Eleanor Parker

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.

Known For

The Sound of Music

as The Baroness

Murder, She Wrote

as Maggie Tarrow

The Man with the Golden Arm

as Zosch Machine

The Love Boat

as Alicia Fairchild Bradbury

The Love Boat

as Rosie Strickland

Detective Story

as Mary McLeod

Hawaii Five-O

as Constance Kincaid

The Naked Jungle

as Joanna Leiningen

Scaramouche

as Lenore

Caged

as Marie Allen