Eleanor Parker was 91.
Los Angeles:
Actress Eleanor Parker, whoplayed the scheming Baroness in 1966 classic The Sound ofMusic, has died at the age of 91.
Parker played the lady friend of Captain Von Trapp in thefilm, who loses Von Trapp to Julie Andrews' character Maria.The actress died on Monday (December 9, 2013) morning due to complicationsfrom pneumonia at a medical facility near Palm Springs,California, reported Variety.
Parker earned three Oscar nominations for best actress forher roles in Caged, Detective Story and InterruptedMelody.
Parker was born in Cedarville, Ohio. After high school inCleveland, she moved to California, where she studied at thePasadena Playhouse.
Her debut film was to be They Died With Their Boots Onbut her scenes ended up on the editing table. Parker finallymade her bigscreen debut with 1942 film Busses Roar.
She appeared in films like Of Human Bondage, Never SayGoodbye, Escape Me Never and The Woman in White,Scaramouche, The Naked Jungle and The Man With the GoldenArm with Frank Sinatra.
Parker had an equally impressive career in TV beginninglate 60s where she starred in Bracken's World, The Man FromUNCLE, The Love Boat, Fantasy Islan, The Eleventh Hourand Murder, She Wrote.
Her last screen appearance was in the 1991 telepictureDead on the Money.
Parker had four marriages and is survived by her fourthhusband, Raymond Hirsch and four children.
Parker played the lady friend of Captain Von Trapp in thefilm, who loses Von Trapp to Julie Andrews' character Maria.The actress died on Monday (December 9, 2013) morning due to complicationsfrom pneumonia at a medical facility near Palm Springs,California, reported Variety.
Parker earned three Oscar nominations for best actress forher roles in Caged, Detective Story and InterruptedMelody.
Parker was born in Cedarville, Ohio. After high school inCleveland, she moved to California, where she studied at thePasadena Playhouse.
Her debut film was to be They Died With Their Boots Onbut her scenes ended up on the editing table. Parker finallymade her bigscreen debut with 1942 film Busses Roar.
She appeared in films like Of Human Bondage, Never SayGoodbye, Escape Me Never and The Woman in White,Scaramouche, The Naked Jungle and The Man With the GoldenArm with Frank Sinatra.
Parker had an equally impressive career in TV beginninglate 60s where she starred in Bracken's World, The Man FromUNCLE, The Love Boat, Fantasy Islan, The Eleventh Hourand Murder, She Wrote.
Her last screen appearance was in the 1991 telepictureDead on the Money.
Parker had four marriages and is survived by her fourthhusband, Raymond Hirsch and four children.
