Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Parker

June 26, 1922 · 104 years old

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…

Known For

17 titles
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The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

1965 · 2h 54m · Movie

A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.

8.1
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The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955 · 1h 59m · Movie

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.

7.3
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Detective Story

Detective Story

1951 · 1h 43m · Movie

On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.

7.5
4
Caged

Caged

1950 · 1h 37m · Movie

A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?

7.6
5
Home from the Hill

Home from the Hill

1960 · 2h 30m · Movie

Dramatic story of the influential Hunnicutt family set in Texas during the late 1950s.

7.4
6
Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953 · 1h 39m · Movie

During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.

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A Hole in the Head

A Hole in the Head

1959 · 2h 0m · Movie

Widower Tony is trying to keep a small Miami hotel afloat while raising a 12-year-old son. He's forced to ask his harried brother Mario for help, but he'll only bail Tony out if he quits his bohemian lifestyle and marries a sensib...

6.2
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The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens

1956 · 1h 26m · Movie

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.

6.1
9
Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross

1955 · 1h 34m · Movie

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 humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.

6.2
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Warning Shot

Warning Shot

1967 · 1h 40m · Movie

During a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner's inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.

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Return to Peyton Place

Return to Peyton Place

1961 · 2h 3m · Movie

The residents of Peyton Place are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town.

5.9
12
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

1971 · 1h 14m · Movie

After finding out that the hippie lifestyle isn't as glamorous as the media makes it look, Dennie comes home to find disapproval and judgment at every turn, and her sister Susie wanting to follow in her footsteps.

6.1
13
Escape Me Never

Escape Me Never

1947 · 1h 44m · Movie

Errol Flynn stars as Sebastian Dubrok, a penniless composer who marries a young widow with a baby son, although he is in love with his brother's fiancée.

6.0
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Three Secrets

Three Secrets

1950 · 1h 38m · Movie

Three women who secretly gave up their newborn sons for adoption in 1945 wonder if the 5-year-old survivor of a plane crash, named in the the local newspapers, is their long-abandoned son.

7.0
15
The Tiger and the Pussycat

The Tiger and the Pussycat

1967 · 1h 50m · Movie

A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.

6.3
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The Seventh Sin

The Seventh Sin

1957 · 1h 34m · Movie

In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with a married man. Her husband discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village or face the scandal of a very public divorce.

6.4
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Once Upon a Spy

Once Upon a Spy

1980 · 1h 31m · Movie

Ted Danson plays a computer genius who gets involved in the theft of an important N.A.S.A. computer, then thrust into the world of espionage with Sir Christopher Lee.

4.9