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Jean Parker is a Actor American born on 11 august 1915 at Deer Lodge (USA)

Jean Parker

Jean Parker
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Birth name Lois Mae Green
Nationality USA
Birth 11 august 1915 at Deer Lodge (USA)
Death 30 november 2005 (at 90 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Jean Parker (born Luise Stephanie Zelinska, 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.

Biography

Utilizing her artistic talents, Parker contracted in June 1935 to make eight original sketches a month for a Beverly Hills shop.

In December 1935, Parker became engaged to New York socialite newspaperman George E. McDonald, and eloped with him to Las Vegas on March 21, 1936. McDonald continued his business affairs on the East Coast, and after less than four years of marriage, Parker was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce on January 23, 1940. On February 14, 1941, Parker married Los Angeles radio commentator Henry Dawson Sanders, known professionally as Doug Dawson. The couple operated a flying service from Palm Springs Airport in California, which was shuttered at the outbreak of World War II. In July 1942, her husband joined the Coast Guard, and in September 1942 they separated and were divorced in July 1943. A month after she was granted her final divorce decree on July 29, 1944, Parker married Dr. Kurt "Curtis" Arthur Grotter, a Hollywood insurance broker and former correspondent for a group of Czechoslovakian newspapers and active with the Braille Institute in Los Angeles, as he had a substantial loss of vision. They were separated on June 19, 1949, and divorced on December 29, 1949. On May 19, 1951, she secretly married actor Robert Lowery, at the home of a friend in Hialeah, Florida. Lowery had played Batman in 1949; he was featured in over seventy films in his own career. By this marriage, she bore her only child.

While appearing at a nightclub in Sydney, Australia in 1951, Parker made international headlines when she was escorted off Bondi Beach by swimsuit inspector Abe Laidlaw, who measured her bikini and determined it was too skimpy. In 1952, Parker gave birth to a son, Robert Lowery Hanks, who works as an executive for the city of Los Angeles. She and Lowery filed for divorce in September 1957, but it was never finalized.

Best films

Little Women (1933)
(Actress)

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Filmography of Jean Parker (66 films)

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Actress

Cocoon
Cocoon (1985)
, 1h53
Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Vieillesse, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films set in Atlantis
Actors Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg
Roles Herself, film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.349223.349223.349223.349223.34922
About 10,000 years ago, peaceful aliens from the planet Antarea set up an outpost on the planet Earth, on an island later known to mankind as Atlantis. When Atlantis sank, twenty aliens were left behind, kept alive in large rock-like cocoons at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Now a group of Antareans have returned to Earth to collect them. Disguising themselves as humans, they rent a house with a swimming pool, and charge the water with "life force" to give the cocooned Antareans energy to survive the trip home. They charter a boat from a local captain named Jack (Steve Guttenberg) who helps them retrieve the cocoons. Jack likes Kitty (Tahnee Welch), a beautiful woman from the team who chartered his boat. When he spies on her while she undresses in her cabin, Jack is shocked when he discovers she is an alien. After the aliens reveal themselves to him and explain what's going on, he decides to help them.
Apache Uprising, 1h30
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell, Arthur Hunnicutt, Lon Chaney, Jr., Gene Evans
Roles Mrs. Hawks
Rating57% 2.85922.85922.85922.85922.8592
En traversant l'Arizona dans les années 1880, deux hommes — Jim Walkers et Bill Gibson — se font attaquer par des Apaches mais sont sauvés par l'arrivée d'une cavalerie. Les deux hommes essayent de prévenir les habitants de la ville la plus proche, Apache Wells, d'une révolte prochaine des apaches. Arrivés à Apache Wells, ils proposent leur escorte à une diligence se préparant pour transporter une importante somme d'argent vers une autre ville...
Hollywood Without Make-Up
Directed by Ken Murray
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Kirk Douglas, Ken Murray, Cary Grant, June Allyson, George K. Arthur, Eddie Albert
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating71% 3.578353.578353.578353.578353.57835
The film consists of archive footage of famous Hollywood stars, mostly home movies showing the stars as themselves instead of playing a role in front of the camera.
A Lawless Street, 1h18
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Jean Parker, Warner Anderson, Wallace Ford, Michael Pate
Roles Cora Dean
Rating63% 3.1915053.1915053.1915053.1915053.191505
The marshal of Medicine Bend, Calem Ware (Randolph Scott), tries to keep peace in a lawless town whilst trying to prevent himself from being killed. The arrival of a show troupe reunites the marshal with someone from his past, leading to a showdown with his would-be killers and his old flame, Tally Dickinson (Angela Lansbury).
Black Tuesday, 1h20
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves, Jean Parker, Milburn Stone, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly
Roles Hatti Combest
Rating65% 3.2791853.2791853.2791853.2791853.279185
A violent con, Vincent Canelli (Robinson), escapes prison on the night of his execution. With the help of a phony newspaper reporter and Canelli's girlfriend, the con takes along five hostages, including a priest.
Those Redheads from Seattle, 1h30
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Genres Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gene Barry, Rhonda Fleming, Frank Wilcox, Agnes Moorehead, Jean Parker, Roscoe Ates
Roles Liz
Rating57% 2.85552.85552.85552.85552.8555
After her husband is killed, a woman (Moorehead) takes her four unmarried daughters to Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush to help their father, not knowing he was already dead.
The Gunfighter, 1h25
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden, Verna Felton
Roles Molly
Rating76% 3.8455553.8455553.8455553.8455553.845555
A young, reckless cowboy named Eddie (Richard Jaeckel) deliberately provokes an argument with the notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo (Gregory Peck). Ringo is widely known as the fastest draw in the West, making him the perpetual target of every young gunslinger eager to become famous as "the man who shot Ringo". When Eddie ignores Ringo's warnings and draws his weapon, Ringo has no choice but to kill him. Eddie's three brothers pursue Ringo as he leaves town, seeking revenge, but Ringo ambushes them, takes their guns, and drives off their horses, leaving them to walk back to town.
Rolling Home, 1h11
Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Jean Parker, Russell "Lucky" Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Pamela Blake, Jimmy Conlin, Jonathan Hale
Roles Frances Crawford
Rating56% 2.827642.827642.827642.827642.82764
This script must be run from the command line
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Lorna Gray, Ralph Sanford, Jan Wiley, William Forrest
Roles Kitty O'Day
Rating52% 2.6239252.6239252.6239252.6239252.623925
Amateur detective Kitty O'Day and her boyfriend are employed in a hotel. After the owner is shot, O'Day takes over the investigation despite the protests of the police.
Bluebeard
Bluebeard (1944)
, 1h12
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Peinture, Serial killer films, Children's films
Actors John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stössel, Teala Loring, George Irving
Roles Lucille
Rating58% 2.949232.949232.949232.949232.94923
All Paris is frightened by the murders attributed to "Bluebeard". Modiste Lucille (Jean Parker) is introduced to Gaston Morrell (John Carradine), a puppeteer and painter, by her friend. They are attracted to each other, and she accepts a commission to design some costumes for his puppets.
Dead Man's Eyes, 1h4
Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Jean Parker, Paul Kelly, Thomas Gomez, Jonathan Hale, Acquanetta
Roles Heather Hayden
Rating60% 3.004563.004563.004563.004563.00456
Artist Dave Stuart is blinded by a jealous assistant. The father of his fiance offers an operation to restore his sight, but Stuart will have to wait until the man dies. The benefactor dies a premature death and Stuart becomes a suspect.
Lady in the Death House, 56minutes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Jean Parker, Lionel Atwill, Douglas Fowley, Marcia Mae Jones, Robert Middlemass, Cy Kendall
Roles Mary Kirk Logan
Rating53% 2.664892.664892.664892.664892.66489
Mary Kirk Logan is led from her cell to the electric chair, to be "killed by the hand of the man I love."
Oh, What a Night!, 1h12
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Edmund Lowe, Jean Parker, Marjorie Rambeau, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Pierre Watkin, Ivan Lebedeff
Roles Valerie
Rating59% 2.965142.965142.965142.965142.96514
A man is keeping a secret from his young niece: he's an international jewel thief!