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Jean Parker

1915 - 2005

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Jean 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. She initially aspired to be an illustrator and artist, but was discovered at age 16 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executive Louis B. Mayer after a photograph of her was published in a Los Angeles newspaper when she won a poster contest. She made her feature film debut in the pre-code drama Divorce in the Family (1932), before being loaned to Columbia Pictures, who cast her in Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Parker is the 6,541st most popular actor (down from 4,888th in 2019), the 10,179th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,155th in 2019) and the 3,021st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jean Parker ranks 6,541 out of 13,578. Before her are Michelle Reis, Alice Lake, Julius Falkenstein, Daniel Gillies, Julianne Nicholson, and Kim Hyun-joo. After her are Jack Holt, Frankie Muniz, Luise Ullrich, Boris Shchukin, Persis Khambatta, and June Gable.

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Among people born in 1915, Jean Parker ranks 258. Before her are Georgy Tovstonogov, Bhisham Sahni, Ismat Chughtai, Humphrey Searle, Earl Wild, and Hanka Bielicka. After her are Jaroslav Volak, Claudia Testoni, Ran Laurie, Helmut Niedermayr, Heinrich Albertz, and Anita Louise. Among people deceased in 2005, Jean Parker ranks 315. Before her are Faimalaga Luka, Lucky Thompson, Ruth Hussey, Henry Proctor, Derek Bailey, and Arnold Denker. After her are Kalevi Hämäläinen, Juan Pedevilla, Sheree North, Spencer Dryden, Kazimierz Lipień, and Lee Eun-ju.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean Parker ranks 10,181 out of 20,380. Before her are Bob Skelton (1903), Alice Lake (1895), Chris Barnes (1967), Julianne Nicholson (1971), Joseph Ruben (1950), and Lynn Harrell (1944). After her are David Bordwell (1947), Jack Holt (1888), Earl Eby (1894), Frankie Muniz (1985), John Colter (1774), and Bob Foster (1942).

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Among actors born in United States, Jean Parker ranks 3,022. Before her are Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993), Mary Stuart Masterson (1966), Eion Bailey (1976), Jay O. Sanders (1953), Alice Lake (1895), and Julianne Nicholson (1971). After her are Jack Holt (1888), Frankie Muniz (1985), June Gable (1945), Bella Thorne (1997), Fantasia Barrino (1984), and Gail Russell (1924).

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