Cecilia Parker
| Cecilia Parker | |
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from the trailer of Grand Central Murder (1942)
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| Born |
April 26, 1914 Fort William, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 25, 1993 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1926-1984 |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Baldwin (1938–1993) (her death) |
| Children | Ann Bridges Robert Jr. John |
Cecilia Parker (April 26, 1914 – July 25, 1993) was a Canadian-born American film actress.
Parker was born in Fort William, Ontario. She was brought to southern California as a child by her mother, Mrs. Naudy Anna Parker. Her father was an English soldier. Parker graduated from the Convent of the Immaculate Heart in Hollywood in June 1931. At the time she resided with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Parker, at 546 North Fuller Street in Los Angeles, California. Parker was selected from among a group of extras to attend the Fox Film studio training school for younger players.
Soon she was selected to play opposite George O'Brien in The Rainbow Trail (1932). The Rainbow Trail, written by Zane Grey, was the novelist's sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage. Parker starred with Tom Tyler and Carmelita Geraghty in a 1932-1933 movie serial produced by Universal Pictures entitled The Jungle Mystery. In July 1933, she was chosen to play the heroine in the Ken Maynard western, The Trail Drive (1933). That same year, she was John Wayne's leading lady in the first singing cowboy movie, Riders of Destiny.
After playing the sister of Greta Garbo in 1934's The Painted Veil, Parker signed a seven-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The studio wanted a blonde who resembled Garbo as a young girl. Her new contract called for a starting salary of $75 a week and scales up to $1000 a week for the seventh year.
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