Jean Parker
Born
August 11, 1915
Died
November 30, 2005 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Deer Lodge, Montana, USA
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Jean Parker (born Lois Mae Green; 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.
Parker appeared in 70 movies from 1932 through 1966. In 1932, she posed as a flower girl and living poster in a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, where she was seen by Ida Koverman, secretary to MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer. The following day the studio called her on the phone and invited her for a screen test.
Parker's film debut came in Divorce in the Family (1932). She had a successful career at MGM, RKO and Columbia including roles in such films as Little Women, Lady for a Day, Gabriel Over the White House, Limehouse Blues, The Ghost Goes West, and Rasputin and the Empress. In 1939, she starred opposite Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in RKO's The Flying Deuces.
Parker remained active in film throughout the 1940s, playing opposite Lon Chaney in Dead Man's Eyes, and a variety of other films. During World War II, she toured many of the veteran hospitals throughout the U.S. and performed on radio. In the 1950s, Parker co-starred opposite Edward G. Robinson in Black Tuesday; had a small but effective role in The Gunfighter, and appeared in A Lawless Street (1955). Her last film appearance was Apache Uprising (1966).
Parker also appeared on Broadway. In 1949, she replaced Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday on Broadway and enjoyed a successful run in this classic. She appeared on Broadway opposite Bert Lahr in the play Burlesque. She did summer stock in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, toured in the play Candlelight and Loco, and performed on stage in other professional productions. In 1954, Parker played the role of "Cattle Kate Watson of Wyoming" in an episode of the syndicated television series Stories of the Century, the first western program to win an Emmy Award. The series starred and was narrated by Jim Davis. Later in her career and life, Parker continued a successful stint on the West Coast theatre circuit and worked as an acting coach.
At age 83, Parker moved into the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, where she died of a stroke on November 30, 2005, at the age of 90. She was survived by her son, Robert, and granddaughters Katie and Nora Hanks. She was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills.

Cargo of Love
Denise
1968

Apache Uprising
Mrs. Hawks
1965

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'Little Women' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961

The Parson and the Outlaw
Sarah Jones
1957

A Lawless Street
Cora Dean
1955

Matinee Theater
(1 episode)
1955

Black Tuesday
Hatti Combest
1954

Stories of the Century
Ella Watson aka Cattle Kate · (1 episode)
1954

Those Redheads from Seattle
Liz
1953
Private Secretary
(1 episode)
1953

Toughest Man in Arizona
Della
1952

The Gunfighter
Molly
1950

Suspense
(1 episode)
1949

Rolling Home
Frances Crawford
1946

Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Kitty O'Day
1945

One Body Too Many
Carol Dunlap
1944

Dead Man's Eyes
Heather Hayden
1944

Bluebeard
Lucille
1944

Oh, What a Night!
Valerie
1944

Detective Kitty O'Day
Kitty O'Day
1944

Lady in the Death House
Mary Kirk Logan
1944

The Navy Way
Ellen Sayre
1944

The Deerslayer
Judith Hutter
1943

Minesweeper
Mary Smith
1943

Alaska Highway
Ann Coswell
1943

High Explosive
Connie Baker
1943

The Traitor Within
Molly Betts
1942

Wrecking Crew
Peggy Starr
1942

Tomorrow We Live
Julie Bronson
1942

Hi, Neighbor
Dorothy Greenfield
1942

I Live on Danger
Susan Richards
1942
Soaring Stars
Herself
1942

Hello, Annapolis
Doris Henley
1942

The Girl from Alaska
Mary 'Pete' McCoy
1942

Torpedo Boat
Grace Holman
1942

No Hands on the Clock
Mrs. Louise Campbell
1941

The Pittsburgh Kid
Patricia Mallory
1941

Flying Blind
Shirley Brooks
1941

Power Dive
Carol Blake
1941

Roar of the Press
Alice Williams
1941
Young America Flies
Jane
1940

Beyond Tomorrow
Jean Lawrence
1940

Son of the Navy
Stevie Moore
1940

Knights of the Range
Holly Ripple
1940

The Flying Deuces
Georgette
1939

Parents on Trial
Susan Wesley
1939

Flight at Midnight
Maxine Scott
1939

She Married a Cop
Linda Fay
1939

Zenobia
Mary Tibbett
1939

Romance of the Redwoods
June Martin
1939

The Arkansas Traveler
Judy Allen
1938

Romance of the Limberlost
Laurie
1938

Penitentiary
Elizabeth Mathews
1938

The Barrier
Necia Gale
1937

Life Begins with Love
Carole Martin
1937

The Texas Rangers
Amanda Bailey
1936

The Farmer in the Dell
Adie Boyer
1936

The Ghost Goes West
Peggy Martin
1935

Murder in the Fleet
Betty Lansing
1935

Princess O'Hara
Princess O'Hara
1935

Sequoia
Toni Martin
1935

Caravan
Timka
1934

Limehouse Blues
Toni
1934

A Wicked Woman
Rosanne Stroud, aka Rosanne Trice
1934

Have a Heart
Sally Moore
1934

Operator 13
Eleanor
1934

Lazy River
Sarah Lescalle
1934

You Can't Buy Everything
Elizabeth 'Beth' Burton Bell
1934

Two Alone
Mazie
1934

Little Women
Beth
1933

Lady for a Day
Louise
1933

What Price Innocence?
Ruth Harper
1933

Storm at Daybreak
Danitza
1933

Made on Broadway
Adele
1933

Gabriel Over the White House
Alice Bronson
1933

The Secret of Madame Blanche
Eloise
1933

Rasputin and the Empress
Princess Maria (uncredited)
1932

Divorce In The Family
Miss Lucile SmIth
1932