Jean Parker

Also Known As: Джин Паркер, Lois Mae Green, Lois May Green

Biography: 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Deer Lodge, Montana, USA

Birthday: August 11, 1915

Deathday: November 30, 2005

Adult: No

Gender: Female

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Known For:

The Flying Deuces
Beyond Tomorrow
One Body Too Many
Tomorrow We Live
Black Tuesday
Bluebeard
A Lawless Street
Lady for a Day
Dead Man's Eyes
The Gunfighter
Little Women
Lady in the Death House
The Texas Rangers
Minesweeper
Detective Kitty O'Day
The Secret of Madame Blanche
The Navy Way
No Hands on the Clock
Operator 13
Sequoia
Zenobia
Divorce In The Family
The Ghost Goes West
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Those Redheads from Seattle
Limehouse Blues
Made on Broadway
You Can't Buy Everything
A Wicked Woman
The Parson and the Outlaw
Toughest Man in Arizona
Lazy River
She Married a Cop
The Arkansas Traveler
Murder in the Fleet
Rolling Home
Have a Heart
Two Alone
I Live on Danger
Storm at Daybreak
Romance of the Limberlost
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Cargo of Love
Princess O'Hara
Rasputin and the Empress
Gabriel Over the White House
The Barrier
Alaska Highway
Power Dive
Caravan
What Price Innocence?
Flight at Midnight
Hi, Neighbor
Apache Uprising
The Farmer in the Dell
The Pittsburgh Kid
Parents on Trial
Flying Blind
Torpedo Boat
The Traitor Within
The Deerslayer
Soaring Stars
Romance of the Redwoods
Knights of the Range
Son of the Navy
Hello, Annapolis
Roar of the Press
Life Begins with Love
Wrecking Crew
Young America Flies
High Explosive
The Girl from Alaska
Oh, What a Night!
Penitentiary