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THE SOUND Of MUSIC’s Baroness and Oscar winner <b>ELEANOR PARKER</b> gone at 91.
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THE SOUND Of MUSIC’s Baroness & ERROL FLYNN co-star ELEANOR PARKER gone at 91.
Three time Oscar nominee Eleanor Parker died Monday at age 91 due to complications from pneumonia at a medical facility near Palm Springs, California.
Best known as the icy, blonde Baroness in the 1966 musical, “The Sound of Music,” Parker considered herself a character actress, which enabled her to have a lengthy career spanning theatre, film and television.
Serious about her craft, Parker began her studies at the Rice Summer Theater on Martha's Vineyard at age 15 and later at the Pasadena Playhouse. After turning down screen tests with 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., she later signed with Warners.