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Jean Parker was an American film, stage, and television actress whose career spanned over three decades, beginning in the pre-code era. She made her feature debut in 1932's Divorce in the Family , followed by an uncredited bit part in Rasputin and the Empress (1932).
YearTitleRoleDirector (s)1932Lucile1932Princess Maria1933Eloise Duval1933Alice BronsonJean Parker (born Lois May Green; August 11, 1915 – November 30, 2005) was an American film and stage actress. A native of Montana, indigent during the Great Depression, she was adopted by a family in Pasadena, California, at age ten.
Parker had her breakthrough role opposite Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett in George Cukor's Little Women (1933), portraying Elizabeth March. She subsequently starred in Frank Capra's comedy-mystery Lady for a Day, followed by the romantic comedy The Ghost Goes West (1935).
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Parker had her breakthrough role opposite Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett in George Cukor's Little Women (1933), portraying Elizabeth March. She subsequently starred in Frank Capra 's comedy-mystery Lady for a Day (also 1933), followed by the romantic comedy The Ghost Goes West (1935).
Parker made several important films in her career, including The Ghost Goes West (1935) with Robert Donat; Sequoia (1934) with Russell Hardie, shot in the Sequoia National Forest near Springville, California; Little Women (1933) with Joan Bennett and Katharine Hepburn; Operator 13 (1934) with Marion Davies; and many other films.
Jean Parker career highlights: ‘Sequoia’ & ‘Lady for a Day’ At MGM, however, most of Jean Parker’s roles were insipid leads and second leads in programmers and B movies, among them Lazy River (1934), Have a Heart (1934), and Murder in the Fleet (1935).
