Gay Son: "Eleanor Parker!"
Duh.
The glamorous, elegant Eleanor Parker was recognized as a star from the 1940's through the 1960's; she had Academy Award nominations; and yet, she's barely remembered today, except for The Sound of Music. Her extreme versatility may have been her downfall: never cultivating a fixed "image," she looks different in every single photograph.
Aside from the uber-camp women's prison drama, Caged (1950), none of Parker's three Oscar-nominated roles are remembered today; but her work in such campy dramas as Return to Peyton Place (1961) and The Oscar (1966) lives on. At age 85, Eleanor Parker has been out of the limelight for some time, and, to my knowledge, has not given an interview in years. We sincerely hope that she's living a happy, contented life, and knows that we absolutely adore her.
Sigh. She was so gorgeous and glamorous. I want to be Eleanor Parker when I grow up! I was always torn between wanting to be Maria and wanting to be the Baroness.
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