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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.
Eleanor Parker. Actress: The Sound of Music. Eleanor Jean Parker was born on June 26, 1922, in Cedarville, Ohio, the last of three children born to a mathematics teacher and his wife. Eleanor caught the acting bug early and began performing in school plays.
Dec 10, 2013 · All the obituaries identified Eleanor Parker as the actress who played Elsa Elberfeld in The Sound of Music — the Baroness who releases her fiancé Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) from...
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 Monday ...
The Sound of Music: Directed by Robert Wise. With Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn. A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
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.
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...