1965Winner
Best Performance
The Sound of Music
Eleanor Parker
Actor
Cedarville, Ohio, USA
June 26, 1922
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1960Nominee
Best Performance
Home from the Hill
1952Nominee
Best Performance
Scaramouche
Career Highlights
1955Highlight
Best Performance
The Man with the Golden Arm
1950Highlight
Best Performance
Chain Lightning
Video
The Sound of Music
Home from the Hill
Scaramouche