Eleanor Parker

Born: 1922-06-26

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.


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The Sound of Music

as Baroness Elsa von Schraeder
Released: 1965-03-29

In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as...

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Detective Story

as Mary McLeod
Released: 1951-11-01

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective...

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The Man with the Golden Arm

as Zosch Machine
Released: 1955-12-26

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.

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Mission to Moscow

as Emlen Davies
Released: 1943-04-29

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns...

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Escape from Fort Bravo

as Carla Forester
Released: 1953-12-04

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

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Scaramouche

as Lenore
Released: 1952-05-08

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

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Destination Tokyo

as Mike's Wife on Record (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1943-12-31

During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a...

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Caged

as Marie Allen
Released: 1950-05-19

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and...

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The Bastard

as Lady Amberly
Released: 1978-05-22

Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to...

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Eye of the Cat

as Aunt Danny
Released: 1969-06-18

A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man's eccentric but wealthy aunt....

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The Naked Jungle

as Joanna Leiningen
Released: 1954-03-03

The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long...

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It's a Great Feeling

as Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
Released: 1949-08-01

A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her...

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A Hole in the Head

as Eloise Rogers
Released: 1959-09-15

An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.

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Home from the Hill

as Hannah Hunnicutt
Released: 1960-03-03

The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man...

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The King and Four Queens

as Sabina McDade
Released: 1956-12-21

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws...

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Three Secrets

as Susan Chase
Released: 1950-10-20

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of...

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The Tiger and the Pussycat

as Mme Vincenzini
Released: 1967-04-29

A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a...

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Sunburn

as Mrs. Thoren
Released: 1979-08-10

A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.

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Return to Peyton Place

as Connie Rossi
Released: 1961-05-05

Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the...

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Crime by Night

as Irene Carr
Released: 1944-09-09

A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.

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Busses Roar

as Norma
Released: 1942-09-19

A sergeant saves the day when Axis agents plant a bomb on a bus bound for California oil fields.

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The Oscar

as Sophie Cantaro
Released: 1966-03-04

An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to...

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Many Rivers to Cross

as Mary Stuart Cherne
Released: 1955-02-04

Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let...

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Hollywood Canteen

as Self
Released: 1944-12-15

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and...

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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1991-10-28

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie...

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She's Dressed to Kill

as Regine Danton
Released: 1979-12-10

A fashion designer gives a private showing at her mansion over a weekend, but someone starts...

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Pride of the Marines

as Ruth Hartley
Released: 1945-08-24

Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to...

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Lizzie

as Elizabeth Richmond
Released: 1957-04-04

A psychiatrist treats a woman of three faces: neurotic Elizabeth, wanton Lizzie, and charming Beth.

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Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-01-01

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

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An American Dream

as Deborah Kelly Rojack
Released: 1966-08-31

Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television...

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Warning Shot

as Mrs. Doris Ruston
Released: 1967-01-18

Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.

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Warning Shot

as Doris Ruston
Released: 1967-01-18

Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.

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Fantasy Island

as Eunice Hollander Baines
Released: 1977-01-14

Mr. Roarke and his assistant Tattoo greet a former reporter in World War II who wants to relive...

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The Very Thought of You

as Janet Wheeler
Released: 1944-10-20

Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and...

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Hans Brinker

as Dame Brinker
Released: 1969-12-14

Melodrama on ice

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The Woman in White

as Laura Fairlie / Ann Catherick
Released: 1948-05-07

A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has...

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Between Two Worlds

as Ann Bergner
Released: 1944-05-20

Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it...

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The Great American Beauty Contest

as Peggy Lowery
Released: 1973-02-13

The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal...

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Never Say Goodbye

as Ellen Gayley
Released: 1946-11-09

Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is...

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Chain Lightning

as Joan "Jo" Holloway
Released: 1950-02-18

Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial...

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The Voice of the Turtle

as Sally Middleton
Released: 1947-12-25

An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York...

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Interrupted Melody

as Marjorie Lawrence
Released: 1955-05-05

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano...

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Once Upon a Spy

as The Lady
Released: 1980-09-19

Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor...

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Valentino

as Joan Carlisle / Sarah Gray
Released: 1951-03-08

Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling...

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Madame X

as Katherine Richardson
Released: 1981-03-16

Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later,...

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Above and Beyond

as Lucey Tibbets
Released: 1953-01-02

The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although...

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A Millionaire for Christy

as Christabel 'Christy' Sloane
Released: 1951-09-02

Christy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his...

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Escape Me Never

as Fenella MacLean
Released: 1947-11-07

A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his...

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Madison Avenue

as Anne Tremaine
Released: 1961-04-13

An adman and an adwoman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.

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Soldiers in White

as Nurse Ryan
Released: 1942-02-07

A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too...

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The Big Shot

as Telephone Operator (voice)
Released: 1942-06-13

Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a...

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Always Together

as Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-10

An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a...

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Valley of the Kings

as Ann Barclay Mercedes
Released: 1954-07-21

Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is...

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How to Steal the World

as Margitta Kingsley
Released: 1968-09-18

Secret agent Napoleon Solo fights to stop a top-secret plot to conquer the world.

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Blow-Ups of 1946

as Self
Released: 1946-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.

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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-05-22

Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her...

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Of Human Bondage

as Mildred Rogers
Released: 1946-07-05

A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves...

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Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

as Claire Miller
Released: 1971-02-16

Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban...

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Atlantic City

as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Released: 1944-09-15

In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and...

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The Mysterious Doctor

as Letty Carstairs
Released: 1943-03-03

The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost...

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Home for the Holidays

as Alexandra Morgan
Released: 1974-07-13

An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife,...

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Men of the Sky

as Mrs. Frank Bickley
Released: 1942-07-25

A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S....

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Panic Button

as Louise
Released: 1964-04-10

A businessman comes up with a scheme to make money by financing a film version of "Romeo and...

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The Last Ride

as Kitty Kelly
Released: 1944-10-07

A police lieutenant is determined to bust the gang of crooks selling defective automobile tires.

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The Seventh Sin

as Carol Carwin
Released: 1957-06-28

In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband...

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Dead on the Money

as Catherine Blake
Released: 1991-06-17

An actress is persuaded by a charming man to join him in a scheme of revenge against his cousin.

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Vaudeville Days

as Colleen (song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
Released: 1942-12-19

A narrator provides very brief info on the beginnings and history of Vaudeville while Vaudeville...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Maggie Tarrow
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Constance Kincaid
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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The Love Boat

as Alicia Fairchild Bradbury
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Love Boat

as Rosie Strickland
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Dorian Smith
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Finder of Lost Loves

as Nora Spencer
First aired: 1984-09-22

The Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private...

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Ghost Story

as Paula Burgess
First aired: 1972-09-15

Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from...

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Bracken's World

as Sylvia Caldwell
First aired: 1969-09-19

Behind the scenes at the fictitious Century Studios in Hollywood, headed by the (initially)...

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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Vega$

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-20

Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981....

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Checkmate

as Marion Bannion/Gussie Hill
First aired: 1960-09-17

Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot,...

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Vanished

as Sue Greer
First aired: 1971-03-08

Government agencies investigate the mysterious disappearance of a powerful presidential adviser.

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