Lara Parker
| Lara Parker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mary Lamar Rickey October 27, 1937 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, author |
| Years active | 1967–1991, 2012 |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Parker (1959–74; divorced) Jim Hawkins (1980–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | http://www.laraparker.com |
Lara Parker (born October 27, 1937) is an American television, stage, and film actress known for her role as Angelique on the cult ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows which aired from 1966 to 1971.
She was born Mary Lamar Rickey in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Memphis. Descendant of a prominent Southern family, she was a great-great-granddaughter of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II and a third-great-granddaughter of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, an uncle of Confederate General James Longstreet. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes College and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa.
Parker played the role of "Laura Banner" in the opening sequence of the pilot for the television series The Incredible Hulk (1977), and the fashion model/witch "Madelaine" in the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode "The Trevi Collection". Her other television work includes appearances on Kung Fu, Police Woman, Kojak, Alice, Quincy, M.E., Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, Highway to Heaven, Switch, Baretta, Galactica 1980 ("The Night The Cylons Landed", Parts I & II), the CBS daytime serial Capitol and the ABC daytime serial One Life to Live. She played secretary Wanda in the 1977 television miniseries Washington: Behind Closed Doors and had a recurring role in the short lived television series Jessica Novak.
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