Estelle Parsons
Actor
Biography
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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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Filmography
Dick Tracy
as Mrs. Trueheart 1990
Boys on the Side
as Louise 1995
Looking for Richard
as Margaret 1996
That Darn Cat
as Old Lady McCracken 1997
Rachel, Rachel
as Calla Mackie 1968
Watermelon Man
as Althea Janine Gerber 1970
I Walk the Line
as Ellen Haney 1970
I Never Sang for My Father
as Alice 1970
Diane
as Mary 2019
The Love Letter
as Beatrice Corrigan 1998
Ladybug Ladybug
as JoAnn's Mother 1963
Wilde Salomé
as Self 2013
For Pete's Sake
as Helen Robbins 1974
The UFO Incident
as Betty Hill 1975
Don't Drink the Water
as Marion Hollander 1969
The Gun and the Pulpit
as Sadie Underwood 1974