From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJean 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.Parkers 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 RKOs The Flying Deuces.Parker remained active in film throughout the 1940s, playing opposite Lon Chaney in Dead Mans 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.
Georgette
Film 1939
Jean Lawrence
Film 1940
Carol Dunlap
Film 1944
Julie Bronson
Film 1942
Hatti Combest
Film 1954
Lucille
Film 1944
Louise
Film 1933
Heather Hayden
Film 1944
Molly
Film 1950
Mary Kirk Logan
Film 1944
Mary Smith
Film 1943
Kitty O'Day
Film 1944
Eloise
Film 1933
Ellen Sayre
Film 1944
Mrs. Louise Campbell
Film 1941
Eleanor
Film 1934
Toni Martin
Film 1935
Mary Tibbett
Film 1939
Miss Lucile SmIth
Film 1932
Peggy Martin
Film 1935
Kitty O'Day
Film 1945
Toni
Film 1934
Adele
Film 1933
Elizabeth 'Beth' Burton Bell
Film 1934
Rosanne Stroud, aka Rosanne Trice
Film 1934
Sarah Jones
Film 1957
Sarah Lescalle
Film 1934
Linda Fay
Film 1939
Judy Allen
Film 1938
Frances Crawford
Film 1946
Mazie
Film 1934
Susan Richards
Film 1942
Danitza
Film 1933
Laurie
Film 1938
'Little Women' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1961
Denise
Film 1968
Princess O'Hara
Film 1935
Princess Maria (uncredited)
Film 1932
Alice Bronson
Film 1933
Necia Gale
Film 1937
Ann Coswell
Film 1943
Carol Blake
Film 1941
Timka
Film 1934
Ruth Harper
Film 1933
Maxine Scott
Film 1939
Dorothy Greenfield
Film 1942
Adie Boyer
Film 1936
Susan Wesley
Film 1939
Shirley Brooks
Film 1941
Grace Holman
Film 1942
Molly Betts
Film 1942
Judith Hutter
Film 1943
Herself
Film 1942
June Martin
Film 1939
Holly Ripple
Film 1940
Stevie Moore
Film 1940
Doris Henley
Film 1942
Carole Martin
Film 1937
Peggy Starr
Film 1942
Jane
Film 1940
Connie Baker
Film 1943
Mary 'Pete' McCoy
Film 1942
Valerie
Film 1944
Elizabeth Mathews
Film 1938
Tv 1953
Tv 1955
Tv 1949
Ella Watson aka Cattle Kate
Tv 1954