Jean Parker

Acting

Jean Parker

Born August 11, 1915 · Deer Lodge, Montana, USA

Died November 30, 2005 · aged 90

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Lo…

Known For

The Flying DeucesThe Flying Deuces · 1939
The Flying Deuces
6.41939
MovieComedyWar
Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.
The GunfighterThe Gunfighter · 1950
The Gunfighter
7.41950
MovieWestern
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
Little WomenLittle Women · 1933
Little Women
6.81933
MovieDramaFamily
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
ZenobiaZenobia · 1939
Zenobia
5.01939
MovieComedy
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Black TuesdayBlack Tuesday · 1954
Black Tuesday
6.11954
MovieCrimeThriller
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
Hello, AnnapolisHello, Annapolis · 1942
Hello, Annapolis
8.51942
MovieComedy
Rivals Bill Arden and Paul Herbert enter the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in order to impress a girl.
A Lawless StreetA Lawless Street · 1955
A Lawless Street
5.61955
MovieWestern
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
Rasputin and the EmpressRasputin and the Empress · 1932
Rasputin and the Empress
5.51932
MovieDramaHistory
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.

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Matinee TheaterMatinee Theater · 1955
Matinee Theater
5.31955
SeriesDrama
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.