Eleanor Parker

@Film & Theater Personalities, Timeline and Facts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Eleanor Parker was a highly versatile American actress who won three Oscar nominations for ‘Best Actress’, an ‘Emmy Award’ and a nomination for the ‘Golden Globe’ award. Cancer Celebrities American Film & Theater Personalities Actresses Eleanor Parker was a highly versatile American actress who won three Oscar nominations for ‘Best Actress’, an ‘Emmy Award’ and a nomination for the ‘Golden Globe’ award, but is best known for her supporting role of the baroness who had an ice-cold demeanor and was bent upon marrying Captain Von Trapp in the film ‘Sound of Music’. She had little sympathy for the Captain’s children who had lost their mother a few years back and ultimately lost the Captain to Maria, the governess, who brought back music into the life of the Von Trapp family. She became a star because of her versatility. She acted in a huge variety of roles from a war hero’s noble-minded fiancé to a vicious waitress-prostitute, sometimes as a redhead, sometimes as a brunette and sometimes as a blonde. She was considered to be just below the top rung of actresses in Hollywood and had to settle for roles that portrayed the ‘neglected female’ kind. Nevertheless she was a favorite of many leading actors of the times. After retiring from films she lived a quite life in Palm Springs and could proudly look back on a career that was both swank and subtle.

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Birthday: June 26, 1922 Died on: December 9, 2013 Nationality: American Famous: Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses Spouses: Bert E. Friedlob (1946–1953; divorced; 3 children), Fred Losee (1943–1944; divorced), Paul Clemens (1954–1965; divorced; 1 child), Raymond N. Hirsch (1966–2001; his death) Childrens: Paul Day Clemens, Richard Parker Friedlob, Sharon Anne Friedlob, Susan Eleanor Friedlob Birth Place: Cedarville, Ohio, U.S. Information Detail Birthday June 26, 1922 Died on December 9, 2013 Nationality American Famous Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses Spouses Bert E. Friedlob (1946–1953; divorced; 3 children), Fred Losee (1943–1944; divorced), Paul Clemens (1954–1965; divorced; 1 child), Raymond N. Hirsch (1966–2001; his death) Childrens Paul Day Clemens, Richard Parker Friedlob, Sharon Anne Friedlob, Susan Eleanor Friedlob Birth Place Cedarville, Ohio, U.S. Gender Female Father Lester Day Parker Mother Lola Isett Sun Sign Cancer Born in Cedarville, Ohio, U.S. Famous as Actress Died at Age 91

Cedarville, Ohio, U.S.

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She married Fred L. Losse, a Navy dentist in 1943 but the marriage lasted for only 21 months. Unsplash Personal Life

She married Bert Friedlob, a would-be producer, on January 5, 1946 and had two daughters and a son from this marriage named Susan, Sharon and Richard. She divorced him on November 10, 1953. Unsplash Personal Life

Her marriage to Paul Clemens, an artist, on November 25, 1954, ended in a divorce on March 9, 1965. She had a son named Paul from this marriage. Unsplash Personal Life

Eleanor Parker was born Eleanor Jean Parker in Cedarville, Ohio, USA, on June 26, 1922. Her father was a math teacher named Lester Day Parker and her mother was Lola Isett. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She was the last of her parents’ three children. She started acting in school plays when she was a mere child. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She graduated from ‘Shaw High School’ after attending many public schools. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

When she was in her teens, she enrolled at the ‘Rice Summer Theater’ in Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She next moved to California to study at the ‘Pasadena Playhouse’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After completing her studies she approached the talent scout for ‘Warner Bros’ and was immediately signed up for films. Unsplash Career

She was supposed to make her film debut with the western ‘They Died With Their Boots On’ in 1941 opposite Errol Flynn but the scenes in which she appeared were edited and cut. Unsplash Career

In 1942 she appeared in two short films describing the war and then provided the voice of a telephone operator from the background in Humphrey Bogart’s gangster movie ‘The Big Shot’. Unsplash Career

During the end of 1942 she appeared as a frightened bus passenger in a black-and-white wartime saboteur movie ‘Busses Roar’. Unsplash Career

She played a serious role in ‘Between Two Worlds’ in 1944. Unsplash Career

Eleanor Parker won an Oscar nomination for ‘Best Actress’ in 1950 for the role of wrongfully convicted young prisoner in the film ‘Caged’. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

In 1951 she won her second Oscar nomination for ‘Best Actress’ for the role of a neglected police officer’s wife in ‘Detective Story’. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

She won her third Oscar nomination for ‘Best Actress’ in 1955 for the role of an opera singer stricken with polio in the film ‘Interrupted Melody’. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

She also won an ‘Emmy Award’ in 1963 for her acting in an NBC series on psychiatric cases titled ‘The Eleventh Hour’. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

In 1970 she won a ‘Golden Globe’ nomination for the TV series ‘Bracken’s World’. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Information	Detail
Birthday	June 26, 1922
Died on	December 9, 2013
Nationality	American
Famous	Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses
Spouses	Bert E. Friedlob (1946–1953; divorced; 3 children), Fred Losee (1943–1944; divorced), Paul Clemens (1954–1965; divorced; 1 child), Raymond N. Hirsch (1966–2001; his death)
Childrens	Paul Day Clemens, Richard Parker Friedlob, Sharon Anne Friedlob, Susan Eleanor Friedlob
Birth Place	Cedarville, Ohio, U.S.
Gender	Female
Father	Lester Day Parker
Mother	Lola Isett
Sun Sign	Cancer
Born in	Cedarville, Ohio, U.S.
Famous as	Actress
Died at Age	91

Eleanor Parker

American

Jun 26, 1922

Biography

Personal Details

Cedarville, Ohio, U.S.