Brock Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 No!!!! One of the greats. I guess last Thursday's telecast was too much for her. From Salon.com: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Eleanor Parker, a three-time Oscar nominee who played the scheming baroness in “The Sound of Music,” has died at age 91. Family friend Richard Gale said Parker died Monday morning due to complications from pneumonia. Gale told The Associated Press the actress “passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children at a medical facility near her home in Palm Springs.” The red-haired actress had best-actress Oscar nominations in 1951 and 1952 for her roles as a prison inmate in “Caged” and as Kirk Douglas’ frustrated wife in “Detective Story.” Her third nomination was for the challenging role of polio-stricken opera singer Marjorie Lawrence in “Interrupted Melody.” The 1965 “Sound of Music,” in which her character loses Christopher Plummer to Julie Andrews, was her last major film role. http://www.salon.com/2013/12/09/actress_eleanor_parker_dies_at_91/ "Auf Wiedersehen, darling." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desiluforever Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 So sad to hear! Rest in peace Eleanor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Very nice statement from Academy Award Winner Captain Christopher Plummer: “Eleanor Parker was and is one of the most beautiful ladies I have ever know. Both as a person and as a beauty. I hardly believe the sad news for I was sure she was enchanted and would live forever.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Very nice indeed! She was truly very beautiful , and such a chameleon on film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Interesting that she died on Kirk Douglas' birthday. I think he might be her only living leading man besides Mr. Plummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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