Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in the films Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951), and Interrupted Melody (1955), the first of which won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She was also known for her roles in the films Of Human Bondage (1946), Scaramouche (1952), The Naked Jungle (1954), The...

Known For

The Sound of Music

as The Baroness

Detective Story

as Mary McLeod

Cast Credits

Dead on the Money

as Catherine Blake

Madame X

as Katherine Richardson

Once Upon a Spy

as The Lady

She's Dressed to Kill

as Regine Danton

Sunburn

as Mrs. Thoren

Fantasy Island

as Eunice Hollander Baines

Home for the Holidays

as Alexandra Morgan

Hans Brinker

as Dame Brinker

Eye of the Cat

as Aunt Danny

How to Steal the World

as Margitta Kingsley

Warning Shot

as Mrs. Doris Ruston

An American Dream

as Deborah Kelly Rojack

The Oscar

as Sophie Cantaro

The Sound of Music

as The Baroness

Panic Button

as Louise

Return to Peyton Place

as Connie Rossi

Madison Avenue

as Anne Tremaine

Home from the Hill

as Hannah Hunnicutt

A Hole in the Head

as Eloise Rogers

The Seventh Sin

as Carol Carwin

Lizzie

as Elizabeth Richmond

The King and Four Queens

as Sabina McDade

Interrupted Melody

as Marjorie Lawrence

Many Rivers to Cross

as Mary Stuart Cherne

Valley of the Kings

as Ann Barclay Mercedes

The Naked Jungle

as Joanna Leiningen