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  1. She received an Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy nomination in 1963 for her appearance in The Eleventh Hour (1962) episode Why Am I Grown So Cold? Despite the success of The Sound of Music (1965) being completely attributed to #1 box office sensation Julie Andrews, it's probably Parker's best-remembered role.

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  2. Parker's best-known screen role was playing Baroness Elsa von Schraeder in the 1965 Oscar -winning musical The Sound of Music . In 1966, she played an alcoholic widow in the crime drama Warning Shot, a talent scout who discovers a Hollywood star in The Oscar, and a rich alcoholic in An American Dream.

  3. Dec 10, 2013 · Eleanor Parker, who was nominated three times for a best-actress Oscar but whose best-known role was a supporting one, as the marriage-minded baroness in “ The Sound of Music, ” died on...

  4. Dec 10, 2013 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eleanor Parker, who was nominated for Academy Awards three times for her portrayals of strong-willed women and played a scheming baroness in “The Sound of Music,” has died at 91. Family friend Richard Gale said Parker died Monday morning due to complications from pneumonia.

  5. Dec 10, 2013 · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Getty Images. Share. Follow @TIMECulture. All the obituaries identified Eleanor Parker as the actress who played Elsa Elberfeld in The Sound of Music — the...

  6. Dec 10, 2013 · Eleanor Parker, who received three best actress Academy Award nominations during her career and is perhaps best remembered for her role as the Baroness in the 1965 film "The Sound of...

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