Odd coincidence that with the recent attention being paid to The Sound of Music, one of its cast members dies today. Parker played the baroness who vied for Christopher Plummer's affections in the film. Ironically, that was her last major role. She was also a major leading lady in the 40s and 50s getting three Oscar nominations along the way. Among her better known roles were Detective Story (one of her Oscar nominations) and The Man with the Golden Arm.
Age 91.
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RIP Eleanor Parker
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Except for Shirley Temple, Eleanor Parker was the first actress I was aware of. Star of Caged.
My mom would leave the six older of us kids unattended and watching TV while she made dinner and attended to the little kids. She probably thought we were watching Mickey Mouse and cartoons, but our favorite was Million Dollar Movie, which showed the same movie every night for a week and multiple times on the weekend. She started paying more attention when we started reenacting the fork stabbing scene from Caged at the table. Good times.
My mom would leave the six older of us kids unattended and watching TV while she made dinner and attended to the little kids. She probably thought we were watching Mickey Mouse and cartoons, but our favorite was Million Dollar Movie, which showed the same movie every night for a week and multiple times on the weekend. She started paying more attention when we started reenacting the fork stabbing scene from Caged at the table. Good times.
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feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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I thought she did a great job in The Sound of Music, and I've been a fan ever since. My favorite is her portrayal of Marjorie Lawrence in Interrupted Melody.
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She went out looking good! RIP
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