Mary Parker
Mary Parker (born Mary Frances Roberson) was an American stage, television and screen actress/performer. Parker appeared in 17 films from 1938 to 1954 but was also known for her dance work with partner Billy Daniel. Parker (also known as "Punkins" Parker), was a protégé of Mitchell Leisen. Leisen recruited her for various projects both on and off the screen starting in 1938. She was discovered while performing at the Casa Mañana Theatre in her native Fort Worth, Texas during the Texas Centennial celebrations and given a contract with Paramount Pictures. She performed in several large budget films, and was chosen by Paramount and Max Factor Jr. as "The Real Miss America", yet her fame was short lived
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.001 |
Birthday | 1918-08-28 |
Place of Birth | Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
Also Known As | "Punkins" Parker, |
1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
5.9/7
A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.
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Keep Your Powder Dry
1944
Music for Millions
6/5
Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José Iturbi's orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly...
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Music for Millions
1944
Ruff and Tuff
0/0
Soundie featuring "champion judo experts" Mary Parker and Lou Leonard.
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Ruff and Tuff
1944
Lady in the Dark
4.7/9
A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life.
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Lady in the Dark
1939
Ranch House Romeo
0/0
Ray Whitley and his Six-Bar Cowboys Band are working for a rancher named Pop, who has a weakness for goldmines. He trades his ranch for a worthless mi...
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Ranch House Romeo
1939
Sudden Money
5/1
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $15...
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Sudden Money
1939
Cafe Society
6/1
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.
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Cafe Society
1939
St. Louis Blues
0/0
A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they mak...
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St. Louis Blues
1938
Cocoanut Grove
0/0
Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
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Cocoanut Grove
1954
The Great Diamond Robbery
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Ambrose C. Park, left on a park bench as an infant with an impulsive need to find his parents, is an assistant to a diamond cutter. Shyster lawyer Rem...
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The Great Diamond Robbery
1952
Million Dollar Mermaid
6.4/23
After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
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Million Dollar Mermaid
1952
Lure of the Wilderness
6/11
A young girl and her father, who is unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates t...
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Lure of the Wilderness
1938
Campus Confessions
4.2/4
This comical campus romance showcases the fancy footwork of All-American basketball player Hank Luisetti while it tells the story of a dean's son who...
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Campus Confessions
1938
Hunted Men
6/1
Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails a...
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1938
Sing, You Sinners
6.7/6
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thin...
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