16
Caravan
1934-12-30
Limehouse Blues
1934-12-11
A Wicked Woman
1934-12-07
Have a Heart
1934-09-07
Operator 13
1934-06-08
Lazy River
1934-03-16
You Can't Buy Everything
1934-01-26
Two Alone
1934-01-26
Little Women
1933-11-24
Lady for a Day
1933-09-13
What Price Innocence?
1933-06-24
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Made on Broadway
1933-05-19
Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933-02-03
Rasputin and the Empress
1932-12-23
Divorce In The Family
1932-08-27
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