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Mary Parker
Born: 28th Aug 1918 Fort Worth, Texas, USA - Died 2nd Mar 1998
Dept: Acting
Mary Parker (born Mary Frances Roberson) was an American stage, television and screen actress/performer. Parker appeared in 17 films from 1938 to 1954 but was also known for her dance work with partner Billy Daniel. Parker (also known as "Punkins" Parker), was a protégé of Mitchell Leisen. Leisen recruited her for various projects both on and off the screen starting in 1938. She was discovered while performing at the Casa Mañana Theatre in her native Fort Worth, Texas during the Texas Centennial celebrations and given a contract with Paramount Pictures. She performed in several large budget films, and was chosen by Paramount and Max Factor Jr. as "The Real Miss America", yet her fame was short lived
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 15
Film: 15 (100%)
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Filmography
1954
Ambrose C. Park, left on a park bench as an infant with an impulsive need to find his parents, is an assistant to a diamond cutter. Shyster lawyer Rem ... view
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Drunk's wife (uncredited)
1952
After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent. ... view
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Woman at Rector's Restaurant (uncredited)
1952
A young girl and her father, who is unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates t ... view
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The Widow Sutton
1945
A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps. ... view
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WAC (uncredited)
1944
Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José Iturbi's orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly ... view
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Anita
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1944
A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life. ... view
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Miss Parker
1939
Ray Whitley and his Six-Bar Cowboys Band are working for a rancher named Pop, who has a weakness for goldmines. He trades his ranch for a worthless mi ... view
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Mitzi
1939
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $15 ... view
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Ellen
1939
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column. ... view
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Southern Girl
1939
A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they mak ... view
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Punkins
1938
This comical campus romance showcases the fancy footwork of All-American basketball player Hank Luisetti while it tells the story of a dean's son who ... view
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Co-Ed (uncredited)
1938
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thin ... view
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1938
Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails a ... view
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Young woman at party (uncredited)
1938
Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub. ... view
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Dancer (uncredited)