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Harriet Oettinger Parsons (1906 – 1983) was an American film producer, actress, director, and magazine writer; one of the few female producers in the United States at the time. Her mother was famed gossip columnist Louella Parsons .
Harriet Parsons was born on August 23, 1906 in Burlington, Iowa, USA. She was a producer and director, known for Clash by Night (1952), Susan Slept Here (1954) and The Enchanted Cottage (1945). She was married to King Kennedy. She died on January 2, 1983 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- August 23, 1906
- January 2, 1983
May 31, 2021 · Louella’s daughter, Harriet Parsons, became a groundbreaking female film producer at a moment in history in which virtually all mainstream filmmakers were male. She was also a lesbian, at a time when being openly gay was unacceptable in Hollywood -- and, in much of America, illegal. SHOW NOTES: Sources for entire season:
Harriet Parsons was born on 23 August 1906 in Burlington, Iowa, USA. She was a producer and director, known for Clash by Night (1952), Susan Slept Here (1954) and The Enchanted Cottage (1945). She was married to King Kennedy. She died on 2 January 1983 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- January 1, 1
- Burlington, Iowa, USA
- January 1, 1
- Santa Monica, California, USA
Jan 4, 1983 · Harriet Parsons, one of the first women film producers and the daughter of the Hollywood columnist Louella Parsons, died Sunday at St. John's Hospital after a two-year battle with cancer. She...
In New York, Harriet achieved success as a writer for motion picture fan magazines and was appointed assistant editor of Photoplay. However, a severe bout of pneumonia forced Harriet to move back to Hollywood and to Louella, who acquired her a position at Columbia.
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Parsons, Harriet (1906–1983) American producer. Born in Burlington, Iowa, on August 23, 1906; only child of Louella Parsons (a Hollywood gossip columnist) and John Dement Parsons (a real-estate salesman); graduated from Horace Mann School for Girls, New York, 1924; Wellesley College, B.A., 1928; married King Kennedy (a writer and publicist ...
