🎬 Movies Mates PEOPLE
Estelle Parsons
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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 s…
Read full biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Estelle Parsons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Biography expanded
BODY OF WORK
Estelle Parsons's Filmography
Select any movie to open its full Movies Mates details page.
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
as Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Diane
as Mary
She's The Best Thing in It
as Self
Wilde Salomé
as Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
as Herself
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
as Self
Freak City
as Mrs. Stanapolous
The Love Letter
as Beatrice Corrigan
That Darn Cat
as Old Lady McCracken
Looking for Richard
as Margaret
Boys on the Side
as Louise
The American Clock
A Private Matter
as Mary Chessen
Dick Tracy
as Mrs. Trueheart
The Lemon Sisters
as Mrs. Kupchak
Open Admissions
as Clare Block
Come Along with Me
as Mabel Lederer / Angela Motorman
The Gentleman Bandit
as Marjorie Seebode
Guests of the Nation
as Kate O'Connell
The Tenth Level
as Crossland
The UFO Incident
as Betty Hill
Fore Play
as First Lady / Barmaid
For Pete's Sake
as Helen Robbins
The Gun and the Pulpit
as Sadie Underwood
June Moon
as Lucille
Terror on the Beach
as Arlene Glynn
Two People
as Barbara Newman
A Memory of Two Mondays
as Agnes
I Walk the Line
as Ellen Haney
I Never Sang for My Father
as Alice
Watermelon Man
as Althea Janine Gerber
Don't Drink the Water
as Marion Hollander
Rachel, Rachel
as Calla Mackie
Bonnie and Clyde
as Blanche
Ladybug Ladybug
as JoAnn's Mother
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self