Eleanor Parker

Acting

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.

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The Sound of Music

Movie1965

In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

Home from the Hill

Movie1960

The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.

The King and Four Queens

Movie1956

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.

The Man with the Golden Arm

Movie1955

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.

The Naked Jungle

Movie1954

The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.

Escape from Fort Bravo

Movie1953

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

Scaramouche

Movie1952

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

Destination Tokyo

Movie1943

During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.