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Cecilia Parker is a Actor Canadienne born on 26 april 1914 at Fort William (Canada)
Cecilia Parker (April 26, 1914 – July 25, 1993) was a Canadian-born American film actress.
In 1938 she married actor Robert Baldwin, who helped her to become a naturalized citizen in 1940. She died at age 79 on 25 July 1993, after what The New York Times called "a long illness".
She was survived by her husband Robert Sr., a daughter, Ann Bridges of San Diego; two sons, Robert Jr., of Tracy, California and John, of Ventura; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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Cecilia Parker
Nationality Canada
Birth 26 april 1914 at Fort William (Canada)
Death 25 july 1993 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 26 april 1914 at Fort William (Canada)
Death 25 july 1993 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Biography
Parker's sister, Linda, was an actress who appeared in a number of uncredited roles in the early 1930s. Both sisters once tested for the same part in David Copperfield. Parker was a close friend of actress Anne Shirley. During the mid-1930s the two kept a standing dinner date on Thursday nights.In 1938 she married actor Robert Baldwin, who helped her to become a naturalized citizen in 1940. She died at age 79 on 25 July 1993, after what The New York Times called "a long illness".
She was survived by her husband Robert Sr., a daughter, Ann Bridges of San Diego; two sons, Robert Jr., of Tracy, California and John, of Ventura; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
, 1h20Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mickey Rooney, Patricia Breslin, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Sara Haden, Joey Forman
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating58%
Returning to his home town of Carvel after several years absence - and twelve years since the last Andy Hardy movie - Andrew Hardy (Mickey Rooney), now a high-flying west coast lawyer, reminiscences about his past (with flashbacks to his earlier filmed exploits alongside Judy Garland and Esther Williams et al.) and reconnects with his mother, aunt, sister (returning co-stars Fay Holden, Sara Haden and Cecilia Parker respectively) and nephew Jimmy (Johnny Weissmuller, Jr.) as he attempts to convince the skeptical small-townsfolk to let his company build a factory there.
Seven Sweethearts (1942)
, 1h38Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Van Heflin, Cecilia Parker, Frances Rafferty, Peggy Moran
Roles Victor Van Maaster
Rating63%
Mr. Van Maaster (S.Z. Sakall) is a hotelier in Little Delft, Michigan. By family tradition, the oldest of his seven daughters must marry first. But Regina (Marsha Hunt) wants to go to New York, to become an actress. The youngest, Billie (Kathryn Grayson), has the sweetest singing voice, and it is she who ends up with the first husband Henry Taggart (Van Heflin).
Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
, 1h32Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Fay Holden, Esther Williams
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating64%
Preparing himself for college life, Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) promises himself to put an end to his flirting ways and attempts to organize his finances by selling his old car. Things become complicated when his love interest Polly (Ann Rutherford) introduces him to a seductive psychology student (Esther Williams), while his friends continue to delay the payment for his automobile. Andy also tries his best to help his sister Marian (Cecilia Parker) with her own relationship problems and takes an interest in assisting his father Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) with a complicated case involving an injured boy (Bobby Blake).
Grand Central Murder (1942)
, 1h13Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Van Heflin, Patricia Dane, Sam Levene, Stephen McNally, Cecilia Parker, Millard Mitchell
Roles Constance 'Connie' Furness
Rating64%
Convicted murderer "Turk" (Stephen McNally) escapes from police custody, crashing through a washroom window as a train pulls into Grand Central Station in New York. He telephones his former girlfriend, Broadway star Mida King (Patricia Dane), and threatens to kill her. She leaves her show between acts and hides in a private train car on a siding at the station, planning to leave town and marry her rich, high society fiance, David V. Henderson (Mark Daniels). However, her body is found by David and his ex-fiancee, Connie Furness (Cecilia Parker).
The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
, 1h35Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Donna Reed, Ann Rutherford, Fay Holden
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating65%
When Carvel teenager and new tow truck-owner Andy Hardy is stopped by a policeman for driving without a license plate, a radio report implicates him in stealing the car he is towing.
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
, 1h28Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Judy Garland, Ann Rutherford
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating65%
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) from Carvel becomes infatuated with a well-known young socialite, Daphne Fowler (Diana Lewis), from New York City. Even though he hasn’t met the woman in person, he drops her name to his friends and tells them that they are very well acquainted. He even lets his friends believe he is romantically involved with Miss Fowler.
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
, 1h25Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating64%
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is upset that his girlfriend, Polly Benedict (Ann Rutherford), had fallen for Ensign Charles Copley (Robert Kent). Soon, Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. After Andy's play is chosen for the school's annual production, he seizes the opportunity to spend time with his spring time crush. Andy's dad, Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), knows that his son is destined for heartache, but he decides to let Andy find out for himself how young love can be.
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
, 1h10Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Cecilia Parker, Nat Pendleton, Harry Carey, Addison Richards, Charley Grapewin
Roles Jane Delano
Rating56%
Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
, 1h30Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating66%
Judge Hardy {Lewis Stone) has two problems. He must rescue an elderly couple from eviction, and he must cope with his wife's (Fay Holden) life threatening illness.
The Hardys Ride High (1939)
, 1h21Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating65%
Judge Hardy is told he has inherited $2 million. He and his family move to Detroit.
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
, 1h31Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating66%
It is December, 1938 in the town of Carvel. Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is putting a $12 down payment on a used car. Andy, desperate to take his girlfriend Polly Benedict (Ann Rutherford) to the Christmas Eve dance in his own car, must pay an additional $8 by December 23 for it to be his.
Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
, 11minutesDirected by Herman Hoffman
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Freddie Bartholomew, Frank Capra, William H. Daniels, Clark Gable, Betty Ross Clarke, Myrna Loy
Roles Self (uncredited)
Rating60%
The film starts with a brief reprise of the previous film, before cutting to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, California where assistant cameraman Bill Reilly picks up the film from the lab for Marie Antoinette (1938) which he passes on to cameraman William H. Daniels. Behind the scenes footage shows W.S. Van Dyke directing a scene between Norma Shearer and Robert Morley before the negative is taken to the lab to be developed, dried and polished by lab technician John M. Nickolaus. The test strips are then read and delivered to the print room for printing. A tram takes the viewer on a quick tour of the studio complete with behind the scenes footage of George B. Seitz directing Judge Hardy's Children (1938), Freddie Bartholomew training with elephants for the then unproduced Kim, Luise Rainer doing a costume test for The Toy Wife (1938), and candid footage of Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. The film concludes with a montage from trailers for coming MGM pictures and footage of Louis B. Mayer, Frank Capra, Luise Rainer and Louise Tracy at the 10th Academy Awards banquet.
Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
, 1h18Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Betty Ross Clarke, Ann Rutherford
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating65%
Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) has been appointed chairman of a special committee in Washington DC. The Judge's daughter Marian (Cecilia Parker) is intoxicated by Washington's social life, while son Andy (Mickey Rooney) falls for a pretty daughter of a French diplomat. Thus, the Judge is obliged to juggle his committee duties with his efforts to keep his children from making fools of themselves.
Out West with the Hardys (1938)
, 1h24Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating64%
Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) gets a request to help out an old friend so takes his family on a holiday out west when a friend has legal difficulties over water rights.
A Family Affair (1937)
, 1h9Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Spring Byington, Eric Linden, Charley Grapewin, Mickey Rooney
Roles Marian Hardy
Rating65%
Judge Hardy (Lionel Barrymore) hopes to be re-elected, but his campaign is put in jeopardy by his opposition of a wasteful public works program.