Jean Parker
| Jean Parker | |
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1934
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| Born |
Lois Mae Green August 11, 1915 Deer Lodge, Montana, U.S. |
| Died | November 30, 2005 (aged 90) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) |
| Years active | 1932–1966 |
| Spouse(s) |
Robert Lowery (1951–71; his death); 1 child Curtis Grotter (1944–49; divorced) Douglas Dawson (1941–43; divorced) George MacDonald (1936–40; divorced) |
Jean Parker (born Lois Mae Green, August 11, 1915 – November 30, 2005) was an American film and stage actress. She landed her first screen test while still in high school. She acted opposite such well-known actors as Katharine Hepburn, Robert Donat, Edward G. Robinson, Randolph Scott and Laurel and Hardy. She was married four times and had one son, Robert Lowery Hanks.
Born in Deer Lodge, Montana as Lois Mae Green, both her father, Lewis, who was variously a gunsmith, a hunter and a chef, and her mother, Pearl, one of 18 children of a pioneer family, were unemployed during the depression of the 1930s. She appeared in 70 movies from 1932 through 1966. In 1932, she posed as a flower girl and living poster in a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, where she was seen by Ida Koverman, secretary to MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer. The following day the studio called her on the phone and invited her for a screen test.
She attended Pasadena schools and graduated from John Muir High School. Her original aspirations were in the fine arts and illustration.
She had a successful career at MGM, RKO and Columbia including roles in such films as Little Women, Lady for a Day, Gabriel Over the White House, Limehouse Blues, The Ghost Goes West, and Rasputin and the Empress. In 1939, she starred opposite Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in RKO's The Flying Deuces. Parker auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Melanie in Gone with the Wind. On November 9, 1939 she opened the Downtown Theatre in Oakland, California, and in December 1941, at the Orinda Theater in Contra Costa County.
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