Eleanor Parker
"An iconic presence in cinema, defining characters with depth and intensity."
Age
104 years
Origin
USA
Active
1942 — Present
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...
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The Man with the Golden Arm
Starring as Zosh 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 drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
Highest Rated Masterpieces
The Sound of Music
as The Baroness
Murder, She Wrote
as Maggie Tarrow
Hawaii Five-O
as Constance Kincaid
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Zosh Machine
Detective Story
as Mary McLeod
Scaramouche
as Lenore
The Naked Jungle
as Joanna Leiningen
The Love Boat
as Alicia Fairchild Bradbury
Media Proof
Filmography Engine
79 Credits found
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
1997
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Dead on the Money
Catherine Blake
1991
Murder, She Wrote
Maggie Tarrow
1984
Finder of Lost Loves
Nora Spencer
1984
Hotel
Leslie DeVere
1982
Madame X
Katherine Richardson
1981
Once Upon a Spy
The Lady
1980
She's Dressed to Kill
Regine Danton
1979
Sunburn
Mrs. Thoren
1979
Vega$
Cast
1978
The Bastard
Lady Amberly
1978
The Love Boat
Alicia Fairchild Bradbury
1977
Fantasy Island
Eunice Hollander Baines
1977
Home for the Holidays
Alexandra Morgan
1974
The Great American Beauty Contest
Peggy Lowery
1973
Ghost Story
Paula Burgess
1972
Vanished
Sue Greer
1971
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Claire Miller
1971
Hans Brinker
Dame Brinker
1969
Bracken's World
Sylvia Caldwell
1969
Eye of the Cat
Aunt Danny
1969
Hawaii Five-O
Constance Kincaid
1969
How to Steal the World
Margitta Kingsley
1968
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Mme Vincenzini
1967
Warning Shot
Mrs. Doris Ruston
1967
An American Dream
Deborah Kelly Rojack
1966
The Oscar
Sophie Cantaro
1966
The Sound of Music
The Baroness
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Margitta Kingsley
1964
Panic Button
Louise
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Dorian Smith
1963
Return to Peyton Place
Connie Rossi
1961
Madison Avenue
Anne Tremaine
1961
Checkmate
Marion Bannion/Gussie Hill
1960
Home from the Hill
Hannah Hunnicutt
1960
A Hole in the Head
Eloise Rogers
1959
The Seventh Sin
Carol Carwin
1957
Lizzie
Elizabeth Richmond
1957
The King and Four Queens
Sabina McDade
1956
The Man with the Golden Arm
Zosh Machine
1955
Interrupted Melody
Marjorie Lawrence
1955
Many Rivers to Cross
Mary Stuart Cherne
1955
Valley of the Kings
Ann Barclay Mercedes
1954
The Naked Jungle
Joanna Leiningen
1954
Escape from Fort Bravo
Carla Forester
1953
The Oscars
Self
1953
Above and Beyond
Lucey Tibbets
1953
Scaramouche
Lenore
1952
Detective Story
Mary McLeod
1951
A Millionaire for Christy
Christabel 'Christy' Sloane
1951
Valentino
Joan Carlisle / Sarah Gray
1951
Three Secrets
Susan Chase
1950
Caged
Marie Allen
1950
Chain Lightning
Joan "Jo" Holloway
1950
It's a Great Feeling
Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Woman in White
Laura Fairlie / Ann Catherick
1948
The Voice of the Turtle
Sally Middleton
1947
Always Together
Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
1947