Estelle Parsons

Estelle Parsons

Born: November 20, 1927
in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
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Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American theatre, film and television actress and occasional theatrical director.

After studying law, Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked for the television program Today and made her stage debut in 1961. During the 1960s, Parsons established her career on Broadway before progressing to film. She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and was also nominated for her work in Rachel, Rachel (1968).

Parsons worked extensively in film and theatre during the 1970s and later directed several Broadway productions. More recently her television work included a role in the sitcom Roseanne. Nominated on four occasions for a Tony Award, in 2004 Parsons was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

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Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
Title: Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
Character: Self
Released: June 21, 2022
Type: Movie
A career overview of tv/film composer Billy Goldenberg.
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Title: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2021
Type: Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.
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Diane
Title: Diane
Character: Mary
Released: March 28, 2019
Type: Movie
Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
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Title: The Conners
Character: Beverly Harris
Released: October 16, 2018
Type: TV
This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America.
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Broadway: The Next Generation
Title: Broadway: The Next Generation
Released: November 16, 2017
Type: Movie
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
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Title: Grace and Frankie
Character: Babe
Released: May 8, 2015
Type: TV
Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21st century world.
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She's The Best Thing in It
Title: She's The Best Thing in It
Character: Self
Released: March 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Mary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While teaching skeptical young students, she examines whether her life has been successful.
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Wilde Salomé
Title: Wilde Salomé
Character: Self
Released: December 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Pacino takes us on a journey as he unravels and re-interprets Oscar Wilde's once banned and most controversial work SALOME, a scintillating tale of lust, greed and one woman's scorn.
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Title: The Good Wife
Character: Nana Joe
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: TV
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
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Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Title: Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Character: Self
Released: March 25, 2008
Type: Movie
The making-of documentary of Bonnie and Clyde.
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Title: Empire Falls
Character: Bea
Released: May 28, 2005
Type: TV
The humorous, poignant story of a declining New England town and its inhabitants, whose lives are deeply rooted in and influenced by the Knox River and its vacant mills, their class differences, and ghosts of the past.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Rose Rinato
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Freak City
Title: Freak City
Character: Mrs. Stanapolous
Released: January 16, 1999
Type: Movie
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The Love Letter
Title: The Love Letter
Character: Beatrice Corrigan
Released: February 1, 1998
Type: Movie
20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?
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That Darn Cat
Title: That Darn Cat
Character: Old Lady McCracken
Released: February 14, 1997
Type: Movie
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Boys on the Side
Title: Boys on the Side
Character: Louise
Released: February 3, 1995
Type: Movie
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.
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Title: Inside the Actors Studio
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 1994
Type: TV
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Celeste's Mother (voice)
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Frasier
Character: Opal
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
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The American Clock
Title: The American Clock
Released: January 2, 1993
Type: Movie
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market crash of 1929. Lee, a college-age young man, who now faces no possibility of entering college, decides to go on the road to see what is happening to the rest of the country.
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A Private Matter
Title: A Private Matter
Character: Mary Chessen
Released: June 20, 1992
Type: Movie
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Dick Tracy
Title: Dick Tracy
Character: Mrs. Trueheart
Released: April 5, 1990
Type: Movie
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
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The Lemon Sisters
Title: The Lemon Sisters
Character: Mrs. Kupchak
Released: December 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980s Atlantic City performing the songs of the 1960s girl groups.
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Title: Roseanne
Released: October 18, 1988
Type: TV
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
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Title: Roseanne
Character: Beverly Harris
Released: October 18, 1988
Type: TV
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
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Open Admissions
Title: Open Admissions
Character: Clare Block
Released: September 8, 1988
Type: Movie
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Come Along with Me
Title: Come Along with Me
Character: Mabel Lederer / Angela Motorman
Released: February 16, 1982
Type: Movie
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The Gentleman Bandit
Title: The Gentleman Bandit
Character: Marjorie Seebode
Released: May 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several armed robberies in the late Seventies.
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Guests of the Nation
Title: Guests of the Nation
Character: Kate O'Connell
Released: February 9, 1981
Type: Movie
This drama tells the story of Irish insurgents and the captured British soldiers whom they are assigned to guard. While confined to a remote farmhouse the foursome enjoy card playing, jig dancing, and a great deal of amiable bickering. Throughout the conviviality, however, Barney Callahan is haunted by the knowledge that reprisals will be in order if the Irish harm their British captives.
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Title: Backstairs at the White House
Character: Bess Truman
Released: January 29, 1979
Type: TV
Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
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The Tenth Level
Title: The Tenth Level
Character: Crossland
Released: August 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."
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Title: NBC Special Treat
Character: Edwina Kemp
Released: October 21, 1975
Type: TV
An anthology series of television specials geared towards teenagers.
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The UFO Incident
Title: The UFO Incident
Character: Betty Hill
Released: October 20, 1975
Type: Movie
In the early 1960s, an interracial couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road. Soon they believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials.
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Fore Play
Title: Fore Play
Character: First Lady / Barmaid
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.
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For Pete's Sake
Title: For Pete's Sake
Character: Helen Robbins
Released: June 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Henry is a woman who would do anything for her husband Pete, including borrow money so he has a chance of making his dreams come true. But now there's the loan sharks to deal with...
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The Gun and the Pulpit
Title: The Gun and the Pulpit
Character: Sadie Underwood
Released: April 3, 1974
Type: Movie
In the days of the "Wild West," a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.
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June Moon
Title: June Moon
Character: Lucille
Released: January 30, 1974
Type: Movie
In this rousing satire a native upstate New York clerk comes to 1920s Manhattan with dreams of making in big on Tin Pan Alley.
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Terror on the Beach
Title: Terror on the Beach
Character: Arlene Glynn
Released: September 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.
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Two People
Title: Two People
Character: Barbara Newman
Released: March 18, 1973
Type: Movie
Evan Bonner is a deserter from the Vietnam war; he is on his way back to America to give himself up when he meets Deirdre McCluskey, a beautiful if petulant model. The two make an unlikely couple, but once in France the magic of Paris works its charm and these two vulnerable people finally find each other.
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A Memory of Two Mondays
Title: A Memory of Two Mondays
Character: Agnes
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: Movie
Workers in an auto parts warehouse in 1933 New York City inhabit a bleak, dead-end world in the depths of the Depression where, at least, they have jobs. Introduced by its playwright, Arthur Miller, it was the first in a series of NET Playhouse programs concerning life in America during the Depression years.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Agnes
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Lucille
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: All in the Family
Character: Dolores Mancheney Fencel
Released: January 12, 1971
Type: TV
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
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Title: All in the Family
Character: Blanche Hefner
Released: January 12, 1971
Type: TV
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
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I Walk the Line
Title: I Walk the Line
Character: Ellen Haney
Released: November 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.
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I Never Sang for My Father
Title: I Never Sang for My Father
Character: Alice
Released: October 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.
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Watermelon Man
Title: Watermelon Man
Character: Althea Janine Gerber
Released: May 27, 1970
Type: Movie
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
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Don't Drink the Water
Title: Don't Drink the Water
Character: Marion Hollander
Released: November 11, 1969
Type: Movie
The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of spying. Chased by Vulgarian soldiers, they take refuge in the American Embassy under the protection of the absent ambassador's hapless son.
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Title: Medical Center
Released: September 24, 1969
Type: TV
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
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Rachel, Rachel
Title: Rachel, Rachel
Character: Calla Mackie
Released: August 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
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Bonnie and Clyde
Title: Bonnie and Clyde
Character: Blanche
Released: August 14, 1967
Type: Movie
In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
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Title: The Trials of O'Brien
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. The series ran for only 22 episodes. Among its guest stars: Milton Berle, Robert Blake, David Carradine, Faye Dunaway, Britt Ekland, Tammy Grimes, Buddy Hackett, Gene Hackman, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Cloris Leachman, Roger Moore, Rita Moreno, Estelle Parsons, Joanna Pettet, Brock Peters, Tony Roberts and Martin Sheen. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially unsuccessful series much better than his later smash-hit Columbo.
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Ladybug Ladybug
Title: Ladybug Ladybug
Character: JoAnn's Mother
Released: December 23, 1963
Type: Movie
Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken.
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Title: The Patty Duke Show
Released: September 18, 1963
Type: TV
The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The show was created as a vehicle for rising star Patty Duke. A total of 104 episodes were produced, most written by Sidney Sheldon.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: The Defenders
Character: Mrs. Martin
Released: September 16, 1961
Type: TV
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
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Title: Kraft Music Hall
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 1958
Type: TV
Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical variety genre, sponsored by Kraft Foods, the producers of a well-known line of cheeses and related dairy products. Their commercials were usually announced by "The Voice of Kraft", Ed Herlihy.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Nominee
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Beatrice Corrigan
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.