Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

June 26, 1922 (91 years old)

Died

December 9, 2013

Place of Birth

Cedarville, Ohio, USA

Popular Genres

Drama Crime Romance

Career Span

1942 – 2019

Eleanor Parker

5 wins

59 nominations

5 Oscars

67 credits

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).

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Personal Info

Born

Jun 26, 1922

From

Cedarville, Ohio, USA

Known For

Acting

Career

1942 – 2019

Known For

The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

as Zosch Machine

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

as The Baroness

The Bastard

as Lady Amberly

Caged

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited)

The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens

as Sabina McDade

Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

as Carla Forester

Scaramouche

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

as Eleanor Parker (uncredited)

Home from the Hill

Home from the Hill

as Hannah Hunnicutt

Warning Shot

as Mrs. Doris Ruston

Warning Shot

as Doris Ruston

Frequent Collaborators

Frank Sinatra

2 shared projects

in "Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker"

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Kim Novak

2 shared projects

in "Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker"

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Arnold Stang

2 shared projects

in "Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker"

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Darren McGavin

2 shared projects

in "Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker"

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Gertrude Astor

2 shared projects

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Patricia Neal

2 shared projects

in "Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker"

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Robert Strauss

1 shared project

in "The Man with the Golden Arm"

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John Conte

1 shared project

in "The Man with the Golden Arm"

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Doro Merande

1 shared project

in "The Man with the Golden Arm"

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George E. Stone

George E. Stone

1 shared project

in "The Man with the Golden Arm"

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George Mathews

1 shared project

in "The Man with the Golden Arm"

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Leonid Kinskey

1 shared project

in "The Man with the Golden Arm"

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Award Recognition

5

Wins

59

Nominations

5

Oscars

Complete Filmography

2019

Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner as Self (archive footage)

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (archive footage) Award

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited) Award

Dead on the Money as Catherine Blake

1981

Madame X as Katherine Richardson

1980

Once Upon a Spy as The Lady

1979

Sunburn as Mrs. Thoren Award

She's Dressed to Kill as Regine Danton

1978

The Bastard as Lady Amberly Award

1977

Fantasy Island as Eunice Hollander Baines

1974

Home for the Holidays as Alexandra Morgan

1973

The Great American Beauty Contest as Peggy Lowery

1971

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring as Claire Miller

1969

Eye of the Cat as Aunt Danny

Hans Brinker as Dame Brinker

1968

How to Steal the World as Margitta Kingsley

1967

Warning Shot as Mrs. Doris Ruston

Warning Shot as Doris Ruston

The Tiger and the Pussycat as Mme Vincenzini Award

1966

An American Dream as Deborah Kelly Rojack Award

The Oscar as Sophie Cantaro Award

1965

The Sound of Music as The Baroness Award

1964

Panic Button as Louise

1961

Return to Peyton Place as Connie Rossi

Madison Avenue as Anne Tremaine

1960

Home from the Hill as Hannah Hunnicutt Award

1959

A Hole in the Head as Eloise Rogers

1957

Lizzie as Elizabeth Richmond

The Seventh Sin as Carol Carwin

1956

The King and Four Queens as Sabina McDade Award

1955

The Man with the Golden Arm as Zosch Machine Award

Interrupted Melody as Marjorie Lawrence

Many Rivers to Cross as Mary Stuart Cherne

1954

The Naked Jungle as Joanna Leiningen

Valley of the Kings as Ann Barclay Mercedes

1953

Escape from Fort Bravo as Carla Forester Award

Above and Beyond as Lucey Tibbets

1952

Scaramouche as Lenore Award

1951

Detective Story as Mary McLeod Award

A Millionaire for Christy as Christabel 'Christy' Sloane

Valentino as Joan Carlisle / Sarah Gray

1950

Caged as Marie Allen Award

Three Secrets as Susan Chase

Chain Lightning as Joan "Jo" Holloway

1949

It's a Great Feeling as Eleanor Parker (uncredited) Award

1948

The Woman in White as Laura Fairlie / Ann Catherick

1947

Always Together as Eleanor Parker (uncredited)

Escape Me Never as Fenella MacLean

The Voice of the Turtle as Sally Middleton

1946

Never Say Goodbye as Ellen Gayley

Blow-Ups of 1946 as Self

Of Human Bondage as Mildred Rogers

1945

Pride of the Marines as Ruth Hartley

1944

Hollywood Canteen as Self Award

The Very Thought of You as Janet Wheeler

Between Two Worlds as Ann Bergner

Atlantic City as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

Crime by Night as Irene Carr

The Last Ride as Kitty Kelly

1943

Mission to Moscow as Emlen Davies Award

Destination Tokyo as Mike's Wife on Record (voice) (uncredited)

The Mysterious Doctor as Letty Carstairs

1942

Men of the Sky as Mrs. Frank Bickley

Busses Roar as Norma

The Big Shot as Telephone Operator (voice)

Soldiers in White as Nurse Ryan

Vaudeville Days as Colleen (song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

The Man with the Golden Arm

The Sound of Music

The Bastard

Caged

The King and Four Queens

Escape from Fort Bravo

Scaramouche

It's a Great Feeling

Home from the Hill

Career Statistics

Roles by Genre

Genre Evolution