Actor: Eleanor Parker

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Birthday: 1922-06-26
Born in: Cedarville, Ohio, USA
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 (1966). Description above from the Wikipedia article Eleanor Parker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Sound of Music

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 with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
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The Sound of Music

1965

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Scaramouche

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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Scaramouche

1952

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Caged

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
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Caged

1950

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Sunburn

A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.
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Sunburn

1979

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The Man with the Golden Arm

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
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The Man with the Golden Arm

1955

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The Oscar

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 way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.
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The Oscar

1966

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Destination Tokyo

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 advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.
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Destination Tokyo

1943

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The Naked Jungle

The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
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The Naked Jungle

1954

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Escape from Fort Bravo

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.
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Escape from Fort Bravo

1953

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Detective Story

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 precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
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Detective Story

1951

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Warning Shot

Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
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Warning Shot

1967

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Warning Shot

Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
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Warning Shot

1967

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