Biography
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 (1...
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Complete Filmography
Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited)
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...
Dead on the Money
1991
as Catherine Blake
An actress is persuaded by a charming man to join him in a scheme of revenge against his cousin.
Madame X
1981
as Katherine Richardson
Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her...
Once Upon a Spy
1980
as The Lady
Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor Parker and becomes a reluctant hero thanks to a number of ...
She's Dressed to Kill
1979
as Regine Danton
A fashion designer gives a private showing at her mansion over a weekend, but someone starts killing off the models.
Sunburn
1979
as Mrs. Thoren
A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.
The Bastard
1978
as Lady Amberly
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath o...
Fantasy Island
1977
as Eunice Hollander Baines
Mr. Roarke and his assistant Tattoo greet a former reporter in World War II who wants to relive a brief romance that took place in London 30 years ago...
Home for the Holidays
1974
as Alexandra Morgan
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
The Great American Beauty Contest
1973
as Peggy Lowery
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of t...
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971
as Claire Miller
Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban family. She must face their disapproval of her actions....
Hans Brinker
1969
as Dame Brinker
Melodrama on ice
Eye of the Cat
1969
as Aunt Danny
A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man's eccentric but wealthy aunt. However, the aunt keeps dozens of cats in her home, and the ...
How to Steal the World
1968
as Margitta Kingsley
Secret agent Napoleon Solo fights to stop a top-secret plot to conquer the world.
The Tiger and the Pussycat
1967
as Mme Vincenzini
A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.
Warning Shot
1967
as Mrs. Doris Ruston
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
Warning Shot
1967
as Doris Ruston
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
An American Dream
1966
as Deborah Kelly Rojack
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Debor...
The Oscar
1966
as Sophie Cantaro
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the...
The Sound of Music
1965
as The Baroness
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 wi...
Panic Button
1964
as Louise
A businessman comes up with a scheme to make money by financing a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" that's destined to fail, thus giving him some maj...
Return to Peyton Place
1961
as Connie Rossi
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial ...
Madison Avenue
1961
as Anne Tremaine
An adman and an adwoman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Home from the Hill
1960
as Hannah Hunnicutt
The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.
A Hole in the Head
1959
as Eloise Rogers
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.
The Seventh Sin
1957
as Carol Carwin
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walter discovers it and presents her with a choice: tra...
Lizzie
1957
as Elizabeth Richmond
A psychiatrist treats a woman of three faces: neurotic Elizabeth, wanton Lizzie, and charming Beth.
The King and Four Queens
1956
as Sabina McDade
Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hid...
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
as Zosch Machine
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old d...
Interrupted Melody
1955
as Marjorie Lawrence
Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to ...
Many Rivers to Cross
1955
as Mary Stuart Cherne
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this...
Valley of the Kings
1954
as Ann Barclay Mercedes
Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to he...
The Naked Jungle
1954
as Joanna Leiningen
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
as Carla Forester
A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.
Above and Beyond
1953
as Lucey Tibbets
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he ...
Scaramouche
1952
as Lenore
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Detective Story
1951
as Mary McLeod
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a preci...
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
as Christabel 'Christy' Sloane
Christy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his uncle has died and left him $2 million. Christy, who's i...
Valentino
1951
as Joan Carlisle / Sarah Gray
Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.
Three Secrets
1950
as Susan Chase
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted a...
Caged
1950
as Marie Allen
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
Chain Lightning
1950
as Joan "Jo" Holloway
Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, ...
It's a Great Feeling
1949
as Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and ...
The Woman in White
1948
as Laura Fairlie / Ann Catherick
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fair...
The Voice of the Turtle
1947
as Sally Middleton
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
Always Together
1947
as Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly ...
Escape Me Never
1947
as Fenella MacLean
A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother's fiancée.
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
as Self
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Ellen Gayley
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip star...
Of Human Bondage
1946
as Mildred Rogers
A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him, but gets pregnant and comes back to him for help...
Pride of the Marines
1945
as Ruth Hartley
Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wif...
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club...
The Very Thought of You
1944
as Janet Wheeler
Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and Cora, two young women who work in a parachute factory.
The Last Ride
1944
as Kitty Kelly
A police lieutenant is determined to bust the gang of crooks selling defective automobile tires.
Atlantic City
1944
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it ...
Crime by Night
1944
as Irene Carr
A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
Between Two Worlds
1944
as Ann Bergner
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in commo...
Destination Tokyo
1943
as Mike's Wife on Record (voice) (uncredited)
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 adv...
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Emlen Davies
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
The Mysterious Doctor
1943
as Letty Carstairs
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
Vaudeville Days
1942
as Colleen (song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
A narrator provides very brief info on the beginnings and history of Vaudeville while Vaudeville acts are staged by impersonators and contemporary per...
Busses Roar
1942
as Norma
A sergeant saves the day when Axis agents plant a bomb on a bus bound for California oil fields.
Men of the Sky
1942
as Mrs. Frank Bickley
A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. Gene...
The Big Shot
1942
as Telephone Operator (voice)
Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally, haunt...
Soldiers in White
1942
as Nurse Ryan
A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too happy about it. Injured, he is placed in the hospital...